Multi-Tasking & Time Management

October 18, 2012

Football Season Means Colored Pencils! Yes folks…. that’s what the fall brings to my world. I get lots of questions about how I manage my time as an artist. People perceive me as being very organized and productive….. whew!  So glad that I come off that way. It doesn’t feel like it most of the [...]

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Many Thanks!

October 8, 2012

I wanted to do a quick post to thank all of you who purchased my e-Book, "Scan YOUR Art". The response has been awesome! Since I am new at sending out the eBooks there may be a few of you that did not get your books. If this has happened to you, please e-mail me [...]

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Scan YOUR Art- The New e-Book is here!

October 2, 2012

"Scan YOUR Art "- A new e-Book by Mindy Lighthipe It has taken me almost 3 weeks to get this e-book, "Scan Your Art" together. I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I decided to start writing it. It might have been easier for me to do as a video. In [...]

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Black & White at Salmagundi

September 23, 2012

Drawing Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club "Mark", by Artist Lea Collie Wight, graphite ©2012  Salmagundi Club There is a new juried exhibit at the Salmagundi Club in New York City. "Drawings": An Exhibition in the Lower Gallery Lower Gallery, September 17, 2012 – October 05, 2012 The Salmagundi Club was founded in 1871, and is [...]

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Scan Your Art!

September 20, 2012

"T is for Tuxedo" #32 of #Paint52   "T is for Tuxedo" watercolor & ink original by Mindy Lighthipe ©2012 I had a blast painting this little piece. It took me about a week or so to figure out the colors. I spent a lot of time on the drawing and inked it with a [...]

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Carnivorous Botanical Painting

September 8, 2012

Designing Botanical Art for T-shirts "Bog Life- Pitcher Plant"  Original Watercolor by Mindy Lighthipe ©2012      Paintng #31 When I moved to Florida, I had to leave my garden behind and start all over again. Living in New Jersey for most of my life, I guess I took it for granted that there was good soil [...]

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Get into the Computer Age!

September 2, 2012

Creating Greeting Cards from your Art: Part 3- Enter the Computer Age I have talked about how simple cards can be made with limited technology. Part 3 is about working with a computer, scanner, software and printers. I could spend hours and hours writing this part of the series. Rather than confuse you, I will [...]

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No computer skills necessary

August 27, 2012

Creating Greeting Cards the Old Fashioned Way There are so many different ways to make a greeting card that I wanted to address those readers/artists that have minimal computer skills. Greeting cards can easily be made by hand using your art work reproduced by a simple copy machine, color copier and/ or photographs. As I [...]

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How to Create a Greeting Card

August 20, 2012

Start with the Finished Product “Kohlrabi” Original Watercolor Painting #29 – Mindy Lighthipe ©2012 Would you like to reproduce your artwork onto a greeting card? I have had many of my students over the years ask me the best way to go about doing this. There are many different ways to make a greeting card. [...]

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Triquetra- Celtic Knot

August 16, 2012

Painting #28 of #Paint52 Painting # 28 comes from my class with Val Webb. We learned how to do some simple Celtic Knot designs. I liked the simplicity of the Trinity Knot and decided to challenge myself with doing a complicated beetle design. I have always been super fond of beetles and I thought it [...]

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