May 2015 - Lizzie Harper

Doing Botanical Illustration at Hay Festival

Posted on 28th May 201513th December 2018 in Scientific Illustrator out and about

Natural history illustrators are not used to being in the public eye; so the idea of drawing botanical illustrations live at Hay Festival of Literature had been making me nervous for some time. However, I’m proud of the illustrations in Adele Nozedar’s book “The Garden Forager” and since we’re good friends, thought it would be fine to “perform” […] Read more

Natural History Illustration: Corvids

Posted on 22nd May 20151st June 2020 in Showcase of themed natural history illustrations

As a botanical illustrator and natural history science art illustrator, I do have my favourites among the animal kingdoms. And I really love the Crow family, the Corvidae. I’ve only painted a few species from this family which includes jays, rooks, chough, ravens, crows and magpies; but I love both the way they look and their […] Read more

An Exhibition of Botanical Illustrations

Posted on 8th May 201512th December 2018 in Current projects and news

With mine and Sarah Putt’s shared exhibition launching tomorrow, I thought today’s blog could be a check list of what’s involved when you put on a show. Almost all the work I’m showing is from “The Garden Forager” by Adele Nozedar. Sarah’s work includes oils of masked portraits and glowing flowers. Geraniums Botanical Plate by Lizzie Harper […] Read more

Natural History Illustration: Tits (Paridae)

Posted on 1st May 201512th December 2018 in Showcase of themed natural history illustrations

This week I thought it might be an idea to look at one family of British birds, the Tits (Paridae). Although I’ve not illustrated all the members of this family yet, I’ve done a fair few, so thought it’d be worth taking a look at each in turn. Tits: Blue tit First up is the […] Read more