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Lizzie Harper Illustrator
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Just published, my blog on doing #botanicalillustrations of some of the #grasses of #montserrat in the #caribbean:

lizzieharper.co.uk/2025/11/gras...

Grasses are one of my favourite #sciart subjects, so this was a dream job. Their variety and tiny flower details are a constant source of joy to me.
Grasses of Montserrat and the Eastern Caribbean - Lizzie Harper
Grasses of Montserrat showcases some of the botanical illustrations by Lizzie Harper of grass species found in the region
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November 6, 2025 at 7:40 AM Everybody can reply
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lizzie-harper.bsky.social
Lizzie Harper Illustrator
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This weekend, Hay on Wye hosts #Fungitown.

www.fungitown.org.uk

There are talks, walks, films, and stalls in #Hay Castle (where I'll be selling #fungus prints, drawing, and selling originals of my animal and #botanicalillustrations from 10 - 4 on sat 4th and sun 5th October)

Come and visit!
Cut to white #sciart #botanicalillustration of the fly agaric #Amanita muscaria. Red cap with white remnant flakes of the universal veil, pale stipe with annulus, and the base complete with bits of grass and grains of soil. The cap is a shiny orange red.
October 3, 2025 at 8:07 AM Everybody can reply
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Ephemeral Sorrow
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Finally got to finished this piece for my next art submission #botanicalillustrations #watercolors
September 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM Everybody can reply
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lizzie-harper.bsky.social
Lizzie Harper Illustrator
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This blog compares my #botanicalillustrations of #Caribbean #flora done from reference images with real plants, growing in the wild:

lizzieharper.co.uk/2025/05/medi...

It's always nerve-wracking, seeing plants for the first time, having already illustrated them...

#montserrat #sciart
Medicinal plants of Montserrat - Illustrations vs Reality - Lizzie Harper
Medicinal plants of Montserrat shows how interesting it can be to see a live plant you've done a botanical illustration of for the 1st time
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May 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM Everybody can reply
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the dirt horticultural news
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Books in Bloom: Firsts Rare Book Fair returns to the Saatchi Gallery to the theme of horticulture, bringing a wide range of rare books, manuscripts, maps and prints.......read more on thedirt.news #Antiquebooks #BotanicalIllustrations #FirstBookFair #Horticulture #book
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Books In Bloom: Firsts Rare Book Fair
With a horticulture theme for 2025, Firsts international rare book fair, returns to the Saatchi Gallery in London's Chelsea bringing a wide range of rare
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April 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM Everybody can reply
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lizzie-harper.bsky.social
Lizzie Harper Illustrator
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For the last 24th day of #artadventcalendar here's #Japanese #rose #rosarugosa.
It's has become an #invasivespecies in the UK, albeit a beautiful one. Many of my #botanicalillustrations are non-native plants, it's vital to remember who introduced them. The plant is never at "fault", we are. #sciart
Japanese rose Rosa rugosa #botanicalart #illustration in watercolour. Although this plant is an invasive, it's important to remember the plant is not "bad", just that we humans move species across the planet without considering the unguessable consequences that might result from this translocation.
December 24, 2024 at 9:57 AM Everybody can reply
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the dirt horticultural news
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Botanical illustrator, Hannah McVicar has painted one of Gromit sculptures for the upcoming 'Gromit Unleashed 3' Sculpture Trail in Bristol.... ...read more on thedirt.news #Artist #BotanicalIllustrations #botany #GromitUnleashed3 #VengeanceMostFowl #Wallace&Gromit
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Hannah McVicar's Botanical Gromit
Botanical illustrator, Hannah McVicar has painted one of the Gromit sculptures for the upcoming 'Gromit Unleashed 3' Sculpture Trail in Bristol.
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June 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM Everybody can reply
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Lizzie Harper Illustrator
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For #artadventcalendar day 16 i thought we'd have an #apple. This variety is called Knight Bishop. I've painted #botanicalillustrations of several sorts this year, local to me in the borders between Wales and England. Learning apple anatomy and terminology has been fascinating. #sciart #🐡
Knight Bishop variety of apple, botanical illustration watercolour by lizzie harper
December 16, 2024 at 8:38 AM Everybody can reply
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Rochelle Steder (Illustrator)
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Made this mixed media drawing of a cactus as a gift for my highschool art teacher. I based the image on a photo I took earlier this year from my vacation to Joshua Tree. I always enjoy drawing plants.🌵💖

#mixedmediaartwork #traditionalart #cactus #botanicalillustrations
A drawing of a cactus and cactus flowers made with multiple different types of traditional media Photo of the cactus taken near Joshua Tree.
October 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM Everybody can reply
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Zoe Parker Illustration
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My print of “Know Your Alliums” is off to its new home. Don’t worry- I have more than one print if you would like one too!
#alliums #birodrawing #knowyouralliums #illustration #illustrator #illustrations #flowerillustration #flowerdrawing #botanicalillustrations #giclee #gicleeprint #justgiclee
May 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM Everybody can reply
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celerymist.bsky.social
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Day 3 of botanical snuggles reveal, we have some more rare flowers, today’s featured flowers: Mastigostyla and Trichodesma zeylanica ⭐️

#cuteplants, #cuteart #cutebears #bearart #botanicaldrawings #cutebotanical #botanicalflowers #cottagecore #cuteplant #drawingreveal #botanicalillustrations
February 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM Everybody can reply
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Judith Monroe
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Available at my Open Studio May 24th- sign up for my email news for details!

#nautilusshell #naturalhistoryart #botanicalillustrations #naturemagic
May 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM Everybody can reply
lizzie-harper.bsky.social
Lizzie Harper Illustrator
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More #sketchbook #botanicalillustrations for FOR Sweden's #Invasivespecies project; I love doing these. (for.se/hitta-de-inv...)

There's Bridewort, Dwarf serviceberry, Dwarf Japanese knotweed, and False acacia

I adapt these to create stand-alone #illustrations as well (see post below)

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Botanical illustration in a sketchbook style for FOR Sweden's project on Invasive plants: Dwarf serviceberry Amelanchier spicata Botanical illustration in a sketchbook style completed for FOR Sweden's project on invasive species: Bridewort Spirea salicifolia Botanical illustration in a sketchbook style completed for FOR Sweden's project on invasive species: Dwarf Japanese knotweed Reynoutria japonica compacta Botanical illustration in a sketchbook style completed for FOR Sweden's project on invasive species: False acacia Robinia pseudoacacia
November 29, 2024 at 9:29 AM Everybody can reply
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lizzie-harper.bsky.social
Lizzie Harper Illustrator
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Just finished these three #grasses #botanicalillustrations for a private client in Oman. There's nothing I enjoy more than illustrating grasses species;there's so much minute detail and variety in their spikelets, ligules, growth habits & color. #Bermudagrass, #Creepingbent & Shore #Paspalum #sciart
#Bermuda #grass #cynodon dactylon #watercolour #botanicalillustration by #sciart #naturalscienceillustrator Lizzie Harper with details of spikelet and ligules. #Creepingbent #agroatisstolonifera #grass #watercolour #botanicalillustration by #sciart #naturalscienceillustrator Lizzie Harper with details of spikelet and ligules. #Seashore #paspalum Paspalum vaginatum #grass #watercolour #botanicalillustration by #sciart #naturalscienceillustrator Lizzie Harper with details of spikelet and ligules. Photo of 3 completed grasses botanical illustrations on my desk along with my paint box. The larger images don't include the painted text of latin and English names written below each species, which you can see in the photo.
January 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM Everybody can reply
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Lizzie Harper Illustrator
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Spent today doing #botanicalillustrations of #grasses. This one is Bermuda grass #Cynodon dactylon in progress. Illustrating grasses is my happy place, so I'm very glad to have a commission to paint three species this month. #poaceae #graminaceae #sciart #botanicalart
Botanical illustration in watercolour, by lizzie harper, of Bermuda grass Cynodon dactylon in progress
January 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM Everybody can reply
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Hen Lockhart
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#Archive30 #PopularItem This tiny sketch book full of hand-painted #botanicalillustrations by Beatrice Nettlefold of Winterbourne always proves popular at handling sessions! @arascot.bsky.social @lukaslarge.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM Everybody can reply
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the dirt horticultural news
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The art behind science: Botanical art exhibition by the Eden Project Florilegium Society Exhibition ...read more on thedirt.news #Botanicalart #BotanicalIllustrations #botany #EdenProject #EdenProjectFlorilegiumSociety
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The Art Behind Science: Eden Project Florilegium Society Exhibition
Two-day botanical art exhibition by the Eden Project Florilegium Society, to celebrate the discipline of botanical illustration.
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May 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM Everybody can reply
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lizzie-harper.bsky.social
Lizzie Harper Illustrator
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New blog on #wildflower #families out:

lizzieharper.co.uk/2025/06/wild...

This one is on the varied (& recently re-jigged) #plantain family, #plantaginaceae. With my #botanicalillustrations, it discusses common features of flowers as diverse as foxgloves, speedwell, & plantains. One of a series.
#Sciart #watercolour botanical #illustration by Lizzie used to illustrate her blog on the Plantaginaceae wildflower family. This is the Buddleja. It's the flowering head, at a diagonal from bottom left to upper right. The flowering panicle is a froth of mauve flowers with orange eyes, and there are 2 lesser conical shaped infloresceces below the main one, One pair of leaves are illustrated, with damage from pests shown as holes ringed brown. The bottom left has another leaf shown in tonal pencil #Sciart #watercolour botanical #illustration by Lizzie used to illustrate her blog on the Plantaginaceae wildflower family. This is the #foxglove #digitalis. It's one flower, taken from the flowering spike. You cna see the calyx at the top, then the magenta tube-like corolla. The mouth of the flower points downward, but you can see pale yellow stamens protruding and the distinctive dark purple splotches within the flower throat, ringed with white. There is a muted shine on the outside magenta tube and the corolla lips are undulate. #Sciart #watercolour botanical #illustration by Lizzie used to illustrate her blog on the Plantaginaceae wildflower family. This is the Greater #plantain. Its based on the rosette of basal leaves, with two emergent flowering spikes, thin and green. The leaves are broad and have almost parallel veins (paler) running their length. The mid rib is also pale, and has thin green wings; this constitutes the petiole. the top of the infloresence shows greenish buds, half way down there's a froth of pale mauve stamens, and below you see the tiny flowers developing into seeds, still green on this spike. The other spike shows completed flowering and the developing fruits are tinged brown. At the bottom right corner is a close up of an individual flower showing mauve stamens, a bright yellow stigma, and 3 cream tiny petals. Cut to white. #Sciart #watercolour botanical #illustration by Lizzie used to illustrate her blog on the Plantaginaceae wildflower family. This is the #loousewort. it used to be in the #scrophularaea family, which has now rolled into the plantian family. the illustration shows the deeply divided leaves, an off yellowish green, coming out from a central base. there's a long pale root at the bottom of the plant. Three of the upper branches bear flowers. these are mauve magenta. They are similar to mint flowers, having a hooded tube and basal wings. Calyx are swollen and tinged reddish. On the far right is a branch bearing three buds. The calyx teeth recurve, showing contrasting green inner edges.
June 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM Everybody can reply
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Lizzie Harper Illustrator
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My #botanicalillustrations on FSC's Guide to #Waterside #flowers (pub 2024). Seeing my #sciart illustrations in context is still a thrill, I love that FSC fold-out guides can be taken into the field to id plants & animals. When work's shrunk for repro. it looks so much sharper & more jewel like!
November 17, 2024 at 12:15 AM Everybody can reply
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King Julien Bóbr Kurwa
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#ai #aiArt #aiArtWork #loewe #design #rectangularboxes #botanicalillustrations #darkgreen #symmetricalarrangement #whiteflowers #blueoliveleaves #purplewildflowers #blackbackground #highresolution #highquality #detail
August 24, 2025 at 4:18 AM Everybody can reply
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Lizzie Harper Illustrator
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Here my #botanicalillustrations of #Bridewort #DwarfJapaneseknotweed, #Dwarfserviceberry & #Falseacacia have been edited into stand-alone watercolour illustrations which can then be re-used for other jobs.

If you hang onto your copyright, re-use fees can add up over time & are v welcome.

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Botanical illustration for FOR Sweden's project on Invasive plants: Dwarf serviceberry Amelanchier spicata Botanical illustration completed for FOR Sweden's project on invasive species: Dwarf Japanese knotweed Reynoutria japonica compacta Botanical illustration for FOR Sweden's project on Invasive plants: Dwarf serviceberry Amelanchier spicata Botanical illustration completed for FOR Sweden's project on invasive species: Dwarf Japanese knotweed Reynoutria japonica compacta
November 29, 2024 at 9:29 AM Everybody can reply
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