https://www.lucytsmith.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-03-04 https://www.lucytsmith.com/blog/painting-the-victoria-amazonica-leaf monthly 0.5 2023-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/12fd8f79-5a4b-4d94-93fb-99bf7ce0e22e/20191122_105111.jpg Blog - PAINTING THE VICTORIA AMAZONICA LEAF - Make it stand out “Helping” to plant out Victoria amazonica in the Princess of Wales Conservatory, April 2019 with Jean-Michel Touche; 2. The leaf being cut from the same plant in November 2019, 3. Cutting up the leaf to make a herbarium specimen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/e29b0344-472b-46e0-a4c0-1dc634ba44d3/paper+preparation.jpg Blog - PAINTING THE VICTORIA AMAZONICA LEAF - Make it stand out Four handy cans of baked beans helped to hold down the corners of the curling paper while I sprayed and brushed it with two coats of water, helping the paper’s fibres to relax and flatten. With help I lifted the damp sheet of paper up and over, onto the waiting board. This was quite scary. After removing air pockets, I fixed it to the edge of the board with dampened gummed tape before leaving it to dry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/a8141788-f9f5-4dba-821f-cbf301f4d427/Drawing+masking.jpg Blog - PAINTING THE VICTORIA AMAZONICA LEAF - Make it stand out Drawing down from a projection, in a darkened room; 2. Finessing the drawing in the studio; 3. Drawing the veins in with masking fluid; 4. Laying down first washes over the masked veins, one section at a time. I removed the masking fluid as soon as possible; after that, the veins were painted around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/f04064b2-1649-43b5-9bb3-5d22a37ebe83/Painting+stages.jpg Blog - PAINTING THE VICTORIA AMAZONICA LEAF - Make it stand out June 2020; 2. also June 2020; 3. September 2020; 4. September 2021. It was fun to pose with the painting at the end of each week and share the results, and useful for me too, to see that I was in fact making progress. These were long, but simple and rewarding days requiring great patience! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/5d9caad3-ac81-4cc2-923c-3624564be7d3/Painting+final.jpg Blog - PAINTING THE VICTORIA AMAZONICA LEAF - Make it stand out Adding the small details: every single section was checked for details such a small veins and sharp prickles painted with a zero-sized brush. The darkest parts of the leaf blade throw the small prickles forward. I also went over the whole painting upright on the floor, away from the table and… finally… my first sight of it framed and in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art - back at Kew, from whence it came. https://www.lucytsmith.com/blog/victoria-boliviana-a-new-species-of-giant-waterlily monthly 0.5 2026-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/0dc9d6bf-5aa0-45c4-a0ee-64cc7128bb90/Lucy+and+Carlos+with+V.boliviana.+Credit+RBG+Kew._smaller.jpg Blog - VICTORIA BOLIVIANA - A NEW SPECIES OF GIANT WATERLILY: 4th july 2022 - Make it stand out Victoria boliviana (Magdalena and L.T. Smith) Me (left) and Carlos (right) with a cut leaf of the newly-described giant waterlily in the Princess of Wales Conservatory, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. (c)Ines Stuart-Davidson, RBG Kew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/d83e7f41-b78e-4f70-a5f3-82cece98eef8/Fitch_analyses.jpeg Blog - VICTORIA BOLIVIANA - A NEW SPECIES OF GIANT WATERLILY: 4th july 2022 - “Victoria regia - Analyses” lithograph by Walter Hood Fitch, published in his 1851 work “ Victoria regia; Illustrations of the Royal Waterlily, in a series of figures chiefly made from specimens flowering at Syon and at Kew by Walter Fitch; with descriptions by Sir W. J. Hooker” Walter Hood Fitch was a prolific botanical artist who made illustrations for Kew from 1834 - 1877. He had previously illustrated Victoria from preserved specimens collected in Bolivia by Mr Bridges in 1845, which were given to William Hooker, the Director of Kew, to study. I later discovered that the herbarium specimen made from that plant is now proven to be the oldest known collection of the new species, Victoria boliviana. It had been misidentified as V. amazonica for an amazing 177 years! But that is a story for another blog…. Walter Hood Fitch’s “Analyses” from his publication of 1851, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/65aeae7d-6061-42ce-91d6-15f86433bde8/Lucy_Vic_ama_2019_2.jpg Blog - VICTORIA BOLIVIANA - A NEW SPECIES OF GIANT WATERLILY: 4th july 2022 - It was not always possible to cut a flower for my studies. In this case, the flower was needed for hand-pollination and seed production, so photography had to suffice. The first-night flower of this Victoria amazonica plant in the Princess of Wales Conservatory at Kew, was still open at around 7am, in July 2019. It quickly began to close for the day. Later the same evening, it would re-open, changing form and colour dramatically. These changes reflect the pollination process in the wild. Second-night flowers tend to open much later in the evening. In order to observe these I had special permission to stay in the glasshouse after dark, along with a generous volunteer from the horticultural team. Getting everything to line up was a challenge, and even once the people were in place, the flowers did NOT always co-operate! Photo: Jean-Michel Touche https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/38cb478b-af27-44da-a435-b5ee280c3c36/V.boliviana+on+2nd+night+flower+in+Kew%27s+Princess+of+Wales+Conservatory.+Credit+Lucy+Smith.+%282%29.JPG Blog - VICTORIA BOLIVIANA - A NEW SPECIES OF GIANT WATERLILY: 4th july 2022 - Make it stand out The beautiful second-night flower of Victoria boliviana which opened at Kew on July 18th, 2018. It faced away from the viewing path of the Princess of Wales Conservatory, so I had to balance my camera on top of the high wall of the pond. I was always fearful it would fall in! This flower opened so quickly, I missed a part of the process thanks to making a cup of tea. Once it appeared to have finished opening, it was cut for me and I began a long night of photographing, dissecting and drawing. (c)LucyTSmith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/5af34bb5-8ddc-4cb3-ad6b-275283f550db/Aff+cruz+second+night+lateral_March2019.jpg Blog - VICTORIA BOLIVIANA - A NEW SPECIES OF GIANT WATERLILY: 4th july 2022 - Make it stand out Life-sized pencil drawing of Victoria boliviana’s second-night flower, observed at Kew in July 2018. The flower measured 32 cm across. (c)LucyTSmith, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/41badce3-acd6-46f5-b5a0-0689e4887ed0/Bud+sketches Blog - VICTORIA BOLIVIANA - A NEW SPECIES OF GIANT WATERLILY: 4th july 2022 - Drawing informs taxonomy: as I drew the buds of all three species, I began to notice that the carpellary appendages (drawn darker here) which surround the ovary’s stigmatic surface, were a unique shape for each species. This “character” is a new way to tell the species apart, and can be observed in both living material and well-pressed flower specimens. Buds of V. cruziana (left) and V. amazonica (right) in longitudinal section; drawn from life from plants grown at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. (c) LucyTSmith 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/81be1be9-7c4d-4036-bd8e-aeb541817706/Bud_flower+combo+pen+and+ink.jpg Blog - VICTORIA BOLIVIANA - A NEW SPECIES OF GIANT WATERLILY: 4th july 2022 - Make it stand out Using botanical illustration to compare the bud and seed forms of all three species (top to bottom) V. amazonica, V. boliviana, V. cruziana. We also discovered new ways to tell the flowers apart, using the shapes and sizes of the inner parts; and by quantifying the differences in prickles on the outer tepals. The next two illustrations show V. boliviana flower on its first- (left) and second-night (right) openings (not included in the paper). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/2db67d02-b711-4689-8959-e5773020ee0a/Figure+5_Victoria+boliviana.jpg Blog - VICTORIA BOLIVIANA - A NEW SPECIES OF GIANT WATERLILY: 4th july 2022 - Make it stand out Scientific illustration in pen and ink of Victoria boliviana (sp nov.) published in our paper “Revised species delimitation in the giant water lily genus Victoria (Nymphaeaceae) confirms a new species and has implications for its conservation,” published in Frontiers in Plant Science, July 4th 2022. I illustrated all three species in this way, to encapsulate their unique features in one image (c)LucyTSmith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/86dceb2f-3433-47b7-bad6-0f30b7ce7fa4/Lucy+in+the+PoWC+July+2022.jpg Blog - VICTORIA BOLIVIANA - A NEW SPECIES OF GIANT WATERLILY: 4th july 2022 - Make it stand out Lucy in the Princess of Wales Conservatory Pond in July 2022. Victoria boliviana, the new species which has been hiding in plain sight for some time, will now be known to everyone! You can see all three species growing side-by-side at Kew right now. Photo: Carlos Magdalena https://www.lucytsmith.com/blog/working-as-a-botanical-illustrator-part-2-starting-to-draw monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1631807389988-GED0MRWHMMJ3FMWVL8IH/20210527_103659.jpg Blog - Working as a Botanical Illustrator Part 2 - starting to draw: large elements - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1631807849947-H5U4D1KZQWHOS75VZ59W/20210527_104310.jpg Blog - Working as a Botanical Illustrator Part 2 - starting to draw: large elements - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1631808328269-MYLIF3KKS3MMAKVWHPRO/20210527_105457.jpg Blog - Working as a Botanical Illustrator Part 2 - starting to draw: large elements - Taking a measurement using proportional dividers set to “2.” This will give a measurement half that over the original, when the dividers are flipped over to their smaller point opening. As I’m left-handed, I use the dividers with my right hand so that I don’t have to put my pencil down during this process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1631808491167-ZZJL6I1I5R1AQ230G7P1/20210527_105817.jpg Blog - Working as a Botanical Illustrator Part 2 - starting to draw: large elements - Now you can see, an instant one-half reduction of the subject matter, mapped out by the other end of the dividers. If you are enlarging an object, simply use the dividers the other way. Proportional dividers, once used by all technical draughtspeople when such drawings were done by hand, are now quite rare and therefore expensive to buy. A less expensive option is to use standard dividers - these will enable you to enlarge but not reduce so easily, as you can measure a part and then mark it out twice, three times, etc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1631809976172-97NHE0TIY3J5LZDL5N9I/Samsony4_in+progress.jpg Blog - Working as a Botanical Illustrator Part 2 - starting to draw: large elements - Here’s how the illustration is looking at the moment. It has been darkened a lot after scanning so that it is visible on your screen, whereas in fact it is drawn quite lightly in 2H pencil. A lot of erasing has taken place, and at one point I moved the whole frame to the left to fit something in, rather than re-draw everything. Now I have started the envisage where the smaller details will fit in. The leaflets still require some refining and addition of details, as do the inflorescence and infructescence, but the illustration is well on its way. 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Since 1999, she has worked as a freelance botanical artist for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, producing botanical illustrations in both pen and ink, and watercolour. Her illustrations have been published in many scientific journals worldwide. She has received many awards for her artwork, including the Jill Smythies Award for Botanical Illustration (Linnean Society), two gold medals from the Royal Horticultural Society, and First Prize (twice) in the Margaret Flockton Award for Botanical Illustration. In 2020 she was awarded the Botanical Illustrator Award for Excellence in Scientific Botanical Art from American Society of Botanical Artists. As well as illustrating, she leads the teaching of the botanical illustration programme at Kew Gardens. She has previously taught for The English Gardening School, and the Chelsea School of Botanical Art, as well as given workshops for many amateur and professional groups. Lucy takes on custom commissions. Notable commissions include a 90th birthday present for Sir David Attenborough. Lucy is a regular judge for botanical art exhibitions including the Society of Botanical Artists’ annual Plantae exhibition in London. Lucy’s first how-to book “Botanical Sketchbooks, an Artist’s Guide to Plant Studies,” has just been published by The Crowood Press. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/d6a68584-63a2-4d27-a775-ced69b670cc8/Botanical+Sketchbooks+cover.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/261e7ff0-cb36-416b-91e3-677b992cdb81/Long+comp+image_v4_flat+with+lines.jpg About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/211103ed-006c-4d42-ae39-ca5b75a67ac4/PONG+Cover+and+image.jpg About The cover of Palms of New Guinea, out in February 2024, and one of its pen and ink illustrations, Calamus pintaudii. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1610358315203-QWHQ0PLYAAEHUQNFGZXE/Lucy_ama_leaf.jpg About - put pong here Lucy’s ambitious painting of the underside of a life-sized Victoria amazonica leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/6979145d-2093-4f2e-86a8-881dda83bb90/Small+JPG+Poster+A4+finished+black+text.jpg About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/e6b54364-366e-4f7c-a160-cc896fda2fa3/LTS_Ham+Lands+Oak+ink.jpg About Pen and ink drawing of The Ham Lands Oak, September - October 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/13f1ff3e-1921-4bdb-96a9-007511d96764/LTS_Oak_acorns.jpg About - Make it stand out Study of developing acorns The Ham Lands Oak, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/3ca86af2-4e2f-49f5-87c1-f1d76e1678c7/Ham+Lands+Map+colour_120dpi.jpg About - Make it stand out Colour giclee prints of this map can be ordered, available after the exhibition. Order forms available at Ham Library, or contact Lucy via email. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1610360588537-EIBMWUHGGPY3Q2APF6FA/ASBA+award.jpg About - put pong here The ASBA Award for Excellence in Scientific Botanical Art, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/f0b1aa23-7af2-4514-81a6-ade7e87a0a3e/profile+ama+leaf_crop.jpg About - Make it stand out The Wonderful World of Water Plants, Shirley Sherwood Gallery Kew, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1614614844676-FA3YQ0BAJ39XMOJAP6ZD/Lucy+Palms+Berlin.jpg About - put pong here Lucy with the Palms of North Queensland in Berlin, 2011 https://www.lucytsmith.com/teaching daily 0.75 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/ec84e78c-f602-4134-b061-f1769fee13c8/Pencil+Watercolour+Sketchbook_LTS.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/19964b82-5581-4e87-ba94-ab977a835a28/Leaf+ink+versions+beginners.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/bebbf3d9-7208-4c9f-a014-53fe60bfbcfb/Pen+and+Ink+Intermediate_LTS.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/349c3554-90d1-49e7-b639-bef534caa838/Fungi+kew+2+cropped.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/b687977d-c778-4e8f-a370-4574b0884774/Pen+and+Ink+BotanicalSketchbook_LTS.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/ed27d0b1-179f-4573-a37b-436c17f9790f/Western+Aus+seed+pods_crop.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/06fb89c9-6a5e-4cea-ad6f-9e23b0df9ae3/Jadevine+crop.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/67fa2526-044f-4e78-8112-d432061f71dc/PXL_20241118_100609258%7E2.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1db52333-26cc-43e1-99a5-0b6a758a8ccc/Fundamentals+image+web.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/73e248b6-f14c-4330-af78-b5aff1fa4243/Tulip+drawing_LTSmith.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/303d8420-881c-4dc2-9b23-538a333e2aa2/Looking+at+church+from+small+studio+window.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/45a06327-3c8b-4cff-9bfe-9df777127150/Western+Aus+seed+pods_crop.jpg Teaching - Make it stand out Seeds pods in pen and ink on toned paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/fcf9bfda-6878-4ab0-8805-cd4d6403a124/PXL_20250224_120835211%7E3.jpg Teaching - Make it stand out The classroom at Kew Gardens is fully equipped with drawing boards, lighting, lightboxes and supplementary art materials. Students can watch demonstrations from my desk, with the help of a visualiser projected onto a large screen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/b68e6ec4-1d9f-41d5-9e45-b200d073b2d2/Sketchbook+Transylvania_2024.jpg Teaching - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/eaea33b2-06c0-411d-8e26-a472875d4818/Batul_smaller.jpg Teaching - Make it stand out From my sketchbooks, Copsa Mare 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/7bd90ae9-7775-4dfb-b61b-fa36b8a4f8ba/Looking+at+church+from+small+studio+window.jpg Teaching - Make it stand out View from the art studio window, Transylvania School of Botanical Art & Illustration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/06fb89c9-6a5e-4cea-ad6f-9e23b0df9ae3/Jadevine+crop.jpg Teaching - Make it stand out Detail from a watercolour painting of the jade vine, Strongylodon macrobotrys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/c456fd02-70a3-41f7-a314-f5b6707601bf/PXL_20240617_100807947.jpg Teaching - Make it stand out The view from our Kew classroom is hard to beat! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1611250744478-ZFM7VMM97U7GU4DJVYXG/Lucy_library+tour.jpg Teaching - PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS AND TALKS Lucy’s schedule is booked up well in advance - please get in touch if you would like to discuss and book her for a class, workshop or talk. The list below shows the range of topics she has covered in the past. In addition to covering familiar themes, she is also keen to engage with new ideas. https://www.lucytsmith.com/galleries daily 0.75 2025-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/4bd5a865-4151-423a-82ea-14f8043e7fae/Ptycho_pcard_800pixels.jpg Galleries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/8de3ff1a-ff8f-4399-9420-786994590460/Long+comp+image_v4_flat.jpg Galleries - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/07f6b811-ebf8-4101-93e6-894d6151fe76/Lucy+Artists%27+room+profile+pic_crop.jpg Galleries - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1611135581288-S8PB0AHP9DB4XA2WYZU8/Lucy_ama_leaf.jpg Galleries Victoria waterlilies Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/bd0b5d2a-27d3-49d0-a2cd-9d637519c3c6/Hyd_collage_wm.jpg Galleries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/f4e74125-2f3b-44f8-8934-cf12f3d73950/Nepenthes_LucyTSmith.jpg Galleries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/a3d183ee-f4ec-4e70-8452-2c45745030ee/9_00a_adj.jpg Galleries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/86b164b3-2f5a-4ad9-855c-9f05fd6cc47d/Raphia_infructesecence_detail.jpg Galleries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/3ba7e000-c62f-4457-b7f2-77526bc893cc/Barringtonia_adj.jpg Galleries https://www.lucytsmith.com/home daily 1.0 2025-05-29 https://www.lucytsmith.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-09-18 https://www.lucytsmith.com/work-with-me daily 0.75 2021-01-12 https://www.lucytsmith.com/galleries/victoria-waterlilies daily 0.75 2023-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/0e94cb6c-39ad-429f-b749-0632ac431021/Vic_ama_leaf_crop_2000_wm.jpg Victoria Waterlilies Detail from Victoria amazonica leaf underside, 120 x 120cm (48 x 48 inches) Watercolour on paper, painted life-sized from a specimen collected at Kew Gardens. Print available - see Shop for details. Now in the SHIRLEY SHERWOOD COLLECTION. On display until 17th September 2023 at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Kew Gardens, London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/63670de6-01dd-4552-a909-4664b7c9d99c/Lucy+cruziana+leaf.jpg Victoria Waterlilies Lucy is currently working on the next life-sized leaf underside, Victoria cruziana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/a3d183ee-f4ec-4e70-8452-2c45745030ee/9_00a_adj.jpg Victoria Waterlilies Work in progress: longitudinal section of Victoria amazonica's first-night flower, watercolour on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1625820205369-3332ULYNAV1WBV929W2U/Victoria%2Bcruziana%2Bprint.jpg Victoria Waterlilies Victoria cruziana second-night flower. Watercolour on paper, 50 x 70cm. Print available - see Shop for details. Now in the SHIRLEY SHERWOOD COLLECTION. On display until 17th September at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Kew Gardens, London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/129ad879-5580-4507-9a73-75da4e6e2f92/Lucy+amazonica+leaf.jpg Victoria Waterlilies In progress, January 2021: life-sized Victoria amazonica leaf underside. Watercolour on paper, 120 x 120cm (48 x 48 inches) Now in the SHIRLEY SHERWOOD COLLECTION. On display until 17th September at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Kew Gardens, London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1625820182301-RWKL34NUC6L7SI4SVEE8/Victoria%2Bcruziana_LS.jpg Victoria Waterlilies detail, Victoria cruziana second-night flower. Now in the SHIRLEY SHERWOOD COLLECTION. On display until 17th September at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Kew Gardens, London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/2e47b257-638b-4d07-bd76-a88cf409ecdd/Victoria+amazonica_figure_.jpg Victoria Waterlilies Victoria amazonica - pen and ink illustration from "Revised species delimitation..." paper, published 4th July 2022. A3 (42 x 29.5cm) Print available - see Shop for details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1619178784427-0933O4F4WV7IZSWAZYEC/Vic_cruz_wm.jpg Victoria Waterlilies Victoria cruziana, drawing. Graphite on paper, 25 x 42cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/60181a63-1771-40e7-a2cf-9f10ab809040/Victoria+cruziana_figure_.jpg Victoria Waterlilies Victoria cruziana - pen and ink illustration from "Revised species delimitation..." paper, published 4th July 2022. A3 (42 x 29.5cm) Print available - see Shop for details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/adb9fbc9-3b1d-4346-9667-e0f77ff4bcf3/Figure+5_Victoria+boliviana.jpg Victoria Waterlilies Victoria boliviana (new species) -pen and ink illustration from "Revised species delimitation..." paper, published 4th July 2022. A3 (42 x 29.5cm) Print available - see Shop for details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1619178953434-WE8MYZ2Z3Z052ULG2S94/IMG_20210114_152625.jpg Victoria Waterlilies Victoria amazonica bud, work in progress. Watercolour on paper, 30 x 50cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1625820146386-PP9XF6PPQN5GZU73546G/Cruziana_rendering.jpg Victoria Waterlilies Victoria cruziana second-night flower. Graphite on paper, 30 x 38cm https://www.lucytsmith.com/galleries/palms-of-new-guinea daily 0.75 2024-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1698506823192-A0UJZDK55CTCCNHQOITQ/Hydriastele%2Bcollage%2B120.jpg Palms of New Guinea A series of the genus Hydriastele drawn in pen and ink for Palms of New Guinea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/2c3a9155-20b6-4f5a-b636-c22a913534f3/Palms+of+New+Guinea+Cover_120.jpg Palms of New Guinea Palms of New Guinea, NOW PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/95cdb42e-7c75-4d50-bba9-fdd7e7534900/Calamus+lucysmithiae.jpg Palms of New Guinea Calamus lucysmithiae. I'm honoured to have had a species named after me - a rare climbing palm found in mangroves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1611238058664-QT9U5E0PHXP3LAQ1RU73/Calamus+humboldtianus.jpg Palms of New Guinea Calamus lauterbachii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/4fc2ad60-b104-42a1-b8a5-f1c27415c9e4/Hydriastele_biakensis_LucyTSmith.jpg Palms of New Guinea Hydriastele biakensis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/b45f2958-739a-4922-bfa9-a1ccc8559ed5/Clayptrocalyx_albertisianus_LucyTSmith.jpg Palms of New Guinea Calyptrocalyx albertisianus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/d2464687-52d6-491f-83a9-ec9f3d574ff3/Calamus_eximus_LucyTSmith.jpg Palms of New Guinea Calamus serrulatus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/fbe6a402-e091-4269-b206-6f4a99b5e80c/Calamus_pachypus_LucyTSmith.jpg Palms of New Guinea Calamus 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Hydriastele variabilis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/18d49141-64c1-4f09-b76d-71003d4708cc/Kothalsia+zippellii+plate+1.jpg Palms of New Guinea Korthalsia zippelii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/51a31ff6-036c-46f8-975f-cef1e3304e3a/Manjekia+maturbongsii.jpg Palms of New Guinea Manjekia maturbongsii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/e302971e-2bf3-403a-9da2-797a77e7ccef/Ponapea+hentyi.jpg Palms of New Guinea Ponapea hentyi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/3bea45f9-99b8-4ab7-bf31-55b72964bd14/Calamus+pilosissimus.jpg Palms of New Guinea Calamus pilosissimus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/f845c222-fa72-44a5-91bd-cff21107b632/Saribus_rotundifolius+ink.jpg Palms of New Guinea Saribus rotundifolius https://www.lucytsmith.com/galleries/scientific-botanical-illustration daily 0.75 2023-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/8f329aab-df6d-4425-905f-4d8393b3fd9a/Sofikomba_plate+1.jpg Scientific Botanical Illustration Hyperacanthus sofikomba, named for "lemur's ear," Click on image to be taken to the Kew Bulletin paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1611238193723-AOFGQJX52DDH9PEUUATJ/Lecomtella_cropped.jpg Scientific Botanical Illustration Lecomtella madagascariensis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/ccfdf6ee-2d6e-4e44-884e-f618f73fff8e/Lemurophoenix_web.jpg Scientific Botanical Illustration Lemurophoenix, a new species of palm from Madagascar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/8cf85c62-bad2-422a-8c3f-0ed6f518a31f/Nepenthes_LucyTSmith.jpg Scientific Botanical Illustration Nepenthes petiolata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/0e2fbe1b-b1bc-483c-84be-fd805d203a10/Galanthus+bursae_LucyTsmith.jpg Scientific Botanical Illustration Galanthus bursae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1611236989265-GRO6U61HDLBKKAXGA5VC/Englerophytum+paludosum.jpg Scientific Botanical Illustration Englerophytum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/938f1f39-bc05-48b2-bd7b-9097452ff040/Ventilago_crenata_LucyTSmith.jpg Scientific Botanical Illustration Ventilago crenata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/11152a26-1e0d-4b00-b2eb-b81343ddeced/Whitehead_LucyTSmith.jpg Scientific Botanical Illustration Whiteheadia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/29312bc9-2cc2-47b5-aff2-add1cb6fa8ec/Alsophila+excelsior.jpg Scientific Botanical Illustration Alsophila excelsior https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/db984faa-6273-4d05-9a23-451df16f7931/Elaeocarpus_Flockton_LucyTSmith.jpg Scientific Botanical Illustration Elaeocarpus https://www.lucytsmith.com/galleries/commissions-and-paintings daily 0.75 2025-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1698508565792-B1U6BA5KDOB1JBCFAGCM/Colin_web.jpg Commissions and Paintings Artwork commissioned of a retiring Kew botanist's study plants and sites, created in a sketchbook style, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/41828429-9dae-4faf-b9f1-acd6329c8d42/Jadevine+crop.jpg Commissions and Paintings Detail, Jadevine (Strongylodon macrobotrys), private commission, watercolour on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1611250207457-JN5WO4CRULQS931HOX4V/Nepenthes+attenboroughii.jpg Commissions and Paintings Nepenthes attenboroughii, named for Sir David Attenborough and a gift from the Carnivorous Plant Society on his 90th birthday. Watercolour on paper, 60 x 40cm (24 x 16inches) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/75eea287-b42b-41e3-a608-c97edad29d18/Pine+cone+colour.jpg Commissions and Paintings Pine cone, watercolour on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/3ab850af-8450-44a9-988b-517970fb0c22/9_00a_adj.jpg Commissions and Paintings Work in progress: the first-night flower of giant water lily Victoria amazonica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1652268186209-24H0DIQBEZGBR82X6IDN/arabica_2000.jpg Commissions and Paintings Coffea arabica, original artwork for Coffee Species Print for James Hoffman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1611250187459-AEAZHIF0PIW7JNICDV55/Nymphaea_pcard_800pixels.jpg Commissions and Paintings Nymphaea thermarum, for Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Volume 27, Issue 4, December 2010. Watercolour on paper, 12.5 x 21cm (5 x 8 inches) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/3b657e08-7c4f-46cf-ac69-f958c69c2a66/deatil_excelsa.jpg Commissions and Paintings Detail of Coffea liberica var. 'excelsa,' watercolour on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1698508565792-B1U6BA5KDOB1JBCFAGCM/Colin_web.jpg Commissions and Paintings Commissioned gift for a retiring botanist, Kew Gardens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/d43423ec-d301-4d8a-b460-d681d4c3b434/Retispathe+LucyTSmith.jpg Commissions and Paintings Retispathe dumetosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/85e437f2-1762-458f-973a-d3ab9732c26f/Retisphathe+detail_LucyTSmith.jpg Commissions and Paintings Retispathe dumetosa (detail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1698509126515-BRAL0NR0LYSRTGSY9EL1/Gustavia_web.jpg Commissions and Paintings Gustavia longifolia, Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Volume 7 Issue 4, December 2010. Watercolour on paper, 12.5 x 21cm (5 x 8 inches) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1614682357084-O6SB0OUJ24UC703V8H2M/Tahina%2Bspectabilis.jpg Commissions and Paintings Tahina spectabilis, private commission. Watercolour and gouache on illustration board, 35 x 60cm (14 x 24 inches) PRINT AVAILABLE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/3a44c8a2-74c1-44c3-a267-15f554cd7703/Caralluma_europaea_LucyTSmith.jpg Commissions and Paintings Caralluma europaea, detail. Private collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/e95b705b-9d6c-40d4-9965-059169a25501/20201209_092907.jpg Commissions and Paintings Pomegranate, watercolour on paper, painted for the Victoria & Albert Museum's interpretation for "Renaissance Watercolour" exhibition https://www.lucytsmith.com/galleries/the-ship daily 0.75 2022-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1611142179090-COJWL3RT9SX0XTEFNHWC/greatcab2_cropped.jpg The Ship Lucy working in the Great Cabin on the Endeavour replica, 2001. Every sketch and painting shown here is left as was at the end of the voyage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/6741db76-da46-4ede-bf28-41f853562a04/grevillea2_adj.jpg The Ship Grevillia glauca, Cape York. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 70 x 50cm (27.5 x 20 inches) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/a35c28c9-98d7-4b5a-b178-54c6961c7c2c/dillenia_adj.jpg The Ship Dillenia elata, Yarrabah. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 70 x 50cm (27.5 x 20 inches) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/d024cd3b-c188-4eea-9926-42ac8304cbce/seeds_fruits_adj.jpg The Ship Fruit and seed collected on the voyage. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 70 x 50cm (27.5 x 20 inches) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/0027d0e4-839d-4d62-8de5-da9c7a008057/Barringtonia_adj.jpg The Ship Barringtonia racemosa, Cooktown. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 70 x 50cm (27.5 x 20 inches) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/56376a99-a75b-45cb-8285-2c8e2655cd9d/dillenasketch_adj.jpg The Ship Dillenia elata sketchbook page. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 20 x 25cm (8 x 10 inches) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/8f861784-70af-41bd-a8b9-507715c996e0/Banksia_adj.jpg The Ship Banksia, Cape York Peninsula. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 70 x 50cm (27.5 x 20 inches) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/81490bfb-713d-47dc-8a5c-7522e121a96e/deckdrawing_adj.jpg The Ship Drawing of the Endeavour deck, sketchbook. Pencil on paper, 20 x 25cm (8 x 10 inches) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/7d37bf62-ed16-48a9-bcc2-7f6a175fc8dd/smilax.jpg The Ship Smilax sp., Cape York Peninsula, sketchbook page. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 20 x 25cm (8 x 10 inches) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/a2c1a59b-c20a-4bed-b2d2-980063974c90/stercsketch.jpg The Ship Sterculia sketchbook page. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 20 x 25cm (8 x 10 inches) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/671cf7b2-c5f1-429d-86aa-667e7ad9c3ae/noddy_adj.jpg The Ship Common Noddy, sketchbook page. Pencil on paper, 20 x 25cm (8 x 10 inches) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/714013b8-8751-4567-ab3e-a130e759a74d/grevilla_adj.jpg The Ship Grevillea, Cape York Peninsula. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 70 x 50cm (27.5 x 20 inches) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/8f795202-e405-466a-b96c-0b87d474e920/savucoast_adj.jpg The Ship View of Savu Island, sketchbook page. Pencil on paper, 20 x 25cm (8 x 10 inches) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/5439317a-35c6-4516-977e-1f6a4807300c/palmbowl_adj.jpg The Ship Palm Bowl from Savu Island (after Herman Sporing). Pencil on paper, 70 x 50cm. https://www.lucytsmith.com/galleries/works-in-graphite daily 0.75 2023-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1625821581597-MT2FL3L795CEO80YAWAP/Nepenthes%2Bveitchii.jpg Works in Graphite Nepenthes veitchii, graphite on paper, 70 x 50cm (27.5 x 20 inches) PRINTS AVAILABLE, full-sized and A3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1698569242648-B8A0LX0M2A3QQKR9YPSX/Livistona%2BUnderstorey_adjusted_wm.jpg Works in Graphite Livistona Understorey, graphite on paper, 42 x 64cm (17 x 25 inches) PRINT AVAILABLE, full-sized and A3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1612281103351-DBQ5ZBP4QK2WW2V22UE0/Raphia_infructescence.jpg Works in Graphite Infructescence of Raphia hookeri, graphite on paper, 60 x 40cm (24 x 16inches) In the collection of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1612281102282-EFITGV3OT3GD1N6HZYDF/Raphia_infructesecence_detail.jpg Works in Graphite Detail, infructescence of Raphia hookeri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1612281106767-V02TX17HB7H0I1PFPEBC/Raphia_inflorescence_detail.jpg Works in Graphite Detail, inflorescence of Raphia hookeri, graphite on paper, 60 x 40cm (24 x 16inches) ORIGINAL AVAILABLE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1611311494814-M84KFBTH551KPP60H269/Cruziana_graphite.jpg Works in Graphite Victoria cruziana, second-night flower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1625820146386-PP9XF6PPQN5GZU73546G/Cruziana_rendering.jpg Works in Graphite Victoria cruziana, second-night flower from above https://www.lucytsmith.com/galleries/palms-of-north-queensland daily 0.75 2022-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/d5247da9-b1c4-4c48-8cbc-2806de6736ec/Ptycho_pcard_800pixels.jpg Palms of North Queensland Ptychosperma elegans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1612384947676-U2M54CDRZHBCGZIBXAHL/Livistona+australis.jpg Palms of North Queensland Livistona australis (cabbage palm), Paluma Range, North Queensland, Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1612384771816-4UH92EYIM2FF6RVUUG2K/Licuala_pcard_800pixels.jpg Palms of North Queensland Licuala ramsayi, (fan palm) Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/0fab8428-322b-4ce5-ae91-1740564553ea/Livistona+muelleri.jpg Palms of North Queensland Livistona muelleri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/46f487e8-6eeb-4124-9004-580ba06630af/Livistona+lanuginosa.jpg Palms of North Queensland Livistona lanuginosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/63c9ff0b-ea1f-4f16-9a77-5ffb3c5a9c9b/Oraniopsis+appendiculata.jpg Palms of North Queensland Oraniopsis appendiculata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/34d1131a-1dd2-4781-b2e2-e5339284d02e/Archontophoenix_purpurea_LucyTSmith.jpg Palms of North Queensland Archontophoenix purpurea, Mt Lewis, Queensland, Australia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/e12262ff-ab82-4145-af2c-1d5978974a04/Archontophoenix_tuckeri_LucyTSmith.jpg Palms of North Queensland Archontophoenix tuckeri, Iron Range National Park, Queensland, Australia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/dba7ce79-63af-4c5b-9ffe-231f98e7e76d/Arenga+australasica_120.jpg Palms of North Queensland Arenga australasica, Mission Beach https://www.lucytsmith.com/galleries/botanical-sketchbook daily 0.75 2025-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/349fd3d7-7eec-42fe-a5d0-9da9ad2ba63b/6_00.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Drawing under the oak tree Quercus robur, capturing spring flowers, London 2023, from "Botanical Sketchbooks" Chapter 6: Working in the Field. Photo credit: Laurence Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1716212333719-3IJVK21DF3YLXH7SOQP3/Ink_colour%2B2.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Pine cone sketched freehand in ink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/e0c37692-88d1-4ac3-90ff-9eee6af8beb7/9_21.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Sketchbook study of Gustavia longifolia, Kew Gardens 2009; from "Botanical Sketchbooks" Chapter 9: How Sketchbook Studies Inform the Finished Work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/9784ec50-2d9a-4ef2-b636-a9cddf2ff567/8_05.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Flower dissections of Truongsonia lecongkiettii, a new genus and species of palm from Vietnam published in 2023; from "Botanical Sketchbooks" Chapter 8: Scientific Botanical Sketchbook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/3eb9d0a7-8862-4c67-a782-a123b3c52bf2/3_31.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Capturing colour from life: the jade vine, Strongylodon macrobotrys; from "Botanical Sketchbooks" Chapter 3: Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1611248588427-AYEX3EJZ1RHKIYEIF5J9/Passiflora+sketchbook.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Sketchbook studies of Passiflora flower, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1696767505594-44MM1POC4VL6B7N31OSC/7_36.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Capturing autumn colour on the leaves of the whitebeam tree, Sorbus alba. London, 2022; from "Botanical Sketchbooks" Chapter 7: Capturing Trees Throughout the Seasons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/dccb52fa-4890-4f64-b297-28a452dd0542/winged+seed_web.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Ink sketches of winged seed, pen and ink on toned paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1652268414889-FGK5BU26JJKYXJQ8LVNO/arabica_draft.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Sketchbook drawing of arabica coffee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/ac260838-5a6b-403f-84dd-c075da7240d1/Aristolochia_LucyTSmith.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Sketchbook study of Isotrema manshuriense, Kew Gardens, 2001 from "Botanical Sketchbooks" Chapter 3: Flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/54cf30ea-e05e-4125-a384-8ad7999b44d2/1_05.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Snowdrop, Galanthus elwesii, a bee's view, London 2023; from "Botanical Sketchbooks" Chapter 1: Materials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/7b2cdd85-8ce4-418d-a445-2a1dcd2b5957/3_01.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Drawing the flower of Galanthus elwesii from life, sketchbook study; from "Botanical Sketchbooks" Chapter 3: Flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/fca5be4e-59d1-4b81-aa4f-9339ec53bd41/Canephora_crop_wm.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Detail of colour draft for Coffea canephora, Coffee Species Print https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/0b285c7a-ae9b-408e-bd3e-dfd742bb9834/Campanula_sketchbook_LucyTSmith.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Campanula sp., Kythera, Greece, 2001 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1619255461318-GAUTF97N7Y3X13ZKTM04/IMG_20210423_130355_696.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Drawing of Victoria cruziana, a study of its habit for a pen and ink scientific illustration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/7d02fa25-dace-4531-abb5-43bccb968cb6/Archontophoenix+sketch.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Detailed sketch of Archontophoenix purpurea, Mount Lewis Queensland, 1997; from "Botanical Sketchbooks" Chapter 9: How Sketchbook Studies Inform the Finished Work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/9b65d53f-fb20-4ce8-abf1-a1f6eb8c9301/Tahina+sketch+flowers.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Scientific sketchbook drawings of the flowers of Tahina spectabilis, a new genus of palm described in 2009; from "Botanical Sketchbooks" Chapter 9: How Sketchbook Studies Inform the Finished Work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/04561478-5939-4177-85e7-1470aff04a3b/Oak+study+sketchbook.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Sketchbook study of English Oak, Quercus, robur, 2022-3; from "Botanical Sketchbooks" Chapter 7: Capturing Trees Throughout the Seasons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/bc603645-3b0b-408a-b698-b594df24dc1e/Hyacinth+bulb+sketches.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Quick sketches of Hyacinth bulbs, 2023; from "Botanical Sketchbooks" Chapter 1: Materials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/c82c5312-55b9-42a3-84a1-4df0b253ea75/Cyclamen_sbook.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Cyclamen study, somewhere in Greece, 2001 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/db0b0332-b139-4144-8604-ed8f8ed7b783/Echeveria+two+drawings_smaller.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Echeveria elegans pencil drawings, in line only (R), line and tone (L); from "Botanical Sketchbooks" Chapter 2: Methods and Techniques. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/4c0a6cd9-7387-4f73-8460-b62eb037592e/Aff%2Bcruz%2Bsecond%2Bnight%2Bventral_Feb2019_cropped.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Drawing of the second-night flower of Victoria boliviana, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/3a8c777c-976f-4c88-8665-d9588316aa48/Book+cover+with+text+for+gallery.jpg Botanical Sketchbook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/da55c837-c18c-4dae-806c-25f746dce41d/detail+flower+dissection+Digitalis.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Detail of sketchbook flower study, Digitalis purpurea (foxglove); from "Botanical Sketchbooks" Chapter 3: Flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/ff1549f9-9d28-4da5-b61d-40c9bf3e2eae/3_45.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Drawing a dissected Rosa rugosa flower; from "Botanical Sketchbooks" Chapter 3: Flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/d2b010de-6376-456b-b301-40693e5a4f45/Apple+sketchbook.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Wild apple tree branch, drawn October 2022; from "Botanical Sketchbooks" Chapter 6: Working in The Field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/adcb743f-c2b6-4abf-bc66-0558f5ba7a5d/5_14.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Capturing colour of the Echinopsis flower; from "Botanical Sketchbooks" Chapter 5: Subbulents, Cacti and Other Pot Plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/f50a1227-6800-4a23-a525-028482b62fe8/4_13.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Young fruit of the jadevine, Strongylodon macrobotrys; from "Botanical Sketchbooks" Chapter 4: Fruits, Pods, Cones and Seeds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/59693854-1006-43bf-8dc2-7a8ed6bdf649/Victoria_sketchbook_LucyTSmith.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Sketchbook study of Victoria cruziana, Princess of Wales Conservatory, Kew Gardens 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/aea568e2-0fbc-4f1f-b426-82c577b1fcd3/Batul_smaller.jpg Botanical Sketchbook Freehand pen & ink sketch of "batul" apple tree, Copsa Mare, Transylvania https://www.lucytsmith.com/galleries/press-and-film daily 0.75 2023-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/e7690ac0-4ce7-4eea-b353-43ff0080ebcb/20250609_192728-COLLAGE.jpg Press and Film Kew Gardens features in ARTE's "The World of Botanical Gardens" (here in German); our work on Victoria starts at around 32 minutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1749547354563-NPQ3Y188AFB4Z632J5CL/Screenshot_20250610-101855.jpg Press and Film Kew Gardens' Youtube channel: "Botanical Illustration at Kew Gardens" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/c43046ad-3a65-4870-9009-1fce5ff5e661/FActory+next+door.jpg Press and Film Episode 9, The Botanical Illustration now available. Click on the picture to go to Steve Duke's podcast on Apple Podcasts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1652090432271-DO0KDO9PAAUNP9KQXWCC/Nat%2BGeo%2Barticle.jpg Press and Film "How are shapes our understanding of plants.." by Dominic Bliss, National Geographic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1698566182751-EPB559XN2U42SJREA71N/Meet%2BLucy%2BT%2BSmith.jpg Press and Film Julia Buckley's article on Kew's website, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/5bff0486-8308-4389-9f64-c543c3c47180/V%26A+snip.jpg Press and Film YOUTUBE: Lucy painting a pomegranate for the V&A for the Renaissance Watercolours Exhibition (40:07). Click on the image to be taken to this beautifully detailed video in youtube (external content: V&A Youtube) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1619702661887-SGK7IFYWBGXHT2HPJB3N/Screenshot_20210429-141911_Firefox.jpg Press and Film YOUTUBE: "How to paint like a botanical artist" for Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. (19:40) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1611226456323-1VL4OGCKF03K3K5GRMBX/BBC+film+Lucy+T+Smith.JPG Press and Film BBC: In this short clip (1:06), Lucy explains the methods and role of scientific botanical illustration for the BBC, "Botanical artist brings rare plants back to life" (external content: BBC News) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1611226760806-X6S98DNRH8UN3TAV04OJ/Lucy+Kew+film.JPG Press and Film YOUTUBE: "What is Botanical Art?" Kew's film (2:16) explains how Lucy works with botanists to explore and explain plants species for science. (external content: Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/946fd378-cc33-4991-b0b5-cf00dffe47f7/ASBA+article.JPG Press and Film Article: 2020 ASBA Botanical Illustrator Award for Excellence in Scientific Illustration, by Susan Tomlinson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1611230817328-0XRQZF6S11M6VXX3TJ4C/Los+artistas.JPG Press and Film Not a video, but an article in BBC Mundo (in Spanish), published 2012: "The artist who brings plants back to life." https://www.lucytsmith.com/contact-1 daily 0.75 2021-02-03 https://www.lucytsmith.com/new-page daily 0.75 2025-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffb58cf6296c62df8783b32/1614608573008-M0SPIRTDNMUYQJERQ204/Victoria%2Bcruziana%2Bprint.jpg Shop - To purchase prints and postcards.. Please visit my Etsy shop “PalmsmithBotanicals” here. 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