by Mindy Lighthipe | Aug 27, 2017 | Botanical Art, Drawing Tips, Graphite, How-To, Online Art Classes, Uncategorized
When you are drawing multiple images that overlap remember it is important to draw the background object through the foreground object. Erase any overlapping lines. This makes all of your lines read correctly. You can even decide to place a leaf that might be in the...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Jul 31, 2016 | Drawing Tips, How-To, Online Art Classes, Scientific Illustration, Uncategorized, Watercolor Tips, Workshops
I am happy to announce my new online Wonderful World of Watercolor Class will start this fall on September 21, 2016. I want to thank all my fellow artists for the overwhelming success of my Foundation Drawing and Drawing Plants classes. For the past year I have had...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Sep 25, 2015 | Bird Art, Drawing Tips, Field Sketching, Scientific Illustration, Sketchbooks, Uncategorized
I am very fortunate to be teaching Scientific Illustration at the UFL. UFL is the 3rd largest University in the USA. It has vast resources of natural science collections within the different disciplines as well as being the home of the Florida Museum of Natural...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Aug 30, 2015 | Botanical Art, Drawing Tips, eBook- Tutorial, Graphite, How-To, Scientific Illustration, Uncategorized, Videos
September brings a change in the season and for me it always means back to school. Ever since I can remember I went back to school in September, whether it was as a student or as a teacher. It is a time which reminds me to go back to the basics. As you already...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Jul 23, 2015 | Botanical Art, Drawing Tips, Graphite, How-To, Scientific Illustration
I was recently asked in my Drawing the Beauty of Plants class….”How much detail should I include in my drawings of botanical subjects…. especially leaves?” There are so many different ways to handle this question and I always start by...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Apr 26, 2015 | ASBA-American Society of Botanical Artists, Botanical Art, Digital Photography, Drawing Tips, How-To, Light on Form, Online Art Classes, Scientific Illustration, Videos
The more I teach, the more I learn! Teaching online is a new and exciting experience for me. I am spending countless hours in my studio talking to an invisible classroom as I create the videos. When I am face to face with a group of people it is much easier to tell if...
