July 2022 - Lizzie Harper

Rocky shore ecosystem illustration

Posted on 31st July 20222nd August 2022 in Current projects and news

Rocky shore ecosystem: a lucky break I recently illustrated The Hidden Universe by Alexandre Antonelli. This image of the zonation of a rocky shore ecosystem was one of the illustrations. The timing of this illustration was an extraordinary stroke of luck. Alex wanted a drawing that shows the different animals and seaweeds on rocky […] Read more

The Brecknockshire Flora

Posted on 27th July 202213th August 2022 in Current projects and news, Showcase of themed natural history illustrations

The Brecknockshire flora is written by John Crellin and Mike Porter, and is a detailed overview of the plants growing in Brecknockshire, along with their geographical distribution. It covers everything from Charophytes through eudicots, and most things in between. Although it will be, when completed, an academic volume aimed at botanists, the authors are keen […] Read more

Botanical illustration from the Breckncockshire Flora

Monocot and Eudicot variety: Illustrations

Posted on 27th July 202224th December 2022 in Botany: Telling species apart

Monocots and Eudicots are enormous groups, making up over 80% of plants on earth. During a recent job, illustrating the Brecknockshire flora, I was commissioned to create two illustrations highlighting the most interesting, beautiful, and most locally important members of these groups. Moncots vs Eudicots There are several main differences between these two enormous groups. […] Read more

Sedges, Grasses and Rushes: Telling the families apart

Posted on 1st July 2022 in Botany: Telling species apart

I recently went on another excellent FSC course, this time on identifying grasses (other grass courses by FSC available here). One of the first things to do is to figure out what makes a grass a grass, and not some other plant. In most cases, it’s sedges and rushes that can lead to confusion, so […] Read more