by Mindy Lighthipe | Apr 26, 2015 | ASBA-American Society of Botanical Artists, Botanical Art, Digital Photography, Drawing Tips, How-To, Light on Form, Online Art Classes, Scientific Illustration, Videos
The more I teach, the more I learn! Teaching online is a new and exciting experience for me. I am spending countless hours in my studio talking to an invisible classroom as I create the videos. When I am face to face with a group of people it is much easier to tell if...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Apr 1, 2015 | Drawing Tips, Graphite, Online Art Classes, Uncategorized
I never thought much of doing landscape or plein air painting as I don’t really like to draw or paint outside. I like to go on hikes, collect things, take photos, and grow stuff in my back yard. Lugging all my drawing supplies even at a minimum is not really...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Mar 11, 2015 | Drawing Tips, Graphite, How-To
To Spray or Not to Spray….. this is the question. You have just worked hours on a graphite drawing and cleaned up all the smudges around the drawing, HOW DO YOU KEEP IT CLEAN? This is a very tricky question, but I will give you some options. If you are going to Spray...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Mar 9, 2015 | Drawing Tips, Graphite, How-To, Online Art Classes
I really love graphite. Here is a drawing I recently did. I am currently teaching an online Foundation Drawing class. One of the pencil techniques I am teaching is how to lay down an even value of graphite and subtract and add tonal values. For me this technique is...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Feb 27, 2015 | Botanical Art, Drawing Tips, Graphite, Scientific Illustration
The best drawing pencils for artists! When I was learning to draw I had to do repetitive exercises using different hardnesses of pencils. It was very similar to doing scales on the piano. Repetition is a good thing as it trains eye hand coordination. I was not given a...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Feb 18, 2015 | Costa Rica, Digital Photography, Photography Tips, Uncategorized
I just got back from my trip to Costa Rica. We had 10 days of pure heaven, photographing and sketching the wonders of the rainforest. One of things I enjoyed the most was taking pictures with my iPhone. I have the iPhone 5s and it does a great job in taking close up...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Feb 3, 2015 | Drawing Tips, How-To, Time Management
In preparing for teaching my online drawing class I am thinking about ways I could help my students. The internet is allowing me to teach people from the USA, Australia, Europe, South America and Istanbul! When I teach in a physical classroom, I get to know my...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Jan 14, 2015 | Drawing Tips, How-To, Videos, Workshops
I am thrilled to announce that after at least 2+ years I have finally developed and designed an online drawing class. I did a lot of research and took several online art classes to see what worked, and what didn’t. To my surprise I found I really liked distance...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Jan 5, 2015 | Light on Form
As the days are shorter, sunlight can be an issue for an artists working in the studio. It would be awesome if all our studios had great lighting, but such is not the case for most……. and it is never 24/7 unless you live in Alaska…… and only then……. it is for a few...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Dec 8, 2014 | Animal Portraits, Art Books, Watercolor Tips
Splash 15: Creative Solutions is about capturing the novel approaches, beautiful accidents, and fly-by-the-seat-of-the-pants moments that these artists have creatively expressed in their unique visions and anecdotal captions. With 125 color images illustrating...
