"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!

happy halloween

Here's a little colored pencil illustration I started today. I'm running out of time, so I'll have to finish it later.

Have a Happy and Safe Halloween.

study :: the model

Here is the "model" for this week. I have a nice vintage hat collection that has been sitting in a box in our basement. I really love this hat. I wish it fit me because I would totally wear it!

I have been drawing this hat for a few hours a day since Thursday. Sometimes I concentrate just on one area, such as the bow. Everyday I have made a full drawing of the hat. Tomorrow I'm going to place it in it's still life setting, draw it some more and get ready to paint it.

I'm excited to see how my painting will turn out.

taking a step back

I've decided I need to take a step back and draw. DRAW...DRAW...DRAW! My new plan is to pick a subject for the week and draw it again and again and again and then paint it! So, I'll be doing one painting a week.

I'll probably post my drawings at the end of my drawing period and then post the painting when I'm finished.

Now what should be my first "model"?

no. 011

NUMBER 11 is a gift. I'll show it to you soon!!

it's that pail again

NO. 10

© 2010 Heather Hingst Bennett

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Yes, it’s that pail again. This time in oils. I actually painted this the other day when I had my oils out. I wanted to paint some flowers today that I bought at the farmer’s market, but by the time I got to my studio I was exhausted.

We worked on the house all day and right now I have 2 8′ x 10′ rugs outside drying and hoping it doesn’t rain.

the big reveal...my studio

Welcome to my studio!!

Here it is! Of course, I'm not completely done yet and I'm sure it will change over time, but here is how it looks right now. My studio is at the top of the stairway in our home.

To the right will be the computer station with no computer at the moment.

The next corner area is a work table.

The corner opposite it is where I have my easel

and across from that are some storage cupboards.

I've also included a picture of where I set up the still life for my paintings.

"No. 009"

© 2010 Heather Hingst Bennett

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

Today's daily painting is done in oils. I have not used oils in quite a while and stumbled around quite a bit. Spilled both my medium and cleaner and did a lot of swearing. Fortunately, I'm pretty familiar with this pail by now, so I did end up with a painting. Not a very good painting, but a painting. So, I'm simply going to name it NUMBER 9.