Warning: Undefined array key "header" in /home/u463395417/domains/blog.medillsb.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/Avada/includes/options/header.php on line 119

Warning: Trying to access array offset on null in /home/u463395417/domains/blog.medillsb.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/Avada/includes/options/header.php on line 119

Warning: Undefined array key "header" in /home/u463395417/domains/blog.medillsb.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/Avada/includes/options/header.php on line 654

Warning: Trying to access array offset on null in /home/u463395417/domains/blog.medillsb.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/Avada/includes/options/header.php on line 654

Warning: Undefined array key "header" in /home/u463395417/domains/blog.medillsb.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/Avada/includes/options/header.php on line 857

Warning: Trying to access array offset on null in /home/u463395417/domains/blog.medillsb.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/Avada/includes/options/header.php on line 857

Warning: Undefined array key "header" in /home/u463395417/domains/blog.medillsb.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/Avada/includes/options/header.php on line 1265

Warning: Trying to access array offset on null in /home/u463395417/domains/blog.medillsb.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/Avada/includes/options/header.php on line 1265

Warning: Undefined array key "header" in /home/u463395417/domains/blog.medillsb.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/Avada/includes/options/menu.php on line 115

Warning: Trying to access array offset on null in /home/u463395417/domains/blog.medillsb.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/Avada/includes/options/menu.php on line 115

Warning: Undefined array key "header" in /home/u463395417/domains/blog.medillsb.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/Avada/includes/options/social_media.php on line 230

Warning: Trying to access array offset on null in /home/u463395417/domains/blog.medillsb.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/Avada/includes/options/social_media.php on line 230
Lizzie Harper – Page 2 – Artists' Blogs :: Medical Illustration Sourcebook

Lizzie Harper

About Lizzie Harper

This author has not yet filled in any details.
So far Lizzie Harper has created 154 blog entries.

Botanical Illustration of a Sycamore Leaf

By |December 11th, 2020|Syndicated Content|

This blog follows on from my earlier step by step post on drawing [...]

Read More

Comparing Periwinkle Species

By |November 27th, 2020|Syndicated Content|

Periwinkle species feature on the list of a recent job of invasive plants [...]

Read More

Butterflies of Bentham Sand dunes

By |November 13th, 2020|Syndicated Content|

Several butterflies are included in the recent landscape illustration completed for South Devon [...]

Read More

Bantham Sand Dunes Landscape

By |October 30th, 2020|Syndicated Content|

A recent commission for South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty involved creating [...]

Read More

Comparing Common and Japanese Hops

By |October 16th, 2020|Syndicated Content|

A recent job involved highlighting differences between the Japanese hop Humulus japonicus, and the [...]

Read More

How to Draw: Sycamore Leaf

By |September 25th, 2020|Syndicated Content|

Drawing is at the heart of being a botanical illustrator.  You need to [...]

Read More

Comparing Hogweed Heracleum Species

By |September 11th, 2020|Syndicated Content|

A recent job involved trying to show the differences between two species of [...]

Read More

Comparing Goldenrod Species

By |August 28th, 2020|Syndicated Content|

Comparing Goldenrod species was one of my tasks in a recent commission  for [...]

Read More

Garden Lupin Sketchbook study

By |August 13th, 2020|Syndicated Content|

The Garden Lupin, Lupinus polyphyllus, is one of the invasive plants I was [...]

Read More

Unexpected Thrills: Adventures of an Illustrator

By |July 31st, 2020|Syndicated Content|

Unexpected Thrills: Adventures of an Illustrator is a blog about some of the [...]

Read More

Illustrating a Wild Welsh Meadow of Butterflies

By |July 16th, 2020|Syndicated Content|

Illustrating a wild Welsh meadow complete with clouds of butterflies was a wonderful [...]

Read More

Sketchbook illustrations of Invasive Plants

By |July 3rd, 2020|Syndicated Content|

I’ve recently completed work on a series of sketchbook illustrations of invasive plants.  [...]

Read More

Illustrating a Deer for Packaging

By |June 19th, 2020|Syndicated Content|

My earlier blog, Wild Shreds: Illustrating Pet Food packaging gave an overview of completing [...]

Read More

Wild Shreds: Illustrating Pet Food packaging

By |May 28th, 2020|Syndicated Content|

Wild Shreds is a range of dog food produced in the US.  It [...]

Read More

Botanical Illustration of a Japanese Rose

By |May 14th, 2020|Syndicated Content|

In my last blog, Botanical illustration of Rose leaves, I discussed the processes [...]

Read More

Botanical Illustration of Rose Leaves

By |April 30th, 2020|Syndicated Content|

A recent job involved illustrating the Japanese Rose, Rosa rugosa.  It’s not the [...]

Read More

How Love for Nature can Make an Individual Optimistic

By |April 24th, 2020|Syndicated Content|

This guest blog on how love for nature can make us optimistic is [...]

Read More

Jersey Post: Illustrating Thrift

By |April 3rd, 2020|Syndicated Content|

In February, my series of Coastal Flower postage stamps were published by Jersey [...]

Read More

Jersey Post: Coastal Flowers Stamp issue

By |March 20th, 2020|Syndicated Content|

Jersey Post recently brought out their “Coastal Flowers: Post and Go” stamp issue, [...]

Read More

Halophytes: Salt Tolerant Plants

By |March 5th, 2020|Syndicated Content|

Halophytes: Salt Tolerant Plants Halophytes are plants that tolerate or thrive in salty [...]

Read More

Coastal Flowers: Illustrating a Flower Guide

By |February 20th, 2020|Syndicated Content|

I’ve recently completed a series of thirty three botanical illustrations of coastal flowers [...]

Read More

Illustration and Packaging

By |February 6th, 2020|Syndicated Content|

Illustration and packaging have always gone hand in hand.  By their very nature, [...]

Read More

Save the Bees: How to Make Your Garden a Bee Haven

By |January 23rd, 2020|Syndicated Content|

Save the bees and make your garden a Bee haven!  This week’s Guest [...]

Read More

Illustrating Butterflies Workshop

By |January 9th, 2020|Syndicated Content|

Illustrating butterflies is wonderful, but has its challenges.  I recently taught a two [...]

Read More

Flora Margarine in Sweden

By |January 2nd, 2020|Syndicated Content|

Flora Margarine Repackaged   Flora in Sweden have recently re-designed their packaging.  And [...]

Read More

Pied Wagtail Illustration

By |December 20th, 2019|Syndicated Content|

Pied Wagtail   The Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii is a common garden and [...]

Read More

Sycamore Tree step by step

By |December 6th, 2019|Syndicated Content|

Sycamore trees can have distinctive shapes, and be well loved by those who [...]

Read More

Technology: Six things you can do to help live a greener life

By |November 22nd, 2019|Syndicated Content|

Guest blog is by Mark Harris of Awareness Toolkits who wanted to share [...]

Read More

Botanical Illustration of a Brassica Leaf

By |November 8th, 2019|Syndicated Content|

An Introduction to Brassicaceae   Actually, before I start this blog I need [...]

Read More

Pen and Ink Illustrations of Trees

By |October 11th, 2019|Syndicated Content|

The Living Wisdom of Trees: Commission   In the summer, I completed more [...]

Read More

Pen and Ink Illustrations of Tree Details

By |October 11th, 2019|Syndicated Content|

The Living Wisdom of Trees: Commission   In the summer, I completed lots [...]

Read More

Illustrating a Coastal Hay Meadow Landscape

By |September 27th, 2019|Syndicated Content|

Illustrating a Hay Meadow: The Commission A recent commission to illustrate a hay [...]

Read More

Foraging with Kids at Hay Festival

By |August 28th, 2019|Syndicated Content|

Foraging with Kids Workshop at Hay Festival: Setting up   Back in May, [...]

Read More

Mixing Neutral Tints and Colours

By |August 10th, 2019|Syndicated Content|

What are Neutral Tints?   Neutral tints (or colours) are grey hues which [...]

Read More

Step by Step Everlasting Sweet pea botanical illustration

By |July 26th, 2019|Syndicated Content|

Sweet peas are beautiful flowers, and a joy to paint.  This blog is [...]

Read More

Botanical illustrations for Non-native invasive plants chart

By |July 12th, 2019|Syndicated Content|

The Field Studies Council has recently published it’s latest chart; an overview of [...]

Read More

Save our Butterflies: Gardening for butterflies (2 of 2)

By |June 28th, 2019|Syndicated Content|

This is a Guest blog by DIY Garden.  Illustrations by Lizzie Harper. White Admiral [...]

Read More

Botanical Illustration: Rosehips

By |May 31st, 2019|Syndicated Content|

This brief blog is due to my my awe on discovering that Rosehips [...]

Read More

Step by Step Periwinkle flower botanical illustration

By |May 17th, 2019|Syndicated Content|

I’ve always loved periwinkle flowers, Vinca major.  The blue is such a delicate [...]

Read More

Invasive & Japanese Knotweeds: Telling species apart

By |May 3rd, 2019|Syndicated Content|

Invasive and Japanese knotweeds are incredibly successful plants.  Originally from Japan, China and [...]

Read More

What’s the difference between Virginia creeper and False Virginia creeper?

By |April 18th, 2019|Syndicated Content|

Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia and False Virginia creeper Parthenocissus inserta are common and [...]

Read More

How Art And Drawing Can Combat Stress

By |March 22nd, 2019|Syndicated Content|

This week’s blog looks at some of the health benefits and reduction of [...]

Read More

Telling Gunnera species apart

By |March 8th, 2019|Syndicated Content|

Gunnera is an extraordinary looking plant.  With its gigantic leaves, and ability to [...]

Read More

Step by Step: False Virginia Creeper

By |February 22nd, 2019|Syndicated Content|

Whenever I paint a plant, I tend to use the same approach.  This [...]

Read More

Step by Step Rowan berry

By |February 10th, 2019|Syndicated Content|

If you’re doing a botanical illustration of a cluster of fruit, the first [...]

Read More

Flower Shapes: Terminology

By |February 1st, 2019|Syndicated Content|

There are a whole load of different botanical terms used to describe flower [...]

Read More

Step by Step winter jasmine sketchbook study

By |January 15th, 2019|Syndicated Content|

Winter jasmine, Jasminum nudiflorum, is one of the only flowers in bloom in [...]

Read More

Step by Step Barn Swallow

By |January 14th, 2019|Syndicated Content|

Illustrating birds is always wonderful.  When it’s for a friend, is a bird [...]

Read More

Japanese Knotweed: Botanical illustrations and diagrams

By |January 14th, 2019|Syndicated Content|

My botanical illustrations and diagrams have recently been published in a book all [...]

Read More

Art and children with learning difficulties

By |December 12th, 2018|Syndicated Content|

This Guest blog is by Lillian Brooks.  Get in touch with her on lillian@learningdisabilities.info According [...]

Read More

Christmas Greenery

By |December 12th, 2018|Syndicated Content|

Greenery has always been associated with winter and christmas.  This blog explores a [...]

Read More

Foraging with Kids Illustrations

By |November 29th, 2018|Syndicated Content|

Foraging with Kids has recently hit the bookshops.  It’s written by Adele Nozedar, and illustrated [...]

Read More

Botanical Illustration of an Autumn leaf

By |November 15th, 2018|Syndicated Content|

Autumn leaves are incredibly beautiful.  The form of the leaf coupled with their [...]

Read More