by Mindy Lighthipe | Nov 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Using Photography in Botanical & Scientific Illustration I recently received an e-mail from one of my readers about tracing from photographs. Here is her question: "I'm fairly new to the "training" of natural science illustration. Recently, I...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Sep 10, 2011 | Animal Rescue, Bird Art, Costa Rica, Drawing Tips, Native Species, Uncategorized, Videos, Workshops
Great Green Macaw- Colored Pencil ©2001 MLighthipe For over 20 years I have been going to Costa Rica. I marvel at the diversity and the amazing array of shapes, colors, textures and sounds of the rainforest. One of the most thrilling things I have ever seen is a...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Aug 12, 2011 | Paintings, Uncategorized, Workshops
I have done all my gardening in zone 6 in New Jersey until now. I now am gardening in zone 8b. The area that I moved to is Northern Central Florida. It is where you see palm trees and huge oak trees side by side covered in spanish moss, It is where the Appalachian...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Jun 23, 2010 | Butterfly Art, Workshops
I have just confirmed that I will be teaching a 3 day workshop at the McGuire Center at the Florida Museum of Natural History October 19-21, 2010. For those of you that love butterflies this is an AWESOME opportunity to draw, photograph and paint from the 9 MILLION...