Welcome to Martha Kisling Fine Art!
This last month we were fortunate to be able to spend alot of time with family - a reunion with my husband's brothers and cousins in Glenwood Springs, CO and time with our kids in Charleston SC. I also spent a long weekend in Breckenridge, CO with art friends and time for painting and creative inspiration. I hope you are also having a great summer filled with the people you love.
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Happy Painting!
Martha
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Butterfly BusBuCClFree FlyingFree FlyingFirst Snow on Pikes PeakPumpkin CarviCOVerVGinger in TexasAAAAA Family Get Together
Last month Todd and I spent a wonderful week at our daughter Laura and son-in-law Eric's house on John's Island right outside of Charleston, SC. We were lucky enough to have the other two kids, Lisa and Scott join us and had a blast going to the beach, paddle boarding, mega kite flying, riding waves, playing games in the backyard, eating freshly caught crabs, shooting hoops and having an all around great time with family. Here we are - a little red from a day in the sun - enjoying a nice Happy Hour in their backyard with Tucker!
Butterfly BusBuCClFree FlyingFree FlyingFirst Snow on Pikes PeakPumpkin CarviCOVerVGinger in TexasAAAA
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Invited Back To Breckenridge Watercolor Collage WorkshoBig Sky
A few weeks ago in my weekly classes we painted what I call "Big Sky" paintings where the majority of the composition is the sky and the foreground plays a smaller role. This is a great way to experiment with painting different skies - stormy, rainy, sunsets, big clouds, etc. For SOUTHWESTERN SKY I started with dry paper and painted the turquoise blue at the top to create the hard edge of the major cloud shapes and then added some shading to the white areas. I kept the foreground simple with the teepees and grass. For purchase info click here |
Martha's Monthly Giveaway!
Each month one of my newsletter subscribers will win a free art giveaway. The winner for this month is Carol who has been a part of my weekly classes since I started teaching here in Colorado Springs 7 years ago! She will receive a print of IRIS DANCE shown above. Make sure you are eligible by signing up to receive my newsletter - you just might be the next winner!! Go to my blog to subscribe.
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Featured on Etsy
SIMPLICITY - 8x10 - $45
I challenged myself to paint quick and loose for this painting, keeping shapes simple and trying to get as much detail down as I wanted before the paper dried.
To see this painting and more of my original artwork visit my Etsy Shop.
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Subscribe To My Daily Painting Blog
Are you receiving my blog in your email inbox? I post all sorts of new paintiings and stuff several times a week. Some folks, I have learned, just get my monthly newsletter and aren't aware there's more to be had:)) You can subscribe to my blog by scrolling down the right side of it - click here.
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Watercolor Workshop - Grapes & Leaves
Sat Sep 8, 2012 - 9:30 to 3:30 - Colorado Springs
Enjoy a fun day of watercolor and learn techniques for painting grapes and leaves. Use stamps, stencils, wax paper and real leaves to create shapes and then negative paint to pull the composition together.
To register for this workshop contact me at marthakisling@msn.com
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Creative Journey - Plein Air Painting
I just got back from a weekend in the beautiful mountain town of Breckenridge, CO with some of my art buddies. They were hosting a Plein Air Art Show so we spent time talking to a few of the artists that were painting around town and then saw their finished work displayed at the show that evening. I must admit I am more of an indoor artist but we did all spend some time painting by the river - do you enjoy painting outdoors?ow 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 buddies.
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Happy Art Collector
TULIPS is one of three paintings with a new home in Missouri. Pamela was kind enough to write "Martha, I just wanted to let you know I received the watercolor paintings and they are simply beautiful. Every bit of what I expected and more. Thanks for making such beautiful art. Just thought I'd let you know how pleased I am." It is always nice to hear from a happy collector!
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Available Thru Art Auctions
DEER - 11x15 watercolor - starting bid $60
I have been listing my new paintings first on Daily Paintworks with a low starting bid to make the process more fun. Check out all my auction paintings here |
Available Art
SOUTHWESTERN SKY was my demo painting for my last workshop for the Greater Castle Rock Art Guild. We focused on several ways to create and layer texture with watercolor - plastic wrap, salt, spatter, sponge, coffee, dry brush and stencil.
Purchase info here
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