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 | 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...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Aug 4, 2015 | ASBA-American Society of Botanical Artists, Botanical Art, Business Practices for Artists, Online Art Classes, Pen & Ink, Scientific Illustration
“How the heck do you break into the market?”…… this is a question I received from a student in my online Drawing the Beauty of Plants Class. The first thing I believe you need to figure out is exactly what you are looking to “break into” within the...
by Mindy Lighthipe | May 22, 2015 | Art Books, Business Practices for Artists, Insect Art, T-Shirt Designs
About 9 months ago I was approached by Artist’s Magazine writer, Holly Davis about submitting images of my “bug” paintings for an article she was writing. It is not every day that I receive requests like this so of course….. I jumped on it! How...
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by Mindy Lighthipe | May 4, 2014 | Art Destinations, Business Practices for Artists, Colored Pencil, Conservation, How-To, Photoshop, Reproduction, T-Shirt Designs, Uncategorized
When I start a project for a client I always start with the finished product size or sizes. It is necessary to know what the end use will be. I want my clients to get the most versatile design work that can multi-purpose across a number of platforms. At first I found...
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by Mindy Lighthipe | Apr 27, 2014 | Bird Art, Business Practices for Artists, E-Books, How-To, Paintings, Photoshop, Uncategorized
Business Practices for Artists for Reproduction & Copyrights Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to……..all of you who visited my blog for the last post about my Pelican Painting. I am so happy that you enthusiastically responded to the process on how I...
