by Mindy Lighthipe | Dec 17, 2013 | ASBA-American Society of Botanical Artists, Botanical Art, Insect Art, Uncategorized, Watercolor Tips, Workshops
Botanical Art is rich in tradition, especially when it comes to technique and composition. I promised to share with you the class I took last month with Anna Mason at the Selby Gardens in Sarasota, Fl. She has a very wonderful style of painting that is not a...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Sep 1, 2013 | Animal Portraits, ASBA-American Society of Botanical Artists, Costa Rica, Field Sketching, Uncategorized, Workshops
Fabulous FROGS! I am very excited to share this painting with you. It was done by one of my students Rayma Peterson. Rayma was with us this past February on the Artistic Adventure tour of Costa Rica. One of the highlights for many of us in the group was the...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Dec 22, 2012 | ASBA-American Society of Botanical Artists, Botanical Art, Uncategorized
About nine months ago I got an email from a design company in Australia called Swear Words. They design packaging and websites, and create brands for companies. One of their clients is Loving Earth. Loving Earth recently started selling gourmet organic kale chips...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Oct 4, 2011 | ASBA-American Society of Botanical Artists, Botanical Art, Colored Pencil, Drawing Tips, Leaf Challenge, Uncategorized
Today I got something that I have been looking at for 5 years. It is an Icarus Hot/Cold Drawing Board. I saw Ester Roi demonstrate how to use it at an ASBA Conference. Being a total color junky I was amazed at how vibrant her colored pencil work is. They look more...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Sep 26, 2011 | ASBA-American Society of Botanical Artists, Uncategorized
Have you been rejected from a juried exhibition? I have many times. Everytime I received a rejection from a juried exhibition I felt awful. It seemed like a personal attack. I felt that jury did not like my work, but I also felt that they didn't like me. What a...
