Delicious Peaches

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Delicious Peaches

- Page 21 of my new sketchbook project: 

The Secret Garden

SIZE: 14,8 x 21 cm

PAPER: CANSON® SAUNDERS WATERFORD® Art Book 300g/m² cold pressed

2026 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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A sketchbook is a place for memories, inspiration, experimentation, and simply having fun. With this image, I was particularly focused on capturing the deep red, velvety surface that radiates the irresistible appeal of ripe peaches.

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Onions

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Onions

- Page 20 of my new sketchbook project: 

The Secret Garden

SIZE: 14,8 x 21 cm

PAPER: CANSON® SAUNDERS WATERFORD® Art Book 300g/m² cold pressed

2026 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Blue Hydrangea - a Rilke tribute

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Blue Hydrangea - a Rilke tribute

- Page 19 of my new sketchbook project: 

The Secret Garden

SIZE: 14,8 x 21 cm

PAPER: CANSON® SAUNDERS WATERFORD® Art Book 300g/m² cold pressed

2026 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Like the last green in the painter’s pail

are these leaves; dry, dull, rough

behind the blue blossoms, a blue not borne

but reflected from above.

A reflection, both exact and approximate,

a desire, soon to be shed,

as old, blue-lined paper

fades yellow, then violet and grey;

Fades like an apron,

unworn,

of no use anymore.

In this do you feel the shortness of Life?

But suddenly blue shines new

in one blossom,

and you see the blue hue

drunk with green joy.

A rare Rilke poem ending with optimism — resurrection and connection — a flower drunk with joy!

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Something Sweet!

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Something Sweet

SIZE: 14,5 cm x 14,5 cm - 5,7" x 5,5"

PAINTING GROUND: WOODEN BORD 3 mm

2026 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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I remembered I hadn't painted a cat in a long time, so I corrected that. This portrait of my kitty Coralie @coralie_and_xenia is painted on a cradled wooden panel, ground with standard wall paint. And I like the result very much. Not so much the vertical lines, but I’ll pay attention to that next time.

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Living in a Hosta world

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Living in a Hosta world

- Page 18 of my new sketchbook project: 

The Secret Garden

SIZE: 14,8 x 21 cm

PAPER: CANSON® SAUNDERS WATERFORD® Art Book 300g/m² cold pressed

2026 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Flatford Mill, East Bergholt, Suffolk

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Flatford Mill, East Bergholt, Suffolk

SIZE: 15,7 in. x 15,7 in. - 40 x 40 cm
PAPER: GUARDI ARTISTICO - TORCHON 300 g/m²

COLORS: DANIEL SMITH WATERCOLORS

2026 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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My contribution for the July 2026 Challenge at

Oliver Pyle & Edo Hannema Watercolor Group

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