packaging Archives - Lizzie Harper

Illustrating a Deer for Packaging

Posted on 19th June 202019th June 2020 in Current projects and news, Illustration techniques

My earlier blog, Wild Shreds: Illustrating Pet Food packaging gave an overview of completing illustrations of a series of animals for Wild Shreds pet food. In this post I’ll take a look at the work involved in creating one of these illustrations; the Deer. All illustrations in this blog are copyright Spot Farms 2019. My deer […] Read more

Wild Shreds: Illustrating Pet Food packaging

Posted on 29th May 202029th May 2020 in Current projects and news

Wild Shreds is a range of dog food produced in the US. It prides itself on being good enough for humans to eat, and is an organic and high end product. Produced by Spot Farms, this range has recently been re-packaged. And the illustrations on the new packaging are by yours truly! All illustrations in […] Read more

Illustration and Packaging

Posted on 7th February 20207th February 2020 in Illustration techniques

Illustration and packaging have always gone hand in hand. By their very nature, paintings of animals and flowers are decorative as well as informative. This blog sets out to show some of the diversity of packaging my illustrations have appeared on. I also hope to show how clever the designers are, and the difference you […] Read more

Flora Margarine in Sweden

Posted on 3rd January 202023rd March 2020 in Current projects and news

Flora Margarine Repackaged Flora in Sweden have recently re-designed their packaging. And I’m more than excited to say that the new margarine tubs and associated products feature my illustrations of White and Red clover! The new designs have been done by Pond Design for Unilever, and I think they look really good. There’s a […] Read more

Illustrating a Honey Label

Posted on 16th February 201810th January 2019 in Zoological step by step

I love it when I’m asked to produce botanical illustrations and natural history paintings for packaging. That was the case for this honey label. It’s a different side to what I do and I find the change refreshing and challenging. Sleeping Bear Honey Farm in the USA have commissioned me before to produce artwork for their […] Read more

Step by Step illustration of Tupelo & Sweet orange

Posted on 19th January 201810th January 2019 in Botanical Illustration step by step

A recent natural history illustration commission was to complete two botanical illustrations for labels on jars of honey. The plants in question were Sweet orange Citrus sinensis and Tupelo Nyssa ogeche. Neither plant grows wild here in the UK, and there was quite a tight deadline so I needed to work from other illustrations and photos. For more […] Read more