tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87807452035294713962024-02-07T21:02:51.082-07:00Barb Benik Studio (Original) Colorado artist
Barb Benik shares art.Barb Benikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02059167150151854022noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8780745203529471396.post-86183051975242388152020-12-05T13:51:00.001-07:002020-12-05T13:51:47.733-07:00New Website I recently changed up my art website and moved everything onto a new service. I’m hoping this will be easier for me to keep updated with new art, take less time to post, and provide me with more time to paint. Wish me luck :)Barb Benikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02059167150151854022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8780745203529471396.post-23233209718178750332016-09-15T16:25:00.000-06:002019-05-11T18:00:45.654-06:00A New Studio Space
I thought I would share a photo of the studio in our new home.
The space is divided into three zones: the active studio, the library, and the computer area. This is not a huge room, but it does allow for some separation for the different work tasks.
New Studio
The picture ledges are aluminum trays made to hold chalk or markers. They are light in weight but super strong, and theyBarb Benikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02059167150151854022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8780745203529471396.post-33855220192813717062012-06-04T16:51:00.000-06:002012-08-15T21:40:23.706-06:00New Colors II: Violet PV-19
Time for an update on the Caesar Purple/PV-19 confusion.
If you remember the color chart I made from all of my oil paints with the color index name of PV-19, Caesar Purple was much bluer than the others.
I did a bit more reading and discovered that there are two versions of PV-19: a red and a violet. So, I ordered some other brands of the violet PV-19. Here is the colorBarb Benikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02059167150151854022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8780745203529471396.post-91650725866418877622012-05-25T15:29:00.000-06:002012-05-25T15:31:04.141-06:00New Color? It's all in a name!
When I recently shopped online for more tubes of paint, I discovered a color made by Schmincke Mussini called "Caesar Purple". It sounded interesting and unlike anything I had, so I ordered a tube since it was on sale.
Caesar Purple
(FYI: My background is in the technical and scientific community. I have always loved research, number crunching, and discovering what Barb Benikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02059167150151854022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8780745203529471396.post-2123387516936683702012-05-20T08:36:00.000-06:002012-09-16T08:34:36.598-06:00Preliminary Gamblin Paint Review
I like the new Gamblin "radiant" colors so much that I ordered the rest
of the radiant palette. They arrived last week (along with a few other
colors I needed to refill). So here is the complete Radiant color
palette from Gamblin:
I've been going through the Gamblin paints website and have found that there is some very good information for oil painters. I've marked it as one Barb Benikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02059167150151854022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8780745203529471396.post-9052165066341639562012-04-25T08:51:00.002-06:002012-05-01T13:55:09.280-06:00New Paints!
One of the first things I do whenever I get a batch of new paint colors is spread them onto a palette and play with them. I was so excited to get some new Gamblin oils yesterday.
Gamblin Colors
These are not a brand that I usually paint with, but there were some interesting colors I wanted to try.
Gamblin Whites & Torrit Grey (2012)
Sometimes when I Barb Benikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02059167150151854022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8780745203529471396.post-55128325725870963642009-08-09T05:44:00.007-06:002020-11-21T22:54:45.006-07:00Red Peppers StudyThis still life oil study of "Red Peppers" is 4" x 6" on canvas mounted to Gatorbord.Sold
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