by Mindy Lighthipe | May 6, 2012 | 52/52 Challenge, Costa Rica, Insect Art, Uncategorized
52/52 Painting Challenge Week # 17 "Harlequin Beetle" Watercolor on Vellum; MLighthipe ©2012 It is almost 20 years ago that I decided to give up my profession as a handweaver and become a botanical artist and natural science illustrator. When I...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Apr 22, 2012 | 52/52 Challenge, Botanical Art, Orchids, Uncategorized
Painting #15- Paphiopedilum "Dark Beauty" Original Watercolor Mindy Lighthipe ©2012 I was hoping to get this posted some time ago because I was out of the studio on vacation last week. I finished the painting, got it scanned and then started to write...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Apr 9, 2012 | 52/52 Challenge, Costa Rica, Insect Art
Painting #14 of the 52/52 Painting Challenge One of the World’s Largest Beetles Macrodontia cervicornis- watercolor on vellum ©MLighthipe 2012 This is the largest and best-known member of the genus Cerambycidae. It is a Macrodontia cervicornis, male...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Apr 3, 2012 | 52/52 Challenge, Insect Art, Watercolor Tips, Workshops
Painting #13- week 13 of 52/52 Painting Challenge "Cicada Passage" ©2012 Mindy Lighthipe Watercolor on Vellum This past weekend I took a painting on vellum class with Karen Kluglein at the Sag Harbor Inn on Long Island. Karen does beautiful botanical...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Mar 26, 2012 | 52/52 Challenge, Botanical Art, Botanical Art Books, Orchids, Paintings
Painting #12/Week #12 -Bodacious Cattleya "Bodacious Cattleya "20" x 24" Watercolor ©2012 MLighthipe I just finished this painting of another Cattleya. I just can't seem to get enough of them. The colors are so bright and bold. The blooms...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Mar 19, 2012 | 52/52 Challenge, Conservation, Gouache, Uncategorized
Malayan Flying Fox- Pteropus vampyrus Painting #11 This fruit bat is the largest flying fox in the world. It has a wingspan of 4 to 5.5 feet. I first saw them in Animal Kingdom in Disney World. They are amazing bats. This particular bat was the species that was used...
