by Mindy Lighthipe | Drawing Tips, Graphite
With September just around the corner it is time to start thinking about going back to school. I like to think of the fall as a fresh start. It is a time when all the summer activities are over and the weather is turning cooler. Going back to school always means new...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Bird Art, Gouache
Boat Tailed Grackle – Quiscalus major I just finished this little painting for the upcoming exhibit on songbirds for the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators. The show will held this fall at the Highstead Arboretum in Connecticut. The first image...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Butterfly Art, Workshops
I have just confirmed that I will be teaching a 3 day workshop at the McGuire Center at the Florida Museum of Natural History October 19-21, 2010. For those of you that love butterflies this is an AWESOME opportunity to draw, photograph and paint from the 9 MILLION...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Paintings
Common Raven, Corvus corax Natural Science Illustration by Mindy Lighthipe I have had the wonderful opportunity to work with Edgar, a 100+ year old specimen for an upcoming exhibit on songbirds for the NY chapter of the GNSI. I wanted to do a HUGE...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Botanical Art Books, Uncategorized
I am a member of the North Light Book Club which is a fantastic book club for all kinds of art books. Periodically they have sales on their books and I just received an e-mail blast from them that Billy Showell's Watercolor Flower Portrait Book is on sale for...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Videos
[svp]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os1C1Bw9OZ4[/svp] This is a slideshow of my book Mother Monarch available at: http://BotanicalArtPainting.com
by Mindy Lighthipe | Videos
[svp]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckKK_RxpH70[/svp] This is a slide show from Mindy Lighthipe & Nancy Richmond’s “Bugs, Beasts, & Botanicals” Artistic Adventure Tour. Here are some of the exciting and fascinating things that you cn paint...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Uncategorized
Welcome to the Mindy Lighthipe's botanical art and natural science illustration blog. Do you love botanical art and natural science illustration? Are you interested in insects, animals, and plants? Do you love discovering and learning new things about nature, the...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Videos
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