"snowy night"

SNOWY NIGHT

© Heather Hingst Bennett

12" x 12", acrylic, mixed media on stretched canvas

HELLO! I hope you all have had a very HAPPY HOLIDAY! I have been busy with a little bit of this and that and can't stay long today.

I just wanted to let you know that I've been thinking of my blog friends and I hope to "see" a lot more of you soon!

cheers!

sneak peek

Here's a sneak peek at the commission I've been working on. I had hoped to be finished on Saturday, but spent all day Saturday and Sunday and 1/2 a day today working on it. This is A LOT more involved than the ones I have done in the past. I hope they like it!!

The studio is slowly but surely coming along. My husband worked on the ceiling today.

I'm planning on starting the "daily painting" practice back up on October 1. Which, is just around the corner. I have to admit...I'm kind-of scared. When I quit daily painting this summer I just felt like it wasn't doing anything for me and my painting had actually got worse than when I started. I have more confidence painting something from my imagination. I just have to make it look like I think it looks, but when you have an actual object RIGHT THERE to paint you see it and it might totally be different from what you imagined.

no. 041 - "flapper flower"

"Flapper Flower"

Some days I can totally surprise myself. Today was one of those days! This little flower painted on archival paper just has so much personality to me. She reminds me of a Flapper from the 1920's doing the Charleston. She's wearing her cloche hat and a skirt with fringe or feathers at the bottom. Having the time of her life at a Jazz festival in the garden.

I hope I can paint another!!

no. 040 - "flower frolic"

"Flower Frolic"

Today I tried doing a little mosaic inspired ground for my painting. So, I cut up pieces of scrapbook paper and glued it to my stretched canvas with decoupage glue. Then I painted my flower. Well, I didn't let very much of the scrapbook background show through. It seemed a little too busy to me. I do like the dimension it gives.

sculpy fun!!

Also...my son and I made some Sculpy clay balls. Lots of fun colors!!