by Mindy Lighthipe | May 31, 2022 | Art Destinations, Conservation, Costa Rica, Uncategorized
I can’t tell you all how happy I was to be able to return to Costa Rica for our annual Art & Photography Tour this past February 2022. I was lucky enough in 2020 to go to Costa Rica and lead the tour. I returned in early March just 2 days before the USA shut...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Nov 20, 2021 | Animal Rescue, Bird Art, Colored Pencil, Conservation, Costa Rica, Environmental Concerns, Uncategorized
The Spectacle Owl , Pulsatrix perspicillata is the first owl I ever saw in the wild. I was walking in the rainforest on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica when suddenly I felt as if I was being watched. I looked around and didn’t see anything, until I looked up....
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by Mindy Lighthipe | Jan 23, 2021 | Butterfly Art, Colored Pencil, Insect Art, Uncategorized, Workshops
Drawing the Beauty of Nature Presents……. I remember the first time I saw the Madagascan Sunset Moth. It was at a Curiosity Shop on Columbus Ave near the American Museum of Natural History, in New York City. I couldn’t believe the spectacular colors...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Oct 14, 2020 | Animal Rescue, Colored Pencil, Conservation, Costa Rica, Uncategorized
2021 is almost here! Many of you are wondering whether it is safe to travel to Costa Rica??? As of November 1, 2020 Costa Rica is opening the country to outsiders and that includes people from the USA. I have been in close touch with Holbrook Travel about protocols...
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 | 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...
