by Mindy Lighthipe | Nov 14, 2020 | Online Art Classes, Scientific Illustration, Workshops
Zoom & Virtual Learning- The Importance of Staying Creative & Connected Has it been challenging for you to live stress free these days? There are so many distractions and feelings of overwhelm and uncertainty. Are you able to stay connected with people while...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Oct 14, 2020 | Animal Rescue, Colored Pencil, Conservation, Costa Rica, Uncategorized
2021 is almost here! Many of you are wondering whether it is safe to travel to Costa Rica??? As of November 1, 2020 Costa Rica is opening the country to outsiders and that includes people from the USA. I have been in close touch with Holbrook Travel about protocols...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Oct 1, 2020 | Animal Rescue, Colored Pencil, Costa Rica, Environmental Concerns
I LOVE Sloths! For over 30 years I have traveled to Costa Rica. Whenever I am there I always see sloths in the wild. This particular sloth is “Millie” the 2 fingered sloth. A park ranger rescued her when she was only a few weeks old. A huge mudslide...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Sep 6, 2020 | Bird Art, Business Practices for Artists, Gallery, Online Art Classes, Uncategorized
I am super thrilled to be the Featured Artist on Artsy Shark! Several months ago, I found a call for artists on the Artsy Shark website. The cost was $25 to enter. It can cost a lot of money to enter a competition. I try to be careful with how many fees I send out per...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Aug 27, 2020 | Colored Pencil, How-To, Online Art Classes, Uncategorized
A while back I was approached by JerrysArtarama.com to do a review of the 120 Set of Cezanne Colored Pencils. I have been so busy with getting my class ready for the fall semester at UFL that I hardly had the time to do a proper review until now. The pencils arrived...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Aug 17, 2020 | Botanical Art, How-To, Watercolor Tips
Major Screw Up in Your Watercolor Painting? What do you do when you are in the middle of a watercolor painting and a blob of paint lands where you really don’t want it? Has this ever happened to you? It has to me, more times than I care to admit. Since I...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Aug 2, 2020 | Botanical Art, Butterfly Art, Colored Pencil, Costa Rica, Drawing Tips, How-To, Online Art Classes
Hi Everyone! I have some exciting news from my studio…………..I am usually pretty regular with blogging but this last couple of months you may have thought I fell through the cracks. During the time of Covid19 I have not been bored for one minute....
by Mindy Lighthipe | May 12, 2020 | Animal Rescue, Conservation, Costa Rica, Environmental Concerns, T-Shirt Designs, Uncategorized
Since the shut down there are some things which have caused me great concern. One of them is future of The Toucan Rescue Ranch. The Costa Rican government responsibly shut down tourism on March 18, 2020. Tourism is the life blood of this organization. It is...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Apr 25, 2020 | How-To, Videos, Watercolor Tips
How would you like to learn how to reconstitute your watercolors and save money? Do you feel anxious thinking you don’t have enough watercolors? If are like me, you have tons of watercolor and it is all dried up inside the tube. Look at this box of paint! Most...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Apr 14, 2020 | Business Practices for Artists, Inspiration, Orchids
I recently received an email from a stranger asking to use my artwork. I get messages like this from time to time and some even ask to buy my art. I once received a check for $5000 and asked to ship the art + $2500 cashier check because the amount could only be sent...
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