Christmas Branch

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Christmas Branch 

- Page 10 in my 2025 Christmas Sketchbooks - 

SIZE: 14,8 x 21 cm
PAPER: CANSON® SAUNDERS WATERFORD® Art Book 300g/m² cold pressed
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH watercolors + LISILINKA metallic watercolors

2025 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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"I sincerely hope your Christmas
... where abound in the gaieties 
which the season generally
brings."

...

Jane Austen, 16. December 1775 - 18. July 1817


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Time for Mistletoe

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Time for Mistletoe 

- Page 9 in my 2025 Christmas Sketchbooks - 

SIZE: 14,8 x 21 cm
PAPER: CANSON® SAUNDERS WATERFORD® Art Book 300g/m² cold pressed
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH watercolors + LISILINKA metallic watercolors

2025 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Oh, by gosh, by golly
It's time for mistletoe and holly
Tasty pheasants, Christmas presents
Countrysides covered with snow

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Songwriter: Henry W. Sanicola / Frank Sinatra / Dok Stanford



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The Treasure Box

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The Treasure Box 

- Page 8 in my 2025 Christmas Sketchbooks - 

SIZE: 14,8 x 21 cm
PAPER: CANSON® SAUNDERS WATERFORD® Art Book 300g/m² cold pressed
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH + SCHMINCKE SUPER GRANULATION watercolors + LISILINKA metallic watercolors

2025 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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December in Paris

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December in Paris

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

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Sure, there's barely snowfall in Paris, but if it is, and if this happens in December, the whole magic of a Christmas fairytale appears!


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Ein Brief an den Weihnachtsmann - A Letter to Santa

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A Letter to Santa

- Page 7 in my 2025 Christmas Sketchbooks - 

SIZE: 14,8 x 21 cm
PAPER: CANSON® SAUNDERS WATERFORD® Art Book 300g/m² cold pressed
COLORS: SCHMINCKE SUPER GRANULATION watercolors + LISILINKA metallic watercolors

2025 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Schneekugelzauber - Snowglobe Magic

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Snowglobe Magic

- Page 6 in my 2025 Christmas Sketchbooks - 

SIZE: 14,8 x 21 cm
PAPER: CANSON® SAUNDERS WATERFORD® Art Book 300g/m² cold pressed
COLORS: SCHMINCKE SUPER GRANULATION watercolors + LISILINKA metallic watercolors

2025 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Hey, Santa Claus is coming early this year. He gave me this morning and brought a lot of magic to my atelier with this gorgeous shimmering watercolor palette by lisilinka.watercolors They are by far the shimmeriest watercolor paints I have ever experienced!


I'm thrilled by these amazing pigments!! Warmest thanks, Lisi, for the opal set as a generous gift 😍❤️🙏



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Schau, was der Nikolaus gebracht hat! - Look what St. Nicholas brought..

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Look what St. Nicholas brought...

SIZE:  5,7 in. x 5,7 in. - 14,5 x 14,5 cm 
PAPER: SAUNDERS WATERFORD ROUGH 425 g/m²
COLORS:  DANIEL SMITH + WINSOR & NEWTON watercolors
white Ink and gold leaf

2023© ISABELLA KRAMER

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That was a painful experience. I tried painting on the back of the sheet, but the pigments didn't react as I expected, and even adding salt didn't produce any nice effects. I never would have thought that could happen on such expensive paper.




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Christmas Comes To Us All Once A Year!

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Christmas Comes To Us All Once A Year! 

- Page 5 in my 2025 Christmas Sketchbooks - 

SIZE: 14,8 x 21 cm
PAPER: CANSON® SAUNDERS WATERFORD® Art Book 300g/m² cold pressed
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors

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Einen wunderbaren 2. Advent! 


herzlichst Isabella Kramer - veredit


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Morgen Kinder, wird's was geben...

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Morgen Kinder, wird's was geben...

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

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“Tomorrow, children, there will be something…”


Well, Santa Claus isn't coming tomorrow, but in many regions of the world, St. Nicholas is coming hereafter on the 6th. December 🎅🎄⭐️🧸❤️ Reason enough for a further Christmas painting.🎅🎄⭐️🧸❤️



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Die Weihnachtsfee Ebony

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Die Weihnachtsfeem Ebony - 
Princess of the Christmas Fairies Ebony

SIZE: 12 in. x 9 in. - 30,5 x 22,9 cm
PAPER: YASUTOMO STONEPAPER 150 g/m²
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH + WINSOR & NEWTON WATERCOLORS

2025 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Little Drummer Boy

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Little Drummer Boy

- Page 4 in my 2025 Christmas Sketchbooks - 

SIZE: 14,8 x 21 cm
PAPER: CANSON® SAUNDERS WATERFORD® Art Book 300g/m² cold pressed
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors

2025 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Eine schöne Adventszeit!


herzlichst Isabella Kramer - veredit

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Somewhere in my Memory

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Somewhere in my Memory

- Page 3 in my 2025 Christmas Sketchbooks - 

SIZE: 14,8 x 21 cm
PAPER: CANSON® SAUNDERS WATERFORD® Art Book 300g/m² cold pressed
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH WATERCOLORS 

2025 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Painting Day 7 of Kristine Rapohina's 12 Days of Christmas Cards Tutorial. 
The funny KI animation is created with #Grok.










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Wir backen Plätzchen - We're baking Cookies

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Wir backen Plätzchen

We're baking Cookies


- Page 2 in my first 2025 Christmas sketchbooks - 

SIZE: 14,8 x 21 cm
PAPER: CANSON® SAUNDERS WATERFORD® Art Book 300g/m² cold pressed
COLORS: QOR WATERCOLORS 

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Hier ist für das bezaubernde Weihnachtsgedicht in der Kinder-Gedichte-Welt eine weitere Illustration entstanden. 



Enthalten in meinem ersten Kinder-Gedichte-Buch: 
Kinder-Gedichte-Welt  

erhältlich als Hardcover und als Softcover in meinem Blurb Bookstore oder über mich -> Kontaktformular  

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Christmas Sketchbook 2025 - the beginning

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The Beginning

- Page 1 of my first Christmas sketchbooks - 

SIZE: 14,8 x 21 cm
PAPER: CANSON® SAUNDERS WATERFORD® Art Book 300g/m² cold pressed
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors

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Can't wait for it!

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Can't wait for it!  



SIZE:
  36 x 26 cm
PAPER: 
BAOHONG ROUGH 300 g/m²
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH watercolors


2025 © ISABELLA KRAMER



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“Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth, sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever.” 


– Richelle E. Goodrich



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Twinkle Lights and Holiday Nights...

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Twinkle Lights and Holiday Nights, 
That's what makes the Season Bright!  



SIZE:
  36 x 26 cm
PAPER:
BAOHONG ROUGH 300 g/m²
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH watercolors


2025 © ISABELLA KRAMER



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Winter's Walz - an old-fashioned Winter 2

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Winter's Walz 
an old-fashioned Winter 2 



SIZE:
 15 in. x 15 in. - 38 x 38 cm
PAPER: GUARDI ARTISTICO - TORCHON 300 g/m²
COLORS: ROCKWELL CANADA watercolors


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It's a scene from Onegin, a 1999 British-American romantic drama film based on Alexander Pushkin's 1833 novel in verse, Eugene Onegin. 




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My Heart's in the Highlands

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My Heart's in the Highlands


SIZE: 20 cm x 20 cm - 5,5" x 5,5"
PAINTING GROUND: AMPERSAND AQUABORD 3 mm
COLORS: QOR WATERCOLORS 
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My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here,

My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer;

Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe,

My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.

2:


Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North,

The birthplace of Valour, the country of Worth;

Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,

The hills of the Highlands forever I'll love.


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by Robert Burns, Scotland - 1789



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failed attempt - girl with chicken

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The never-finished portrait…

Girl with Chicken

SIZE: 15,7 in. x 15,7 in. - 40 x 40 cm - 3 cm
PAPER: GESSO BORD AMPERSAND 
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH WATERCOLOR 

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„Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.“ 

- Winston S. Churchill

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During late summer, I’ve had a great photo shoot with this lovely country girl. Now I’m starting to work on some portrait ideas from it. The first sketches come out fine, but the decision to create a portrait on gesso board was a mistake. I think my respect for the underground was too high, and the more I drew, the more I realized that I can’t do this in the way I wanted.


So I washed up the failed work and applied a new gesso ground…

Let's hope for a better start to the next version 😏

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Das nie vollendete Porträt…

„Erfolg ist, von Misserfolg zu Misserfolg zu stolpern, ohne die Begeisterung zu verlieren.“ – Winston S. Churchill


Im Spätsommer hatte ich ein tolles Fotoshooting mit diesem netten Mädchen vom Land. Jetzt fange ich an, daraus ein paar Porträtideen zu entwickeln. Die ersten Skizzen sind ganz gut geworden, aber die Entscheidung, ein Porträt auf Gesso-Platte zu malen, war ein Fehler. Ich glaube, ich hatte zu viel Respekt vor dem doch etwas teureren Untergrund, und je mehr ich zeichnete, desto mehr merkte ich, dass ich das nicht so umsetzen kann, wie ich es mir vorgestellt hatte.


Also habe ich die misslungene Arbeit abgewaschen und einen neuen Gesso-Grund aufgetragen… Hoffentlich klappt der nächste Versuch besser 😏





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The coastline of Fuerteventura

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The coastline of Fuerteventura



SIZE:
 15 in. x 15 in. - 38 x 38 cm
PAPER: GUARDI ARTISTICO - TORCHON 300 g/m²
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH watercolors


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I couldn't say how much I miss this island...


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