My Love

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My Love

SIZE: 20 cm x 20 cm - 5,5" x 5,5"

PAINTING GROUND: AMPERSAND AQUABORD 3 mm

COLORS: DANIEL SMITH + SENNELIER

2023 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Inspired by the theme of the actual challenge #81 MY LOVE @aligator_watercolor_community. It's my first portrait of the love of my life, the wind beneath my wings and my solid rock during all storms, we've passed together. 
With this painting I say goodbye and thank you so much to Ali Cavanaugh. I have learned so much and I'm deeply grateful that I was a part of this wonderful painting community. It's time for me to fly more freely and look for new ways of inspiration. In April 2023 I'll be a part again of the worldwide Skitchy session 30 Face/ 30 Days Watercolor. And I'm planning some full sheet paintings for the next time. 

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Pussy Willows come out

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Pussy Willows come out 

SIZE: 15 in. x 22 in. - 38 x 56 cm (half sheet)

PAPER: SAUNDERS WATERFORD ROUGH 425 g/m²

COLORS:  DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors

2023 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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I know a little pussy

Her coat is silver gray

She lives down in the meadow

Not very far away.

Though she is a pussy

She’ll never be a cat.

She is a pussy willow.

Now what do you think of that!

                                    Traditional

While waiting for Spring I can't resist painting Spring's awakening around me and Pussy Willows always fascinated me. 

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North Sea Winter

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North Sea Winter 

SIZE: 15,7 in. x 15,7 in. - 40 x 40 cm
PAPER: GUARDI ARTISTICO - TORCHON 300 g/m²
COLORS: SCHMINCKE DEEP SEA BLUE - DANIEL SMITH ROSE OF ULTRAMARINE - GOUACHE

2023 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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 Painting landscapes with a very reduced palette is something I like a lot and while testing colors for a winter landscape I've discovered some lovely combinations and this is one of them. 

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Atardecer S'Algar - Sunset at S'Algar

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Atardecer S'Algar 

Sunset at S'Algar

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

2023 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Done after my own photography taken during our last stay at Menorca, Balearic islands - Catalunya, Spain. It was such an incredibly peaceful and atmospheric evening. Yes, painting sundowns is always a bit critical, but something inside me said, give it a try and here it is.

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in and out of focus

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in and out of focus

SIZE: 20 cm x 20 cm - 5,5" x 5,5"

PAINTING GROUND: AMPERSAND AQUABORD 3 mm

COLORS: DANIEL SMITH WATERCOLORS 

2023 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not 

in finishing an activity but in doing it.

- Greg Anderson

My 2nd contribution to @aligator_watercolor_community  challenge #80 in and out of focus

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Snowy Manhattan

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Snowy Manhattan

SIZE:  15 in. x 22 in. - 38 x 56 cm (half sheet)

PAPER: SAUNDERS WATERFORD ROUGH 425 g/m²

COLORS:  DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors

2023© ISABELLA KRAMER

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This one is my submission for  #80 IN AND OUT OF FOCUS Challenge at @aligator_watercolor_community. 

  The Flatiron Building: Since its introduction as one of New York City’s first skyscrapers in 1902, the Flatiron has been a quintessential New York City icon that garners immediate recognition, beloved by both local New Yorkers and visitors alike. Floating above the intersection of two of New York City’s most famous streets, Fifth Avenue and Broadway, the Flatiron anchors its eponymous district. Its defining triangular shape emphasizes the building’s unique positioning while oversized windows frame unobstructed views in all directions that span the tree tops of Madison Square Park to the skylines of Downtown. Now, the Flatiron is poised to undergo a renovation that will preserve its historic exterior and simultaneously reconfigure its interior to meet 21st Century demands.

©The Flatiron Building

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Up yours!

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Up Yours! 

SIZE: 15 in. x 22 in. - 38 x 28 cm (quarter sheet)
PAPER:  SAUNDERS WATERFORD ROUGH 300 g/m²
COLORS: only one color SCHMINCKE SUPER GRANULATION WATERCOLORS Tundra Violet

2023 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Winter is Nature's way of saying, 
'Up Yours'.

- Robert Byrne

Done after a very inspiring watercolor tutorial on Artefacte School by Tatiana Anisimova

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HafenCity Hamburg 2

HafenCity Hamburg 2

SIZE: 20 cm x 20 cm - 5,5" x 5,5"

PAINTING GROUND: AMPERSAND artist panel smooth 3 mm

COLORS: QOR watercolors

2023 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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The second painting for my small series (here you can see No.1 of the series), inspired by my own photographs taken at the wonderful and very inspiring HafenCity Hamburg. Reflections, maritime symbols, and signs everywhere, modern and very old buildings side by side. Artist's heaven pure! And there’s another story in Hamburg the “fusion” between the love of my life and I started exactly there. So it’s logical that we both are side by side in this painting too.

This one is my submission for  #79 FUSION Challenge at @aligator_watercolor_community. 

Think upon

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_ Think Upon _ 

“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.” 

 -Brandon Sanderson

SIZE: 11,8 in. x 7,8 in. - 30x 20 cm

PAPER: HAHNEMUEHLE WATERCOLOR BOOK  MATT 250g/m²
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors

2023 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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My contribution to @aligator_watercolor_community  challenge #68: to tell a story

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