Welcome to Martha Kisling Fine Art!
I hope everyone had a nice holiday season. We had a house full and I loved every minute, but now I am trying to get organized and back on track with my paintings, classes and workshops for the New Year. I hope that you will be able to make art and creative living a part of your 2013!
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Happy New Year!
Martha
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Our son Scott and his girlfriend Ali took some time over the holidays to learn how to paint a watercolor batik. We were lucky to have all three kids, our son-in-law, my mom and Ali with us to celebrate Christmas and the New Year - hope you had a wonderful holiday season with your loved ones.
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Invited Back To Breckenridge Watercolor Collage WorkshWorkshops for 2013
One of the workshops I had while in Breckenridge, CO was Watercolor Collage where we combined painting with applying tissue and rice papers for added texture. This was my demo painting and I tried to use analogous colors as I prepared my collage papers. You can see my Workshops for 2013 here
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Martha's Monthly Giveaway!
Each month one of my newsletter subscribers will win a free art giveaway. The winner for this month will receive a print of WINTER PEACH 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
PROFUSION OF FLOWERS 11x15 Watercolor - $70
I painted this using one of my favorite approaches - wet the paper first, apply bright colors randomly all over and then when all is dry use negative painting to pull out shapes of flowers. It is always a surprise to see how it will turn out.
You can see this painting and many more in 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 paintings and news several times a week. You can subscribe to my blog by scrolling down the right side of it - click here.
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New! Watercolor Notecards
Brand new Floral Notecards - set of eight cards printed from four of my original floral watercolor paintings - two of each design shown. Cards are 4.25" x 5.5” and blank inside, ready for your personal message. The cards come with 8 plain white envelopes all packaged together. Purchase info here
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Save Whites With Contact Paper
I have a love hate relationship with masking fluid - on the one hand it is a great way to preserve the white of the paper, on the other hand you can end up with harsh, awkward edges. For this floral painting, I decided to cut out my three big flower shapes from contact paper and stick it on watercolor paper so that I could apply my background colors freely. When I removed the contact paper I had nice, clean flower shapes ready for paint.
PICTURE PERFECT - 11x15 watercolor available here
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
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Daily Paintworks Auctions and YouTube
Watercolor Batik painted on rice paper with melted wax used as a resist. When I am finished with the batik process, the wax is ironed off leaving a fabric feel to the paper.
PINK WATER LILIES 12x19 is available thru my Art Auctions on Daily Paintworks here
View my new Watercolor Batik YouTube here
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From My Website
One of my smaller paintings, this 8x10 will easily fit a standard 11x14 mat and frame.
SOUTHWESTERN SKY - available on my website
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First Sale for 2013
SPRING GLORY - 11x15 watercolor has a new home with Nancy in Oregon
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