Cornwall Coastline

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CORNWALL COASTLINE

SIZE: 12,6 in. x 9,4 in. - 32 x 24 cm

2019 © ISABELLA KRAMER

a far dwelling
on this point across the bay
stones to clouds

©magyar

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Years ago I've spent a gorgeous time at Cornwall and since these days I wish I could live there forever. The longing was always a great impulse for painting for me, since my very first steps with watercolor, also years ago. This one was one for my sky- and cloud exercises. 

Moorland - Lower Saxony, Germany

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MOORLAND - LOWER SAXONY, GERMANY

SIZE: 12,6 in. x 9,4 in. - 32 x 24 cm

2019 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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No hurry, autumn is here and so the wide-open landscape of my homeland Lower Saxony shows its best side. Amazing colors, great skies or poetic foggy horizons. Best moods for watercolor painters. I hope you enjoy this lovely season as much as I do. 

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Rose Hips

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 ROSE HIPS

SIZE:  15 in. x 15 in. - 38 x 38 cm 

PAPER: SAUNDERS WATERFORD ROUGH 425 g/m²

2019 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Rose hips are one of the motives I paint every year again. I love these bright red dots in nature and garden, these last farewell of the lovely roses. 

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Song of the Sea - 2

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SONG OF SEA - 2

SIZE: 12,6 in. x 9,4 in. - 32 x 24 cm

2019 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Sky- and Cloud studies, preferably daily are a part of the really good tips for the future by Thomas Schaller. And so I try my best to full fill this plan. 

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Under the Brigde - Fulton River, Chicago

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UNDER THE BRIGDE

FULTON RIVER CHICAGO - Sketch

SIZE: 15 in. x 22 in. - 38 x 28 cm 

PAPER: BOCKINGFORD RKP FatPad ROUGH 425 g/m²

2019 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Painting cityscapes, streets, and urban scenes have always fascinated me. For many years, I have accumulated an infinite number of ideas, sketches, and photographs and I will try to transform more of them into watercolors. Reduced and focused on the essential moment and yet narrating a story. That's the plan and I hope it succeeds. 

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Faded Season

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FADED SEASON

SIZE: 22 in. x 15 in. - 28 x 38 cm 

PAPER: BOCKINGFORD RKP FatPad ROUGH 425 g/m²

2019 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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this fall day
fades into sunset
a bird watches
©magyar

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This is another watercolor after my own photography of the lakes Meissendorf, Germany during the wonderful watercolor workshop with Thomas Schaller at Chicago. For years I thought about painting this motive and Thom created such a great demo with a "bull eye" start for a soft background wash, that I decided immediately to select this as my motive. Thoms demo you can find in the collage below. 

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Red Haubarg

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RED HAUBARG

SIZE: 15 in. x 22 in. - 38 x 28 cm 

PAPER: BOCKINGFORD RKP FatPad ROUGH 425 g/m²

2019 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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I started painting this view of one of my own photographs from the Red Haubarg Schleswig Holstein, Germany during the wonderful watercolor workshop with Thomas Schaller at Chicago, perfectly organized by Ingrid Albrecht. So much learned about picking the right object, composition, position of light and color choice. So all I need is time and practice to paint all the views and stories who I carry inside my head. 

***A Haubarg, rarely also Hauberg, is the typical farmhouse of the Eiderstedt peninsula on the northwest coast of Germany and is a type of Gulf house. It emerged in the late 16th century when West Frisian immigrants brought with them the Gulf type of farm building and it was to continue to be used until the late 19th century as a farmhouse. In the Netherlands these houses are called stolpboerderij.

The word "Haubarg" means a place for piling or stacking hay (see hooiberg). As a byre-dwelling, man and animal lived for centuries in haubargs under one roof, albeit in separate rooms. www.wikipedia

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It's Autumn again

 IT'S AUTUMN AGAIN

SIZE: 15 in. x 15 in. - 38 x 38 cm

2019 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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I love to paint Physalis and every year again I MUST do this. Since three years they grow in my garden and it's so lovely to watch these orange points of happiness in autumn. 

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