Comments on: Botanical Illustration of a Brassica Leaf

By: Lizzie Harper

Lizzie Harper — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 14:39:07 +0000

In reply to Rain S. My pleasure, Rain. And good luck with your illustration

By: Rain S

Rain S — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 06:32:37 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing your color mixes. I’m about to try painting this plant for the first time and these are exactly the tips I needed! You have beautiful work, thank you for sharing it!

By: Lizzie Harper

Lizzie Harper — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 17:12:59 +0000

In reply to Beth Carroll. My absolute pleasure. Nothing like losing yourself in nature and art to give some grounding and distance to the wildness of humanity and its foibles. Thanks for the comment. x

By: Beth Carroll

Beth Carroll — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 03:02:53 +0000

so wonderful to read your blog especially with all the election mess here in the USA.
Plants, butterflies, nature will continue no matter what.
Thank you.

By: Lizzie Harper

Lizzie Harper — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 10:15:34 +0000

Hi Alison,

Wow, a whole year on one Brassica! What a treat and what a headache, all mixed up together in a greeny broth! I bet the final illustration was a stunner. Thanks for the comment and for taking the time to take a look at my blog – after all, I don’t reckon you need any tips on cabbage leaves after your Brassica-shaped endeavours! And well done on the RBGE diploma too, I hear it’s not an easy thing to achieve, so congratulations.

Yours lIzzie

By: Alison Cutts

Alison Cutts — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:36:18 +0000

I loved reading about your approach to painting brassicas Lizzie! I spent a year painting Brassica oleracea (the wild cabbage plant) and some of its edible cultivars for my final project on my RBGE diploma in botanical illustration. This brings back some fond memories ?