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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No. 193

“Flora”, 6″x6″, oil on gessoboard, ©2012 Heather Hingst Bennett
SOLD

Gotta’ do some baking and house cleaning today. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving! Hopefully, I’ll have time to fit a painting in. This will be added to my etsy shop later today.

No. 192

"Vintage Flair", 5"x5", oil on gessoboard, ©2012 Heather Hingst Bennett

Last week I think I mentioned that I was a bit disappointed in my paintings. So, it was time to make some changes to the process.

For this painting I first did an initial drawing and then transferred the drawing to my painting surface, which is a gesso panel (I decided to stay with panels for now). By doing this I hoped to get a little more detail in my drawing, but I hope it doesn't make the painting too stiff. I’m really not going for photo realism, just an impression of my subject, but an accurate impression.

What I love about painting with oils is seeing brushstrokes. So, I’m trying to make those more visible.

If you haven’t had a chance to stop by my ebay shop, here’s a painting that is currently available. It’s one of my favorites!

"Liquorice Trio No. 2", 6"x6", oil on hardboard, ©2011 Heather Hingst Bennett

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. 187

“Dorothy”, 8″x8″, oil on canvas panel, ©2012 Heather Hingst Bennett
SOLD

My friend, Gail, thought these shoes looked like Dorothy’s from the Wizard of OZ. I was thinking the same thing. Dorothy is finally dry and will be headed to ebay this evening.

"orange pointy toes"

"Orange Pointy Toes"

©2011 Heather Hingst Bennett

6"x6", oil on hardboard

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"with a black button"

"With a Black Button"

©2011 Heather Hingst Bennett

6"x6", oil on hardboard

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