by Mindy Lighthipe | Aug 17, 2010 | Surface Contour
Botanical Art & Natural Science Illustration Tip #7 Surface Contour – In, Out and Over an Artichoke For realistic drawing and painting botanical artists and natural science illustrators must always follow contour lines of the subject while...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Aug 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Botanical Art & Natural Science Illustration Tip # 6 Adding Detail Get to the Point! We have already discussed pencil sharpeners, but I will say it one more time…..Botanical Artists and Natural Science Illustrators should have a good pencil sharpener...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Aug 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
Botanical Art and Natural Science Illustration- Tip # 5 Apply tone with the side of your pencil. "It's all in the Wrist" All too often botanical artists and natural science illustrators use the point of their pencils to create form/volume in...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Aug 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
Tip #4 You NEED to KNEAD your kneaded eraser Everytime I teach a botanical art or natural science class I find that there is at least one student who pulls out a hard filthy dirty kneaded eraser. YUCK! This is what I call eraser abuse. A kneaded eraser can last for a...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Aug 11, 2010 | Drawing Tips, Graphite
Tip #3 Erasers are not all the same I used the kneaded eraser to lift the background leaves in this graphite drawing. First, I would like to start by saying that making mistakes when drawing is common for the botanical artist and natural science illustrator. We are...
