by Mindy Lighthipe | Feb 10, 2019 | Art Exhibits, Bird Art, Colored Pencil, Environmental Concerns, Native Species, Online Art Classes, Uncategorized
I have not considered myself a “birder” until perhaps very recently. I never realized it, but birds are everywhere. Whether I am in New York City or in my own backyard, birds land in close proximity at my every turn. My interest in birds started through my...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Feb 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
For those of you living in the northern part of the USA, spring seems like a million years away. At this time of year I was more like a bear than a human. I think I hibernated from Halloween (not missing out on candy and fun!) to Easter ( Candy again!) Getting me...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Feb 3, 2019 | Botanical Art, Drawing Tips, Online Art Classes, Uncategorized, Workshops
Drawing is a skill and you can learn it! I use to believe excellent drawing skills were acquired through fairy dust. It seed to me some people miraculously had the ability to draw effortlessly while others struggled. I fell somewhere in-between. I had moderate success...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Jan 29, 2019 | Costa Rica, Online Art Classes, Uncategorized, Watercolor Tips
I have always been fascinated by brilliant color. The brighter the better. As an artist I always purchase the brightest colors, whether I am buying colored pencils, watercolors or gouache. It is easy to mute a color but it is almost impossible to make a color brighter...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Dec 11, 2018 | Conservation, Uncategorized
Just in time for the holiday season! Leslie Day’s new book Honey Bee Hotel is sure to captivate you! Available in Hardcover and Kindle. Click here. The tale of Honeybee Hotel begins over one hundred years ago, with the Astor family and the birth of the...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Jun 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
This is why I LOVE teaching!!!! I am proud to announce that Jean LeStourgeon has just illustrated and written :Family and Friends of the North Florida Wetlands Coloring Book. In my online classes I almost never get to meet the people I am teaching. I make contact with...
