"pear and patchwork no. 2" - SOLD

"Pear and Patchwork No. 2"
©2011 Heather Hingst Bennett
6"x6", oil on hardboard

Another colorful day in the studio. It's fun incorporating my studio quilts into my paintings.

"pear and patchwork" - SOLD

"Pear and Patchwork"

©2011 Heather Hingst Bennett

6"x6", oil on hardboard

A break from my usual color palette. Some jewel tones.

"liquorice trio no. 3" - SOLD

"Liquorice Trio No. 3"

©2011 Heather Hingst Bennett

6"x6", oil on hardboard

OK…just one last time. Today it was oils and a palette knife.

"liquorice trio no. 2"

"Liquorice Trio No. 2"

©2011 Heather Hingst Bennett

6"x6", oil on hardboard

Still more liquorice!

I decided to do “Liquorice Trio No. 2″ in oils today. I’m really happy with the peaks and brushstrokes I’m getting in my work lately. In both acrylic and oil. Since today’s painting is still drying I thought I’d just show you a close up.

So, I’m still wondering…are you a liquorice lover? If so have you ever tried BLACK JACK gum? It was my Grandpa Muller’s favorite…and maybe an upcoming model…since I’m on a liquorice kick.

progress

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it's officially swimsuit season!!

it's officially swimsuit season!!

"tiny" - SOLD

“Tiny”

©2011 Heather Hingst Bennett

6″(w) x 8″(h), oil on canvas panel

moved

I have officially moved over to my new blog/web site heatherhingst.com. Please stop by and see me over there. Thanks!

"reflections"

“Reflections”

© 2011 Heather Hingst Bennett

6″x6″, acrylic on canvas panel

Originally painted on March 14, 2011.

I painted this for the Daily Paintworks Color of White Challenge. The challenge was to place a mostly white object on a piece of print fabric and observe what happens to the white object AND you could only use primary and secondary colors. Pop on over and see what others have come up with.

"patriotic polish" - SOLD

“Patriotic Polish”

© 2011 Heather Hingst Bennett

8″x6″ oil on canvas panel

I have A LOT of paintings to show you. I think from now on I’m going to post them when they are dry and ready to go in my Etsy shop, painted chic. I’m a horrible photographer and they look so much better when I use the scanner.

Notice anything different? I ran out of 6″x6″ canvas panels, so I’ve been trying some different sizes. Today’s painting is 8″(w) x 6″(h). It has kind of thrown me for a loop. I’ve been painting 6-inch square for quite some time, but I’m getting the hang of a few different sizes.

MARCH DAILY PAINTING CHALLENGE UPDATE
It is March 13 and I have 12 paintings completed. I’m behind by one painting!

catching up

First, Monday's painting.

"The Last Piece"

© 2011 Heather Hingst Bennett

6"x6" oil on canvas panel

Still a little wonky. But better than my first try.

For today I decided to try something I have been thinking about for a while. How to incorporate some mixed media techniques with oils. So, I got out a background I had prepared this summer, masonite board with scrapbook paper pieces glued to it. I applied a few coats of clear gesso to the top of the paper pieces and drew my cake. Then I painted over it with oil paints.

For those of you who don't know, it's generally a no-no to mix acrylic paints and oils paints. It's the way they dry and if you mix them, you might get some cracking.

It was really a lot of fun. It was fun to just play a bit. I get way to serious painting still lifes. Which reminds me...I'm going to taking a class in May with Robert Burridge. I really can't wait! He's all about having fun and painting freely...I'm pretty anal when I paint. So, I think this will be really good for me. Plus it's in acrylics. A medium I'm really having a hard time mastering.

The problem with acrylics...they dry so fast! I mean super fast. Before I can blend them. I do have a little something up my sleeve I'm going to try with acrylics tomorrow.