by Mindy Lighthipe | Animal Portraits, Art Exhibits, Bird Art, Insect Art, PanPastels, Pastels
Many years ago I purchased a HUGE set of PanPastels and an assortment of pastel sticks. It was a dismal failure. Everything I did looked mushy, poorly executed, and I quickly abandoned the thought of working with pastels. As I recall this was a similar experience I...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Bird Art, Colored Pencil, Conservation, Environmental Concerns, Native Species, PanPastels
The Burrowing Owl is native to my home state of Florida. I went to Cape Coral to visit the home of a large colony of Burrowing Owls. The large population is stable because a large housing development site was stopped. It was stopped to protect the home of these...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Animal Portraits, Animal Rescue, PanPastels
King Arthur Many of you may know that I am one of those “crazy cat ladies”. If you didn’t, you do now. I have had cats all my life and if my dad hadn’t gotten a kitten for my mom when she was pregnant with me…. my name would have been...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Botanical Art, Colored Pencil, Gouache, Leaf Challenge, Paintings, PanPastels, Uncategorized
Mulberry Tree Leaves This is leaf #14 & Leaf 15 of my 30 Day Botanical Leaf Challenge. I believe these are Mulberry Tree leaves. I found the leaves in my backyard. They are such a cool leaves. The mottled circles were there, painted by Mother Nature herself....
by Mindy Lighthipe | Animal Portraits, Animal Rescue, PanPastels, Uncategorized
I recently had the wonderful experience of taking my cat, King Arthur to Florida on an airplane. I had business in Gainesville at the Florida Museum of Natural History and I had to be away for 10 days. I do cat rescue for Lifeline Animal Rescue in NJ and Arthur is one...
