May 2014 - Lizzie Harper

Guest Blog: Wonderful Fungi

Posted on 31st May 20143rd December 2018 in Showcase of themed natural history illustrations

Scientific illustrators spend time with some pretty inspiring people. This week I asked Dave Prescott from Hereford New Leaf to write a guest blog about his love of all things fungi. I know he’s obsessed as I went on a fungal foray with him in the past… How cool are fungus? Very cool “Check out these beautiful […] Read more

Festival of the Hedgehog

Posted on 23rd May 201430th November 2018 in Painting workshops

Natural history illustration includes demonstrations of botanical illustration skills, teaching, and loving animals like the humble hedgehog. Artist in residence during The Festival of the Hedgehog I was recently asked to be “artist in residence” and to lead a drop-in workshop at Ross-on-Wye’s central library. This is to mark Ross’s Celebration of the Hedgehog (the symbol of the […] Read more

Natural History Illustrator: A Week’s work

Posted on 16th May 201430th November 2018 in Current projects and news

This week was a mix, and wonderful in being quite relaxed. It gave me the chance to stare out of the window at the sparrows and natural history in the garden. I went for a walk in the local bluebell wood. There was still time to get some work done. I have a natural history […] Read more

Natural History illustration at Hay Primary School

Posted on 9th May 201430th November 2018 in Painting workshops

A couple of weeks ago, Hay school (our local school) had a “World at Work” week.. This encourages school parents to come along and explain to the children what their jobs entail. Talking about being a Natural History Illustrator I went along to talk about my career as a Scientific illustrator. I begin by explaining what I […] Read more

Botanical Illustration: the achene

Posted on 2nd May 20143rd December 2018 in botanical terms

Natural science illustration and natural history illustration need you to understand what your subject looks like, and he correct words needed to describe it. Last week my blog was about fruit type definitions, inspired by some work I did for Rodale’s 21st Century Herbal by Michael Balick. Whilst getting my head around the terminology of fruit types, I […] Read more