"red cupcake" SOLD

"Red Cupcake"

©2011 Heather Hingst Bennett

6"x6", collage, acrylic painting on hardboard

Just getting ready for the 4th of July.

"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!

another sneak peek

I'm really liking how this is turning out! Sunday I'll show you the whole thing!!

my first painting

Just wanted to share with you the first painting I did. This was done in 2007. I remember I had these 16" x 20" canvases hanging around and I thought...I just need to go for it!

This character is "Miss Hattie" and she has been on my mind for many, many years.

no. 038 - "i love you" - SOLD

© 2010 Heather Hingst Bennett

“I Love You"

6″ x 6"

collage on Ampersand gesso panel

Busy day today, so I just did a collage.

Truthfully, I've been having some issues with my "daily painting". I don't know if it's the direction I really want to be going in. Painting still lifes have really improved my painting ability, but they take so much of my day, I don't get to paint what is truly in my heart.

My scanner came in today...yeah! and my dick blick order came in today...yeah! and the father's day gift I ordered for my husband came today...yeah! I think we're set!

starting some mixed media paintings

These collages will be the background of some mixed-media paintings I'm working on.

I’m painting on hot pressed watercolor paper that I prepare with a coat of gesso. I am using Golden Extra-Heavy Gel (Matte) medium to glue the pieces down. Over the top of my collaged background I apply a coat of Golden Soft Gel (gloss) medium. This protects the images and will allow me to wipe paint away from areas. (You’ll see what I mean soon.)

So that’s where I’m at with my projects. I have a total of 4 collaged backgrounds ready to go for tomorrow and the under-painting of a cake with no collaged background.