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. :)

No. 180 - SOLD

“Hissy Fit”, 8″x8″, oil on canvas panel, ©2012 Heather Hingst Bennett

A hissy fit is exactly what I was having when I painted this. So, I decided to just play around with shapes and colors, so I’m hoping it seems a little more abstract then some of my past paintings.

Spent another day at the pool. Now it’s time to do a little painting.

Have a wonderful weekend!

No. 179 - SOLD

“Happy Daisy”, 8″x8″, oil on canvas panel, ©2012 Heather Hingst Bennett

Just trying to get as much swimming in before my son goes back to school!

One Dollar Wednesday - SOLD

On Wednesdays I find one of my older paintings and list it on eBay at a starting bid of $1. This week I thought I would offer 2 of my favorite cupcake paintings.

Happy bidding!

No. 178 - SOLD

"Pink Shock"

4"x4"x1", oil on cradled hardboard

© 2012 Heather Hingst Bennett

Well, I bet you weren't expecting to see me around here so soon!!

Yes! I got a painting done today! I thought about it last night and knew I had to paint today. I saw this nail polish while running errands and knew it was going to be my model today! I just knew it! :)

As you can see in the pictures, I am using a 1″ cradled hardboard panel. It’s really nice and won’t even need to be framed. I think this is the way I’m going with my paintings in the future.

My husband keeps telling me I should sometimes sell the item that I paint along with my painting. What do you think of that? Want to buy an original painting with a bottle of nail polish?

One Dollar Wednesday - SOLD

On Wednesdays I find one of my older paintings and list it on eBay at a starting bid of $1. Since I missed a few weeks I have 4 paintings at auction. AND I just think they all look really cute together. You can check them out here.

I'm going to be focusing on quilting/sewing for the remainder of the summer. You can see what I'm up to over here. I've also started doing a little watercolor illustration and you can check that out here.

I'm trying to keep this blog dedicated to still life painting. I'll be back here for One Dollar Wednesday and when the urge to paint with oil strikes me again.

One Dollar Wednesday

It's Wednesday again and time for another 1 $ deal. On Wednesdays I find one of my older paintings and list it on eBay at a starting bid of $1. This week I have "Cat Eye" available. It was originally painted on March 4, 2011.

Happy Bidding!