by Mindy Lighthipe | Feb 1, 2021 | Digital Photography, How-To, Light on Form
Does your art work create enough form? Are there light, medium and dark values within the drawings and color renderings you are working on? Often the answer is no. As artists we have so many things to think about simultaneously. Color, texture, perspective, surface...
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by Mindy Lighthipe | Dec 17, 2020 | How-To, Insect Art, Online Art Classes, Scientific Illustration, Workshops
Hello Fellow Artists! THE CLASS SOLD OUT IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS! We will be adding another section so please click on the links for updates! Since Covid 19 I have been doing teaching on Zoom since we can not meet in person. I thought it would be uncomfortable and not...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Dec 3, 2020 | Drawing Tips, Graphite, How-To, Online Art Classes, Videos
I am a HUGE fan of the Kneaded Eraser! Do you struggle with how much graphite to put down in your drawings? Sometimes, do you put too much graphite down, making areas too dark? How can you get rid of some of it, but not all of it? This is where the kneaded eraser...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Aug 27, 2020 | Colored Pencil, How-To, Online Art Classes, Uncategorized
A while back I was approached by JerrysArtarama.com to do a review of the 120 Set of Cezanne Colored Pencils. I have been so busy with getting my class ready for the fall semester at UFL that I hardly had the time to do a proper review until now. The pencils arrived...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Aug 17, 2020 | Botanical Art, How-To, Watercolor Tips
Major Screw Up in Your Watercolor Painting? What do you do when you are in the middle of a watercolor painting and a blob of paint lands where you really don’t want it? Has this ever happened to you? It has to me, more times than I care to admit. Since I...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Aug 2, 2020 | Botanical Art, Butterfly Art, Colored Pencil, Costa Rica, Drawing Tips, How-To, Online Art Classes
Hi Everyone! I have some exciting news from my studio…………..I am usually pretty regular with blogging but this last couple of months you may have thought I fell through the cracks. During the time of Covid19 I have not been bored for one minute....
