Five Dollar Friday

I'm going to start something new...5 $ FRIDAY! Yes, I'm going to be offering a past painting (2011 - 2012) at a starting auction price of 5 $! This was originally painted last year and you can see the original post here.

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1 $ Wednesday

Beauty Secrets ©2012

Another "posy" tomorrow.

Cherry Down

No. 244, 5"x7", oil on cold press watercolor paper

SOLD

Getting ready to head out of town! :)

Folk Rose

Sketch, 5"x7", oil on cold press watercolor paper

SOLD

 Just seeing what happens. I've just been playing around with creating a stylized rose. There are two of these available on Ebay.

Snug

No. 239, 7"x5", acrylic on cold press watercolor paper, ©2013 Heather Hingst Bennett

SOLD

This little tomato fits nice and snug in the tea cup.

My Muse

"My Muse", 7" x 5", oil on carton panel, ©2013 Heather Hingst Bennett

No. 219 SOLD

I have been eyeing dress forms on Amazon for a few years now and FINALLY got one for Christmas. She is going to come in handy for a series of vintage fashion paintings I want to do.

I was a visual merchandiser for a local department store at one time, so I spent many hours dressing, staging, and rearranging dress forms and merchandise. It was a pretty fun job.

I haven't picked out a name yet. Any suggestions?

Before They Are All Gone

"Before They Are All Gone", 7" x 5", oil on carton panel, ©2013 Heather Hingst Bennett

No. 218  SOLD

Last Monday my son didn't have school and I promised him we could get donuts. He likes glazed twists. I like glazed donuts. They were yummy...and didn't last long.

Pepper's Second Portrait

"Pepper's Second Portrait", 7" x 5", oil on carton panel, ©2013 Heather Hingst Bennett

No. 217

My work is done...now it's Oscar time!

Fluffy - 212

"Fluffy", 7"x5", oil on Gessoboard, ©2013 Heather Hingst Bennett

SOLD

FLUFFY in the making and what my palette looked like when I was finished.

Not Long Enough - 207

"Not Long Enough", 7"x5", acrylic on Canson Acrylique acid free paper, ©2013 Heather Hingst Bennett

SOLD

I knew when I purchased these flowers they were on their way out. But, I fell in love with their pink little ruffles. I’m enjoying these acrylic paintings and think I will continue with them for awhile.

Empty Bowl - 206

"Empty Bowl", 5"x7", acrylic on Canson Acrylique acid free paper, ©2013 Heather Hingst Bennett

I painted this and dyed my hair today!

No. 197

"Beauty Secrets", 5" x 7", oil on gessoboard, ©2012 Heather Hingst Bennett

I might get to number 200 this year. It all depends on how painting goes this week.

No. 194 - SOLD

“Cream and Sugar”, 5″x7″, oil on gessopanel, ©2012 Heather Hingst Bennett

Only six more to go and I’ll be at 200 paintings!

Don’t forget to grab some great stocking stuffers from my ebay shop!

No. 191

"The Discussion", 5"x7", oil on carton panel, ©2012 Heather Hingst Bennett

Only 9 more paintings until I reach 200!

No. 189 & 190

No. 190

First of all I have to say that I am not pleased with my latest paintings. For some reason I have had a hard time painting this year. For every one painting that I feel is OK, I wipe at lease 5...or more.

This week I have been trying to apply less paint and working more in layers. We shall see what happens!

The paintings to the left are from last week. No. 189 was a wipe and No. 190 was ALMOST a wipe, but for some reason I decided to keep it. Maybe just to have at least one painting completed for the week.

No. 189 - wiped

No. 188

"Drama Queen", 5"x7", oil on carton panel, ©2012 Heather Hingst Bennett

Just in case you were watching "Dorothy" finally made it up on ebay last night.

This is "Drama Queen", which is how I feel when I paint these shoes. They are much more complicated than an apple, lime, flower or cup! I have actually had to do some preliminary sketches, but I'm happy with how they turned out.

Getting pretty close to 200 paintings...maybe I'll have a giveaway. :)

No. 102 Orange Roses

7"x5", acrylic on paper 

This is painting 102 for the year!

My daughter told me on Saturday that she wanted to move back home. So, I've been busy cleaning out my studio to turn it back into a bedroom for her. I don't know where I'm going to be painting...probably anywhere I can find space.

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Autumn Bouquet

"Autumn Bouquet" 

7"x5", acrylic on paper

I was inspired by this photograph. Have a lovely weekend!

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I love Blue Flowers

"Blue Flowers From My Imagination"

5"x7", acrylic on paper

I have a thing for blue flowers! I'm not much of a print girl, but when I see something with blue flowers I'm instantly drawn to it.

So, what have I decided to do next...Well, of course, it's keep painting! But I've decided to switch it up a bit. I've decided it's time to get into a local gallery. Which means I'm going to start working bigger until I have enough pieces to approach a gallery for representation. I'm going to try to keep creating a painting every week day AND for the remainder of the month of October I'm going to be working in acrylics. I'm trying to go for a loose, painterly feel.

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"Paper Flowers"

"Paper Flowers"

©2011 Heather Hingst Bennett

5"x7", oil on canvas board

This is my favorite painting so far this year. I think it really defines where I want my paintings to go. Lots of white and pastels colors. Also how I want to redecorate my house.

Very cottage, very shabby chic!

These are actually flowers that I made about a year ago. If you want to make some to just visit my old blog.


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