by Mindy Lighthipe | Oct 29, 2012 | Drawing Tips, Field Sketching, How-To, Sketchbooks, Uncategorized, Workshops
Do you hate your sketchbook? I just spent the last 5 days teaching a workshop with my good friend and “Sketckbook Queen”, Patricia Wynne. There were 11 of us that traveled to locations in my hometown of Gainesville, Florida to draw and sketch. We went to...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Sep 2, 2012 | How-To, Photoshop, Uncategorized
Creating Greeting Cards from your Art: Part 3- Enter the Computer Age I have talked about how simple cards can be made with limited technology. Part 3 is about working with a computer, scanner, software and printers. I could spend hours and hours writing this part of...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Aug 27, 2012 | Botanical Art, How-To, Pen & Ink
Creating Greeting Cards the Old Fashioned Way There are so many different ways to make a greeting card that I wanted to address those readers/artists that have minimal computer skills. Greeting cards can easily be made by hand using your art work reproduced by a...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Aug 20, 2012 | 52/52 Challenge, eBook- Tutorial, How-To, Photoshop, Reproduction, Watercolor Tips
Start with the Finished Product “Kohlrabi” Original Watercolor Painting #29 – Mindy Lighthipe ©2012 Would you like to reproduce your artwork onto a greeting card? I have had many of my students over the years ask me the best way to go about doing...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Sep 13, 2011 | Drawing Tips, How-To
Often when I am teaching botanical art and watercolor painting, a student will ask me, “Mindy, How do I know if my painting is done?” This question haunts us all. As artists we probably are hardest on ourselves. We are striving for the...
