Trees: Scots pine Pinus sylvestris
Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris Scots pine is one of a series of [...]
Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris Scots pine is one of a series of [...]
Researching a wildflower involves gathering information on the anatomy, distinguishing characteristics, family, and [...]
Small-leaved lime Tilia cordata and other Lime or Linden trees This is [...]
Introducing patterns One of the things in nature which is worth taking a [...]
What is Variegation? Many of the patterns you see on plant leaves, especially [...]
Stripes Stripes are seen across the animal and plant kingdoms. Although the first [...]
Orchids have always been a bit of a mystery to me, so when [...]
Birch trees: The Silver and the Downy Birch There are two main [...]
Bird’s-foot Trefoil: Where to find it? This blog is in praise of [...]
Plant Evolution is complicated, and in this blog I plan on simplifying it [...]
Introduction Beech trees are common across Britain, favouring chalky soils. The oldest Beech [...]
Monocots and Eudicots are enormous groups, making up over 80% of plants on [...]
Trees: Yew is another blog inspired by my illustrations for The Tree Forager [...]
Trees: Elder is another blog inspired by my illustrations for “The Tree Forager” [...]
Heath star moss is one of three invasive species I’ve just illustrated for [...]
Habit sketches are an important aspect of doing botanical illustrations. They need to [...]
Cow parsley Anthriscus sylvestris was on the list of plants I recently illustrated [...]
Cannock Chase Museum: Botany Cannock Chase museum was our destination on a recent [...]
Trees: Rowan is another blog inspired by my illustrations for “The Tree Forager” [...]
The Gwent levels are a fascinating corner of Wales, tucked between Cardiff and [...]
In Equipment: Magnifiers and scalpels, I won’t only be looking at these two [...]
Trees: Ash This is the third in my series on common trees, and [...]
Trees: Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus is a maple, and is Europe’s largest maple species. [...]
I’ve been working on illustrations for “The Tree Forager” by Adele Nozedar, due [...]
Periwinkle species feature on the list of a recent job of invasive plants [...]
A recent job involved highlighting differences between the Japanese hop Humulus japonicus, and the [...]
In the world of commercial art, medical [...]
A recent job involved trying to show the differences between two species of [...]
Comparing Goldenrod species was one of my tasks in a recent commission for [...]
The Garden Lupin, Lupinus polyphyllus, is one of the invasive plants I was [...]
I’ve recently completed work on a series of sketchbook illustrations of invasive plants. [...]
This brief blog is due to my my awe on discovering that Rosehips [...]
Invasive and Japanese knotweeds are incredibly successful plants. Originally from Japan, China and [...]
There are a whole load of different botanical terms used to describe flower [...]
My botanical illustrations and diagrams have recently been published in a book all [...]
Lizzie Harper recently completed natural history illustrations for the Field Studies Council's publications department [...]
Lizzie Harper created these full-color garden plan illustrations for an upcoming National Geographic [...]
The Garden Forager by Adele Nozedar is a book on eating and cooking [...]
Featured Image ©Mesa Schumacher The focus of Botany allows us to answer the [...]
Fruits and vegetables with a little wine, conceptualized by the Medical Illustration Sourcebook [...]