Scarlet Shoes Studio

I’m slowly getting paintings into my newly re-opened Etsy shop, Scarlet Shoes Studio. I will be carrying my alla prima paintings along with prints of my original paintings.

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. 191

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

Only 9 more paintings until I reach 200!

Black Friday on Ebay

My ebay shop is being loaded up with $1 paintings for Black Friday! I’ll be adding items ALL DAY! Check back often to see if I added your favorite…

P.S. My little paintings would make great stocking stuffers.

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

The Pumpkin 10 Minute Challenge

It's time to start painting again! To get warmed up I thought it would be good to do some 10 minute paintings. This is an exercise I learned when I attend the Carol Marine Workshop back in May.

For this challenge you divide your surface into small sections (mine are 3"x3"). You then choose a single object to paint for 10 minutes. When the 10 minutes are over you can rearrange your subject, paint it at a different angle, or change your light source.

The top row I did on Saturday and the bottom row I did today. I think you can see some real improvements with almost each 10 minute painting. When I finish one 10 minute painting I analyze it and give myself a little improvement goal.

The colors on my palette are: titanium white, hansa yellow, cadmium yellow medium, cadmium red, cobalt blue, and burnt umber.

I also apologize for the state my blog is in currently. I took an online Blogger CSS class and I'm trying to implement what I learned on my blog...and I'm moving very slow with it!

Many Creative Projects on the Horizon

His and her orange bikes in New York City

I haven’t had much luck painting this week. To tell you the truth…I’m super distracted. I’m itching to try a few new things and finish up some old projects, so for the next 3 weeks I’m on a still life painting break. I will have some other fun creative projects to share with you!

While I’m on break, I’ll be putting past paintings up for auction on ebay. Here is a list of what is currently up now:

• DOROTHY
• THE THREE PEARS - SOLD
• BLUE PLATE AND TEA BAG
• FROM THE TOP
• FACE OFF

Click here if you are interested in bidding.

Since I can’t write a post without including a picture, the photo above is from our trip to New York City last year. I’m ready to go back any time!

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.

One Dollar Wednesday

It's Wednesday and I just listed these two skirt paintings on ebay. I'll be really focusing in my studio Monday! For sure...I keep saying that, but this time it's true!! :)

No. 186 - SOLD

“Coy”, 8″x6″, oil on stretched canvas, ©2012 Heather Hingst Bennett

For this months painting challenge our painting group decided to paint our…unmentionables. Not to sound weird, but it’s really fun to paint underwear. You’ll probably see more!

I’ll have these up on eBay tonight.

Thanks for stopping by!

No. 181 - 185

I am just a little bit behind posting my alla prima paintings over here. I was going to post them all separately on their original date, but that was getting a bit tedious. So, here's what I have been busy painting...

No. 181

“Campbell’s Soup”, 6″x6″x3/4″, oil on cradled wood panel

Originally painted on August 6, 2012, Andy Warhol's birthday.

No. 182 - SOLD

“Blue Monday”, 8″x8″, oil on canvas panel

Originally painted on August 13, 2012.

No. 183 - SOLD

“The Daisy Bunch”, 5″x7″, oil on carton panel

Originally painted August 14, 2012.

No. 184 - SOLD

“Pink Spot”, 5″x7″, oil on carton paper

Originally painted on August 21, 2012.

No. 185 - SOLD

“Three Left”, 8″x8″, oil on canvas panel

Originally painted September 10, 2012.

It feels good to be all caught up! Thanks for stopping by. :)