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November silence

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November silence

SIZE: 14,8 cm x 42 cm
PAPER: 
ARCHES GRAIN FINE 300g/m² 
COLORS: SCHMINCKE SUPER GRANULATIONS watercolors



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 November 2024 Challenge at Edo Hannema's Facebook Group The Watercolour Challenge

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The game is on!

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the game is on! 

SIZE: 12 in. x 9 in. - 30,5 x 22,9 cm
PAPER: YASUTOMO STONEPAPER 150 g/m²


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Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes in the famous BBC Series. 


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Better together - siblings love

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better together - siblings love

SIZE: 15 in. x 22 in. - 38 x 28 cm (quarter sheet)
PAPER: BOCKINGFORD FAT PAD 425g/m² (200lb) ROUGH

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inspired by Patty Brito's lovely photo on unsplash


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Most Extraordinary - Lisianthus Bouquet

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Most Extraordinary -


Lisianthus Bouquet


SIZE: 30 cm x 30 cm - 11,8" x 11,8"
PAINTING GROUND: PAINTING BORD primed with QOR WATERCOLOR GROUND
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors
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“The simplest pleasures are

sometimes the most extraordinary.” 


– Edgar Allan Poe




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There's a little witch in all of us!

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There's a little Witch in all of us! 

SIZE: 15,7 in. x 15,7 in. - 40 x 40 cm
PAPER: LANA AQUARELL 425 g/m²


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“When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, ‘tis near Halloween.”


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Always an eye on the kids - 2

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Always an eye on the kids - 2 

SIZE: 15 in. x 22 in. - 38 x 28 cm (quarter sheet)
PAPER: BOCKINGFORD FAT PAD 425g/m² (200lb) ROUGH

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This is the second one of a new series about the friendship between children and animals: Always an eye on the kids 




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Thinking about Audrey Hephurn

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Thinking about Audrey Hephurn


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

2024 © ISABELLA KRAMER


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I started this painting with a blue underpainting, to be honest, I thought it was enough. But after a few days of looking at the blue version, I decided to use more warm skin tones. And so this version comes to life. 



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Courage

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Courage

SIZE: 20 cm x 20 cm - 5,5" x 5,5"
PAINTING GROUND: AMPERSAND AQUABORD 3 mm
COLORS: QOR extra fine watercolors,
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Just hanging around

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Just hanging around


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

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I've never painted a bat, but aren't they cute animals? For years, we've had one, or maybe two, in our garden, and we feel so lucky to admire their gorgeous hunting rounds around our garden lamp. 




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Singer Sargent's Lantern Girls - my version

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Singer Sargent's Lantern Girls

my version


SIZE:  15 in. x 22 in. - 38 x 56 cm (half sheet)
PAPER: SAUNDERS WATERFORD COLD PRESSED NOT 425 g/m²
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors,

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Do you know John Singer Sargent RA’s oil painting “Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose”, 1885 - 1886. Surely you do, it’s one of this Royal Academician’s most famous works. And this will be my version of it. I love the motive and learned a lot while working on it. 


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Stanley Spencer - my version

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Stanley Spencer - my version

SIZE: 12 in. x 18 in. - 31 x 41 cm
PAPER: YASUTOMO STONEPAPER 150 g/m²
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH WATERCOLORS 

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Many thanks Sarah McIntyre on X Virtual Studio - @StudioTeaBreak for her inspiring challenge. This is my version of Self Portrait, Stanley Spencer 1914 - (Tate Gallery)


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Old Mr. Toad

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Old Mr. Toad

SIZE: 15 in. x 22 in. - 38 x 28 cm 
PAPER: BOCKINGFORD RKP FatPad ROUGH 425 g/m²
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Ich habe unsere Gartenkröte wieder entdeckt und festgestellt, dass ich zwar schon einige Frösche gemalt habe, aber noch nie eine Kröte. An diesem ersten noch herrlich warmen Herbsttag ist es einfach wunderbar noch draußen arbeiten zu können.

Ich habe ohne jede Vorzeichnung mit dem Auge begonnen und dann langsam die Kröte und ihre Umgebung drumherum aufgebaut.

I rediscovered our garden toad and realized that although I have painted a few frogs, I have never painted a toad. On this first, still lovely warm autumn day, it is simply wonderful to work outside.

I started with the eye without any preliminary drawing and then slowly built up the toad and its surroundings around it.




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Time for Paper Lanterns

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Time for Paper Lanterns

SIZE: 14,8 cm x 42 cm
PAPER: 
ARCHES GRAIN FINE 300g/m² 
COLOURS: Daniel Smith and Mijello Watercolors 




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Autumn is near and the time for paper lanterns walking is here. 

To outwit the darkness that creeps across the country earlier and earlier in the autumn, children make lanterns with colorful luminous paper pictures or hollow out pumpkin and sugar beet heads and parade through the streets with them. Parading through the dimly dark or foggy streets with a brightly shining moon, a shining sun, a happy animal face or a monster-faced lantern is fun.

In some areas, the 'lantern parade' begins as early as September, and reaches its peak in the first days of November and on St. Martin's Day. Everywhere you see bright strings of lights parade through the streets in the evening. It looks beautiful. It helps us forget the darkness a little, and we look forward to the pre-Christmas period with its mysteries and celebrations.






from about ca. 1851 




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Autumn is near and the time for paper lanterns walking i.s here. 

Autumn is near and the time for paper lanterns walking is here. 

Woodland Dreams




Woodland Dreams

SIZE: 14,8 cm x 42 cm
PAPER:
ARCHES GRAIN FINE 300g/m² 
COLOURS: Daniel Smith and Mijello Watercolors 


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Every year again I must paint some autumnal motives like mushrooms, paper lanterns, falling leaves etc. and I hope you enjoy my passion as much as I do. 




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les pins de Porquerolles - 2

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les pins de Porquerolles - 2 


SIZE: 11,8 in. x 7,8 in. - 30x 20 cm
PAPER: HAHNEMUEHLE WATERCOLOR BOOK  MATT 250g/m²
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors


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Summer Fairy

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Summer Fairy 


SIZE:
 12 in. x 18 in. - 31 x 41 cm

PAPER: YASUTOMO STONEPAPER 150 g/m²
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH WATERCOLORS 


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  “... There are fairies everywhere:  under bushes, in the air, playing games just like you play, singing through their busy day.  So listen, touch, and look around – in the air and on the ground.  And if you watch all nature’s things, you might just see a fairy’s wing.”


  ~ Author Unknown




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Nutshell Bridge & House, Gloucester, England

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Nutshell Bridge & House, Gloucester - built 1778



SIZE:
 15,7 in. x 15,7 in. - 40 x 40 cm

PAPER: GUARDI ARTISTICO - TORCHON 300 g/m²
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH WATERCOLORS 

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 August 2024 Challenge at the Facebook Watercolour Group The Watercolour Challenge




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Thailand Memories

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Thailand Memories



SIZE:
 15,7 in. x 15,7 in. - 40 x 40 cm

PAPER: GUARDI ARTISTICO - TORCHON 300 g/m²
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH WATERCOLORS 

2024 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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The Pines of Porquerolles

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The Pines of Porquerolles 

SIZE: 20 cm x 20 cm - 5,5" x 5,5"
PAINTING GROUND: AMPERSAND CLAYBORD cradled 22 mm PRIMED WITH QOR WATERCOLOR GROUND
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH and WINSOR & NEWTON watercolors
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Inspired by my new book from Marc Folly and of several holidays on the wonderful island Porquerolles. 




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Mediterranean Essence - Calella de Palafrugell

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Mediterranean Essence -

Calella de Palafrugell 

SIZE: 20 cm x 20 cm - 5,5" x 5,5"
PAINTING GROUND: AMPERSAND CLAYBORD cradled 22 mm PRIMED WITH QOR WATERCOLOR GROUND
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH and WINSOR & NEWTON watercolors
2024 © ISABELLA KRAMER


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This marvelous ancient fishing village is one of the most attractive places at the Costa Brava and I've lost my heart at first glance. 



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Thornham Old Harbour, Norfolk

 



Thornham Old Harbour, Norfolk 



SIZE:
 15,7 in. x 15,7 in. - 40 x 40 cm

PAPER: GUARDI ARTISTICO - TORCHON 300 g/m²
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH WATERCOLORS 

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 July 2024 Challenge at the Facebook Watercolour Group The Watercolour Challenge



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Itajara

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Itajara - Giant Grouper 



SIZE:
 15,7 in. x 15,7 in. - 40 x 40 cm

PAPER: GUARDI ARTISTICO - TORCHON 300 g/m²
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH WATERCOLORS 

2024 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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