by Mindy Lighthipe | Animal Portraits, Art Exhibits, Bird Art, Insect Art, PanPastels, Pastels
Many years ago I purchased a HUGE set of PanPastels and an assortment of pastel sticks. It was a dismal failure. Everything I did looked mushy, poorly executed, and I quickly abandoned the thought of working with pastels. As I recall this was a similar experience I...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Art Exhibits, Insect Art, Printmaking, Solar Etching
About a year ago I found a fantastic Printmaking Studio in Eustis, Florida- Harper Print Studio, owned and operated by artist Jenny Harper. I was really interested in learning to carve woodcut and linocut blocks and I landed in the perfect place. Through Jenny’s...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Art Destinations, Art Exhibits, Butterfly Art, Conservation, Insect Art
I can’t believe it has been 9 months since I posted a blog post! Wow, how time flies when you are having fun and keeping busy!!! Since the pandemic I have been teaching online via Zoom. In the past year things have opened up and I have wonderful opportunities to...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Art Exhibits, Drawing Tips, Exhibitions, Time Management, Uncategorized
I recently had the pleasure of working privately with artist, Cathy Fe over the last 6 months. It was all done online as I live in Florida and Cathy lives in Illinois. It is amazing to me the world we now live in. At times technology seems daunting and impersonal and...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Art Exhibits, Bird Art, Printmaking, Solar Etching
So you may thinking…… what the heck is a CORVID and what is a MURDER of them? Corvidae is the Latin name for a family of birds which contain crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs and nutcrackers. This family of birds is found world wide with...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Art Exhibits, Bird Art, Colored Pencil, Environmental Concerns, Native Species, Online Art Classes, Uncategorized
I have not considered myself a “birder” until perhaps very recently. I never realized it, but birds are everywhere. Whether I am in New York City or in my own backyard, birds land in close proximity at my every turn. My interest in birds started through my...
