by Mindy Lighthipe | 52/52 Challenge, Costa Rica, Insect Art, Uncategorized
52/52 Painting Challenge Week # 17 "Harlequin Beetle" Watercolor on Vellum; MLighthipe ©2012 It is almost 20 years ago that I decided to give up my profession as a handweaver and become a botanical artist and natural science illustrator. When I...
by Mindy Lighthipe | 52/52 Challenge, Costa Rica, Insect Art
Painting #14 of the 52/52 Painting Challenge One of the World’s Largest Beetles Macrodontia cervicornis- watercolor on vellum ©MLighthipe 2012 This is the largest and best-known member of the genus Cerambycidae. It is a Macrodontia cervicornis, male...
by Mindy Lighthipe | 52/52 Challenge, Insect Art, Watercolor Tips, Workshops
Painting #13- week 13 of 52/52 Painting Challenge "Cicada Passage" ©2012 Mindy Lighthipe Watercolor on Vellum This past weekend I took a painting on vellum class with Karen Kluglein at the Sag Harbor Inn on Long Island. Karen does beautiful botanical...
