July 2019 - Lizzie Harper

Desk with finished botanical illustration, sweet peas, and paint box

Step by Step Everlasting Sweet pea botanical illustration

Posted on 26th July 201924th January 2023 in Botanical Illustration step by step

Sweet peas are beautiful flowers, and a joy to paint. This blog is a step by step guide to painting the Two-flowered Everlasting Sweet Pea Lathyrus grandiflorus. About Sweet peas Members of the legume family; Sweet peas are classed alongside peas, gorse, beans and lupins. Lots of food crops are members of this family; alfalfa, […] Read more

Field studies council non native invasive plants of Britain chart

Botanical illustrations for Non-native invasive plants chart

Posted on 12th July 201912th July 2019 in Current projects and news

The Field Studies Council has recently published it’s latest chart; an overview of the non-native and invasive plant species seen in Britain and Ireland. I did the botanical illustrations, and loved the variety of species on offer. In this blog I’ll talk about how I completed some of the illustrations. I was given a species […] Read more