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    Welcome to Lizzie Harper’s Website!

    An experienced natural history and botanical illustrator, Lizzie’s work appears in books and magazines around the world, on postage stamps and mugs.

    She lives very happily in Hay on Wye, and works her garden studio surrounded by plants and birds.

    Lizzie Harper

    “ I am passionate about the natural world and love learning about the plants and animals I illustrate. ”

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    Freelance Natural History / Botanical illustrator. Please contact me on info@lizzieharper.co.uk with commissions & projects

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    Just published a new film, this one is all about the basic botany of flowers, hopefully it's useful for illustrators: https://youtu.be/FJquIuEHVQ8 This film is an introduction to flowers for people interested in botanical illustration. It covers the basic structure of flowers, and things to think about when looking at and drawing them. I don’t draw or paint in this film. Information includes naming and identifying the parts of a flower, touches on the variability of flower shape, talks a bit about telling monocot and eudicot plants apart, mentions inflorescences, and we have a quick look at a few flowering families. There are several free downloadable resources to accompany this film, available from my website: https://lizzieharper.co.uk/flowers-a-basic-introduction-for-botanical-illustrators/ I am not a botanist, so although I hope there aren’t many mistakes, apologies if you stumble across any. #botanicalillustration #botany #flowers #floweringplants #flowers #biology #botanicalart #sciart #naturalhistoryillustration #naturalscienceillustration

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    Lizzie Harper Newsletter June 2025 Lizzie's June newsletter discusses recent commissions, workshops, blogs and films as well as upcoming projects, and offers some original illustrations for sale

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    “ “Botanical artist Lizzie Harper produces meticulous watercolours of flora and fauna in her celebrations of nature” ”

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    “ Lizzie has consistently impressed me with her skill, professionalism and attention to detail ”

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    Wildflower families: Plantaginaceae

    Wildflower families: Plantaginaceae

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    Wildflower families: Plantaginaceae, the Plantain family is my latest blog in this series on common flower families.  I was inspired by my online Field Studies Council course taught by Iain Powell.  I do a lot of observing and illustrating wildflowers, so it’s important to know more about their families and similarities and differences. For definitions […] Read more
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    Samon Salmo salar hen fish showing silvery irridescence
    Salmon hen natural history illustration by Lizzie Harper
    Common lizard Lacerta vivipara in field with grasses buttercup and orchids
    Common lizard in field natural history illustration by Lizzie Harper
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