Starts on: September 21, 2026 @ 10:00am
Farmers Market Art Week: Bees, Banners & Harvest Botanicals
Register Now:Monday–Friday, September 21–25, 10 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Join Mindy Lighthipe for a flexible, creativity-filled celebration of Maine’s autumn harvest using watercolor, gouache, and colored pencils. Each day offers a stand-alone subject—buzzing pollinators, heirloom vegetables, vintage hand-lettered banners, radiant sunflowers, and a full farmers’ market still life—using fresh, locally sourced produce and flowers provided on site. Choose just the days that inspire you or register for the entire five-day series to experience the full market from start to finish.
Instruction focuses on watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil techniques, guiding you from crisp botanical details to rich, layered compositions. Come for one day or all five and create your own farmers’ market masterpiece.
Instructor Bio(s)
Artist Mindy Lighthipe is passionate about getting out into the natural world and discovering beauty in every rock, stream, and forest. With this passion, she carefully studies her subjects in their environment.
Mindy uses a variety of techniques and media to create her bold imagery. She paints in watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and pan pastels. It is not uncommon for her to break traditional and classic rules by combining techniques to create her unique and breathtaking style.
Mindy graduated magna cum laude from Kean University with a BFA in studio arts and an MA in art education. She received her 210-hour certification in botanical illustration from the New York Botanical Gardens. After graduating, she went on to teach more than twenty different classes in their botanical art program and developed a 250-hour certificate in natural science illustration.
Mindy has been exhibiting her art since 1998 in juried and solo exhibitions. In 2009, she received a Silver Medal from the Royal Horticultural Society in London. In 2010, she had a solo exhibition at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Mindy currently teaches scientific illustration at the University of Florida. To learn more, visit www.mindylighthipe.com.
Materials and Equipment Needed
The materials list for this class can be found here:Link to Materials