Welcome to Martha Kisling's Art With Heart!
I have been busy getting things ready for the holidays and next week in my watercolor class we will have our traditional day of painting holiday cards where we even throw in a little glitter for fun. I hope your holiday season is filled with family, fun and a little sparkle!
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Happy Holidays!
Martha
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Because our oldest daughter Laura is a nurse and has to work on Christmas Day we are getting ready for an early family holiday. Laura and her husband Eric will fly from South Carolina, our son Scott is already here in Colorado, our middle daughter Lisa will drive from medical school in Kansas City and then my Mom, brother and sister-in-law will come from Texas for a full house. This is always a special time of year to share with loved ones and I hope that you have a wonderful holiday season, too.
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Invited Back To Breckenridge Watercolor Collage WorkshNew DPW AuctionCreative Corner!
Acrylics and Collage
The goal for my new 2014 Creative Corner has been to try something new each month - different techniques, new mediums, mixed media, fun colors - anything goes. For TEXTURES OF SPRING I combined acrylic paints with collage using colored tissue and rice papers. The beauty of this technique is that you can paint, collage, paint and collage some more until you are happy with the final results. I used a gallery wrapped canvas so it is ready to hang as is or can be slipped in to a standard size frame.
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Creative Painting Blog
Birds
I try to post to my blog several times a week to keep everyone updated on my art. One of the fun things about a blog is that you can view present and past paintings by topic or category - see all of my BIRD posts here
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New in Etsy Shop
I think irises are my favorite flower to paint. I love their overall shape and frilly, ruffled petals.
SIMPLICITY 11x14 - available in my Etsy Shop
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 November Series
The focus of our weekly classes in November was to tackle each of the Primary Colors. I have always loved painting in cool tones so of course my favorite color was blue. For FRESH SNOW I used all shades of blue and even leaned towards some purple for the shadows in the snow and trees.
I love painting big, colorful tropical flowers like theses hibiscus. We don't have many flowers like this here in Colorado but I have loads of photos of gorgeous hibiscus blooms from our visit to the beautiful island of Kauai several years ago. I applied the watercolor paints through tissue paper to create a lace like effect for the flowers and b
love painting big, colorful tropical flowers like theses hibiscus. We don't have many flowers like this here in Colorado but I have loads of photos of gorgeous hibiscus blooms from our visit to the beautiful island of Kauai several years ago. I applied the watercolor paints through tissue paper to create a lace like effect for the flowers and background. love painting big, colorful tropical flowers like theses hibiscus. We don't have many flowers like this here in Colorado but I have loads of photos of gorgeous hibiscus blooms from our visit to the beautiful island of Kauai several years ago. I applied the watercolor paints through tissue paper to create a lace like effect for the flowers and background. love painting big, colorful tropical flowers like theses hibiscus. We don't have many flowers like this here in Colorado but I have loads of photos of gorgeous hibiscus blooms from our visit to the beautiful island of Kauai several years ago. I applied the watercolor paints through tissue paper to create a lace like effect for the flowers and background. Purchase info new approach. new It Itow that evening finished work displayed in a show that evening. I must admit that I am more of a studio paintiner the beautiful mountain town of Breckenridge, CObe I was lucky enough to spend the weekend in beautiful Breckenridge, CO with some of my art |
Fresh From My Studio
A pretty butterfly flitting about the flowers. I began this painting by masking out the shape of the butterfly and applying watercolor loosely on wet paper. When all was dry I removed the masking and painted the details on the butterfly and used negative painting to define flower shapes in the garden.
BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE - 11x15 watercolor - available here
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New Home In Denver
BIRDS ON A WIRE and RESTFUL now have a new home not far from me in Denver, CO - thanks Sharon!
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