Comments on: Pen and Ink Illustrations of Trees https://lizzieharper.co.uk/2019/10/pen-and-ink-illustrations-of-trees/ Natural History Illustration - for books, magazines & packaging Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:04:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lizzie Harper https://lizzieharper.co.uk/2019/10/pen-and-ink-illustrations-of-trees/#comment-11220 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:04:40 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?p=7734#comment-11220 In reply to Oisín.

Hey Oisin

The message isn’t all over the place at all. Depends on whether youre talking about close ups of ine needles/ cones, or the whole tree. Drop me an email on info@lizzieharper.co.uk with a bit more info on your leavers certificate project, and ill give the matter some thought, and see whattips i can cone up with. Yours lizzie

]]> By: Oisín https://lizzieharper.co.uk/2019/10/pen-and-ink-illustrations-of-trees/#comment-11201 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 22:33:14 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?p=7734#comment-11201 Hey Lizzie, I know this a few years after you made these but I was wondering are there tips you would have for specifically conifers?
I don’t mean to bother you or anything its just that I was looking for art references for my Leaving Certificate art piece and your work is actually perfectly what I imagined for the project.
Your attention to detail is really incredible and I was just looking for tips.
This message is a bit all over the place so sorry about this.
Thanks, Oisín

]]> By: Lizzie Harper https://lizzieharper.co.uk/2019/10/pen-and-ink-illustrations-of-trees/#comment-10889 Sun, 18 Jan 2026 11:36:53 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?p=7734#comment-10889 In reply to ginette Greene.

Hi Ginette

What a lovely message! I am so glad you’ve found a way to make art, and to make it work for you. I always think that when you draw, there’s a stillness which is caused by the level of concentration. And in that stillness there’s a sort of calm, of flow. I am not at all surprised this helped when your father was in hospice care. Being able to step out of the present, if just for an hour or so, must have been so helpful.

I’m also really glad you’re enjoying the things you create! Yes, the tree illustration texture took a bit of time to sort out. Drawing in the leaves in pencil, then adding ink on top. It was realising that I didn’t need to erase the pencil that was something of a eureka moment. Leaving those pencil marks added some substance to the leaf canopy. I really appreciate your feedback on this, it wasn’t an easy thing to sort out. And I’m so pleased you’ve found it helpful in your treehouse illustration.

Good luck with all you draw, and all the art you create. It is so wonderful to be able to feel that, in some small way, I’ve supported a little bit of that journey. Thank you.

Yours
Lizzie

]]> By: ginette Greene https://lizzieharper.co.uk/2019/10/pen-and-ink-illustrations-of-trees/#comment-10879 Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:39:11 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?p=7734#comment-10879 Good morning, Lizzie,
For most of my life, I dreamed of being able to draw or paint. To have the ability to create something on paper, to fill the times when my hands would otherwise have been idle.
Yet it wasn’t until my father was here at home, in the last few months of his life, on hospice that I discovered that I could actually draw something that might be beautiful in the end.
I’m not sure why suddenly what always seemed so difficult and stressful finally brought me peace. But, know that I’m thankful for the gift at no matter what level it actually is.
Currently, I’m working on a small fun piece… a little treehouse of sorts, and found myself struggling to fill out the canopy.
Everybody has their own style so I’ve discovered, and I wasn’t looking for an exact example, just some guidance, when I stumbled across your page.
Your trees are exactly what I was looking for! Enough structure, and form that you can tell that there are leaves on the trees, and yet enough looseness that one doesn’t have to spend a week or more drawing every leaf. It’s more of the essence of a tree’s canopy, than filling in every detail.
Thank you, dear heart for sharing your joyful art, so that some of us may feel inspired by your work, a key, that lets us move forward.

Thank-you. Thank-you.
If there was a way for me to show you what I am doing, I would gladly do so.

God bless you and yours,
I remain,
ginette

]]> By: Lizzie Harper https://lizzieharper.co.uk/2019/10/pen-and-ink-illustrations-of-trees/#comment-10394 Tue, 15 Jul 2025 15:41:13 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?p=7734#comment-10394 In reply to Malvin Smith.

OOh I hope it works out for you, Malvin! Good luck with the A level

]]> By: Lizzie Harper https://lizzieharper.co.uk/2019/10/pen-and-ink-illustrations-of-trees/#comment-10393 Tue, 15 Jul 2025 15:40:18 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?p=7734#comment-10393 In reply to best naf.

So true! But really worthwhile

]]> By: best naf https://lizzieharper.co.uk/2019/10/pen-and-ink-illustrations-of-trees/#comment-10383 Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:54:35 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?p=7734#comment-10383 That is so good to hear. A level art is a real challenge

]]> By: Malvin Smith https://lizzieharper.co.uk/2019/10/pen-and-ink-illustrations-of-trees/#comment-10382 Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:53:40 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?p=7734#comment-10382 Found you while looking for artist to reference for my A-level art. I absolutely love ur work and can’t wait to try it!

]]> By: Lizzie Harper https://lizzieharper.co.uk/2019/10/pen-and-ink-illustrations-of-trees/#comment-9810 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 07:42:02 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?p=7734#comment-9810 In reply to Evie Martin.

Hi Evie

That is so good to hear. A level art is a real challenge, and so is illustrating trees. I’m really glad my work is helpful. Im not sure if I embedded the following Youtube film of me inking up a tree in this video, if not here it is: https://youtu.be/DEPqRacGTTw

Good luck with your A level!

Yours
Lizzie

]]> By: Evie Martin https://lizzieharper.co.uk/2019/10/pen-and-ink-illustrations-of-trees/#comment-9803 Thu, 10 Oct 2024 18:16:20 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?p=7734#comment-9803 Found you while looking for artist to reference for my A-level art. I absolutely love ur work and can’t wait to try it!

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