October 2014 - Lizzie Harper

Marvellous micro-organisms 3: Euglena

Posted on 31st October 20144th December 2018 in Showcase of themed natural history illustrations

This final blog on micro-organisms, features the Euglena. Like the Ameoba and Paramecium, the euglena is a free-living unicellular organism. Introduction to the Euglena It is found in fresh water (often in puddles or ponds) and differs from ameoba and paramecium in being able to photosynthesize, and so produce its own source of food. The euglena appears green […] Read more

Marvellous micro-organisms 2: Paramecium

Posted on 24th October 20144th December 2018 in Showcase of themed natural history illustrations

Natural history illustration involves painting plants, animals, and other wonders of the natural world. Micro-organisms fall under this umbrella, and although extremely small they are still deserving of our attention (and illustrations). Last week I looked at the Ameoba. This week it’s the turn of the Paramecium. Introduction to the Paramecium Like the amoeba, the Paramecium […] Read more

Marvellous micro-organisms 1: Amoeba

Posted on 17th October 20144th December 2018 in Showcase of themed natural history illustrations

Scientific illustration involves drawing all sorts of natural history specimens; botanical, animal, and even microscopic. In this series of three blogs I’ll give a brief introduction to three common (and very cool) micro-organisms. The first is the Amoeba. Amoeba: an introduction Amoeba are free-living aquatic creatures, and can be seen in any drop of standing […] Read more

The Ovary in Botany

Posted on 3rd October 20144th December 2018 in botanical terms

Botanical illustrators have to understand the terminology that applies to their subject matter. This includes knowing about the ovary. All of my illustrations for this blog are taken from The Garden Forager by Adele Nozedar. (See more on my Pinterest site.) Re-cap of the basic botany of flowers Following on from my blog about Botany terms; this week […] Read more