Your sense of humor and gardening fingers makes it even better. Quite patient to handle such detail.

@LizzieHarperillustrator

10 күн бұрын

Oooh, Im not sure my family would say I'm patient! But thankyou.

Awe inspiring - just beautiful work thank you

I don't know how to express what a privilege it is to watch and listen to you paint. So I will just say: What a privilege!!!! Thank you.😊💚

@LizzieHarperillustrator

Жыл бұрын

Nancy, you flatter me. But thank you so much, it's lovely to hear this.

I love all the lines it looks like a drawing.

@LizzieHarperillustrator

Ай бұрын

Thanks! Yes, the way I paint does make it more like a drawing. That's a great point.

I wish I had more of your concise controlled technique! Very Nice!

@LizzieHarperillustrator

25 күн бұрын

Wow, thanks! Im lucky in having a steady hand. But Im far from being a still and patient person, so maybe the concise and controlled side of me all goes into painting things like orchids? Thanks so much for the comment.

Lizzie, it's always quite relaxing to watch you paint 🎨👀 Thank you for sharing and your good advice 👍🏻😊

@LizzieHarperillustrator

Жыл бұрын

Merci Chouette

Lizzie….. so glad to have found your channel! I have an admiration and it’s captivating to see you work in such small details!!! Oh, and Thank you for teaching us how to fix mistakes and to keep calm because there’s always a solution!!!! Love your tutorials and I’m subscribing!!!

@LizzieHarperillustrator

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Im really glad you like my films. Now I have to get my arse in gear and make some more of them!

Your paintings are brilliant. Your teaching is clear and very vert helpful. Your commentary is hilarious. You are absolutely my favourite. I love the lengthy videos💕🇨🇦

@LizzieHarperillustrator

Жыл бұрын

Teresa, this has put such a broad smile on my face. Thank you so much x

So lovely to watch on a Sunday morning in bed with tea 😊 you’re so funny too 😂

@LizzieHarperillustrator

9 ай бұрын

Aww thankyou. I like the idea of that. x

It's wonderful to watch you paint and listen to your talking about the subject you paint 🎨 and everything else! Thank you Lizzie and big warm hugs to you from me in Sweden 👋🥰🤗❤🇸🇪👍!

@LizzieHarperillustrator

2 ай бұрын

Aww thankyou. And so lovely to think of you watching my films in Sweden!

@susannesamuelsson2930

2 ай бұрын

@@LizzieHarperillustrator I enjoy watching them, so I will continue following you Lizzie with great joy! 👋❤👍

I really appreciate all the botanical information!

@LizzieHarperillustrator

Жыл бұрын

Aww thanks. I have to say it all out loud or I instantly forget all the stuff I've researched!

@LauraCourtneyette

Жыл бұрын

@@LizzieHarperillustrator All that Latin!

@LizzieHarperillustrator

Жыл бұрын

@@LauraCourtneyette oh man. Dont I just KNOW that youre telling the truth there. Its like a foreign language, it really is.

Thanks for such a lovely surprise for a Friday evening in South Africa 🇿🇦

@LizzieHarperillustrator

Жыл бұрын

Aww, I love the idea of you watching all the way across the world. Thankyou

Какая вы классная женщина с юмором - спасибо за ваши уроки !

@LizzieHarperillustrator

Жыл бұрын

Мое абсолютное удовольствие! Так рад, что вам понравилось.

Thank you so much for this! So very interesting en wonderful to watch! Amazing work!!

@LizzieHarperillustrator

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Irma, Im so glad you enjoyed it

Amazing detail work.

@LizzieHarperillustrator

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Awesome Lizzie 🎨🙏🏻✨🌈🌺

Thank you, Lizzie! You continue to amaze and inspire me! I’m closely following your quest for the “perfect” synthetic watercolor brush and look forward to your next update. 🎨🖌️

@LizzieHarperillustrator

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully one coming soon.....and thanks

I love your work. It's also fascinating hearing uou talk about pollination.

@LizzieHarperillustrator

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

Beautiful work wow! 🥰✨👌🎨🌈

@LizzieHarperillustrator

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Jane!

Thank you Lizzie, wonderful work as always.

@LizzieHarperillustrator

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Yvonne

A great instructional video Lizzie. Regards Peter

@LizzieHarperillustrator

Жыл бұрын

Peter, thankyou X

Did they (the people commissioning the painting) love the painting when you finished it? Were the colours you were concerned about right? Fascinating to watch you paint, but also to hear your thought process as you produce your painting. Thank you.

@LizzieHarperillustrator

3 ай бұрын

Hiya, I often don't hear much about the response to my work. I just get paid for it, which is fine. In general, I assume that unless they tell me the colours are all wrong (and this does, rarely, happen) and ask for a re-paint that it's ok. In general, by the time they see the final piece, they've already seen and made alterations to pencil roughs, so know exactly what they're getting. It's only the intricacies of the colour that I can mess up, if the reference is unclear or, as sometimes happens, I follow what a botany book says or can't get my hands on an actual specimen. Good question, thanks for asking!

@dizzylizzy7582

3 ай бұрын

@@LizzieHarperillustrator thank you for responding. This makes a lot of sense.

lovely video thanks 😌

@LizzieHarperillustrator

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure

wow!!!! wonderful

@LizzieHarperillustrator

6 ай бұрын

Many thanks!!

Thanks for sharing with us Lizzy. I’m feeling a bit out of my depth but I enjoyed the live stream. My forthrightness and humour doesn’t seem to be ‘usual’ in such a serious subject. Ah well I’m not a purist I just love painting and I love your down to earth approach.🙏🏼

@LizzieHarperillustrator

Жыл бұрын

I think humour and reality are so important, let's strip away all this nonsense and fluff about talent and it all being a mysterious and impossible craft. Just pick up a pencil and crack on! And the more we do it, the better we get

@MoiAussie1

Жыл бұрын

@@LizzieHarperillustrator and with life goingon around us, it doesn’t stop to let us spoil ourselves in our art though I confess during the day now being retired and I’m not disturbed I can lose a whole day in my studio and wonder why it’s dark outside when it can only be lunchtime 🤣 and it’s purely for myself and I don’t feel one bit guilty either😉

I saw a previous video and noticed your hands. I told my daughter "she's probably a gardener." I know because I too garden.

@LizzieHarperillustrator

5 ай бұрын

I do garden and my hands are TRASHED! Im so jealous of the other illustrators whose hands look like they could do nail varnish adverts! Glad you understood straight away, and thanks for your understanding.

@janieart

5 ай бұрын

@@LizzieHarperillustrator yeah I've got some videos and my handa are always trashed too. But nature is worth it!!

How long should I wait for watercolour to dry? Would you also use the same drying time for gouache watercolour?

@LizzieHarperillustrator

9 ай бұрын

Ok. So it depends on the weather (she says helpfully). On a hot day in summer, in direct sunlight they'll be dry in minutes, even a wet wash. On a gloomy wet October day (today, anyone?) they can take an hour or so. Try using a hair dryer or hold a fan heater to the painting to speed u.p the process. I thin gouache dries a little faster unless it;s applied really thick. Generally, you can feel if watercolour is dry by touching it very lightly with your fingertips. Touch dry is good enough. Also, move the paper around and see if it catches the light. If it does, the paint is still wet. Hope that helps a bit

Thanks so much for this video Lizzie. This was very helpful as we're about to start on the orchid module in our Diploma course. I was interested to know how you go about doing the drawing of such a complex arrangement of flowers and bracts on this type of orchid. You did say earlier in the video that you don't use calipers to measure so how did you do this drawing? What measuring tool do you use?

@LizzieHarperillustrator

Жыл бұрын

That's a great question. With this one, I didnt have the specimen in front of me. I was working from a lot of photo ref, which is never much fun. So I lifted different elements of the photos and combined them, being sure to be botanically accurate. Now then, if I HAD had the orchid in front of me. I would still have done it by eye, although spent a long time plotting the space that each flower would fill, and making sure they related correctly to one another. I'd also take an individual flower and bract off and examine it in full detail, dissecting it out. then take that knowledge to every other flower on the stem. I find doing this is enormously helpful before drawing complicated flowering heads. I do take rough measurements, holding my pencil up as a gauge, checking the inflorescence is more or less symmetrically balanced around the main stem. But mostly I do it by eye. When it comes to insects though, its all about the callipers. Weird, huh? Enjoy your orchid module. Beautiful plants, but beastly to untangle and draw. Thanks for the comment!

@AmandaK399

8 ай бұрын

Hi Susana, Where is your Diploma Course located?

Drawing with tinted water

@LizzieHarperillustrator

Жыл бұрын

So true!

Curious question: why when you show the books, they look as if the picture is reversed.

@LizzieHarperillustrator

6 ай бұрын

Hiya, I don't know. Even worse, I hadn't noticed! Perhaps I had the phone (which i film with) on the wrong camera? I'm sure it was me making a mistake. Sorry f that's made the text heard to read. Thanks for taking the time to leave a ccomment .

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Sounds awesome Lizzie, it’ll be 10pm hhere in Western Australia so depends how tired I am. Presumably the tutorial will stay available after. It’s so wonderful to be reminded of the beautiful countryside in Blighty ❤🌿🌸🌼🪻

@LizzieHarperillustrator

Жыл бұрын

Yes, the film will be up for normal viewing after the premiere, the only thing missing will be my typos and answers as I try to answer any questions as the film rolls....

@aaronestdav

Жыл бұрын

Good morning! An affectionate greeting from Mexico and from the Collective of Science and Nature Illustrators, main promoters of botanical illustration in our country. Thank you very much for these fabulous moments that enrich our knowledge.