February 2014 - Lizzie Harper

What to illustrate in Winter

Posted on 22nd February 201427th November 2018 in Current projects and news

Botanical and scientific illustrators are bound by the seasons. It’s our quiet time in winter. Everything flowers in a mad rush in May. I hear natural history illustrators across the land wailing because there’s never enough time to draw the profusion of flowers in season before they go over. It’s a similar scenario in autumn, […] Read more

Fox Vulpes vulpes with Badgers Meles meles natural history illustration by Lizzie Harper

Wildlife encounters on the doorstep

Posted on 14th February 201427th November 2018 in Scientific Illustrator out and about

As a natural science illustrator, I spend my working life surrounded with bits of wildlife. Plants, boxes of insects, and endless books and photos of animal reference. Whenever I can I work from live specimens I do (and my freezer will testify to the dead specimens I have on hand…). Tight deadlines and practicalities often […] Read more

Natural History Museum Tour

Posted on 7th February 201427th November 2018 in Scientific Illustrator out and about

Natural History Museum: Spirit Collection tours Finding myself in London, I visited the Natural History Museum. I took myself and assorted (older) children on one of their wonderful Spirit Collection tours. This is a behind the scenes look at some of the enormous collection of animal specimens held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History […] Read more