Lizzie Harper, Natural History, Botanical and Scientific Illustrator, working free-lance in watercolour, pen and ink, and pencil. Open to commissions.
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Blog this week's a bit different - about my great aunts fascinating 1920s #historical #naturenotebook,how a love of art passes through the generations, & how vital it is to encourage all to create art: lizzieharper.co.uk/2022/01/nature… #illustration #botanicalillustration #mushroom #iris
This is the #Waterprimrose #Ludwigia grandiflora, Ive not seen it growing wild so it's one of those challenges when you need to construct an #illustration from photos, online images, & written descriptions; & include water plus the correct growth habit. #botanicalillustration
These details are from an #illustration done as a postage stamp presentation pack for @JerseyStamps some years ago. The insect featured is the #Bandeddemoiselle, #Calopteryxsplendens Males hang out by stream and riverside vegetation, flicking wings & flying 2 attract females
A new seasonal blog out, on how to do a step-by-step #illustration of the European #Robin #Erithacusrubecula: lizzieharper.co.uk/2021/12/step-b… Have a Happy Christmas, to those of you who celebrate, and to everyone else have a wonderful festive holiday.
Just submitted my #ant illustrations to the World Illustration awards...let's hope the judges are fond of #insect #illustrations! @theaoi @dirillustration #WIA2022 #WorldIllustrationAwards
Opposite my home yesterday I saw a pigeon fall from the sky. As another pigeon looked on, a #sparrowhawk #Accipiternisus landed on the pavement. To give it uninterrupted feeding, I popped the dead pigeon over the wall into the churchyard. So exciting to see! #illustration
INKTOBER DAY 29 INJURED Ah, today sees another tenuous link. Tannins in oak bark can disinfect wounds. Obviously if you've got a wound you're "injured". So a link to the prompt. #oak #injured #Acorn #inktober @inktober #inktober2019 #trees #botanicalillustration #ethnobotany
INKTOBER DAY 23 ANCIENT Ginko trees are truly ancient, fossils of similar species date back 270 million years, true "living fossils" - a veritable ancient tree. #ginko #ancient #inktober @inktober #inktober2019 #penandink #trees #botanicalillustration #botanicalillustration
INKTOBER DAY 21 TREASURE Myrrh was once a prized treasure, as valuable as gold, and comes from the sap of the Myrrh tree. A birth gift for Jesus, Myrhh was used to annoint the dead & represented suffering. #myrhh #treasure #inktober @inktober #inktober2019 #penandink #trees
INKTOBER DAY 20 TREAD Traditionally, Elm was used to make floor-boards which you "tread" on Since Dutch Elm disease ravaged British Elm trees these floor boards have become antiques. Sigh. #elm #tread #inktober @inktober #inktober2019 #penandink #trees #botanicalillustration
INKTOBER DAY 19 SLING Ok, this one is a super-tenuous link Gin SLING is a cocktail made with gin. Gin is made from Juniper berries. #juniper #sling #gin #inktober @inktober #inktober2019 #penandink @WatkinsWisdom #monochrome #blackandwhite #trees #botanicalillustration
INKTOBER DAY 16 WILD Today's prompt is "wild", so I chose the Sweet Chestnut. This tree wasn't originally native to the UK, Romans introduced it, but now grows WILD as it's naturalised. #sweetchestnut #Castanea #wild #inktober @inktober #inktober2019 #botanicalillustration
INKTOBER DAY 13 #ASH No explanation needed! Ash leaves and ash keys illustrated for The Living Wisdom of Trees by Fred Hageneder (re-published in Feb 2020 by Watkins). #fraxinus #ashkeys #inktober @inktober #inktober2019 #penandink #pen #ink #blackandwhite #linedrawing #trees
INKTOBER DAY 9 SWING When I was little, we had a fabulous swing that hung from an Apple tree. So yes, the prompt Swing has to be the Apple. #apple #swing #inktober @inktober #inktober2019 #penandink #linedrawing #botanicalillustration #stippling @watkinswisdom
INKTOBER DAY 7 ENCHANTED This one is easy. The Hawthorn is alive with myth and superstition. the perfect candidate for "Enchanted Tree" is the Hawthorn #Hawthorn #enchanted #inktober @inktober #inktober2019 #penandink #trees #sciart #botanicalillustration
INKTOBER DAY 5 BUILD Eucalyptus is a fast growing tree used to BUILD as the wood's resistant to rot, moisture & insect damage. It's used for construction, flooring, bowls, & for didjeridoos #eucalyptus #Australia #inktober @inktober #trees #sciart #botanicalillustration
INKTOBER DAY 2 MINDLESS The destruction of amazing #Baobab trees across Africa is mindless; climate change, harvesting, land clearance. Heart breaking. #inktober #Inktober2019 #baobabtree #thereisnoplanetB #ExtinctionRebellion @inktober #africangiants #mindless
#Inktober DAY 1 RING This prompt makes me think of fairy rings, fungal circles that often form round Birch trees in autumn. So here is a Silver Birch,done for The Living Wisdom of Trees #birch #silverbirch #fungus #fairyring #sciart #trees #inktober2019 @inktober #penandink
It's the fiery root of the #Horseradish that you can eat. Find out more in Foraging with Kids; a book for cooks, parents, and being outside with by @hedgerowguru This #illustration is a line drawing from the book, posted as one of a daily offering for #Inktober2018 #Inktober.
