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Three Kings following the Star
- Page 17 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
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Joy to the World
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Joy to the World
- Page 13 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
I don't know if a simple Christmas Cake can bring Joy to the World, but if you like cake, such a pretty cake is a joy in your little world for sure.
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Lieb' Weihnachtsmann! - Dear Santa!
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Lieb' Weihnachtsmann!
Dear Santa!
- Page 12 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
I wrote a letter to Santa and told him
to bring you everything you wanted for Christmas,
so hopefully he will answer and make all your dreams come true.
to bring you everything you wanted for Christmas,
so hopefully he will answer and make all your dreams come true.
The glory and beauty of this wonderful season
is something we all can share together.
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas
and a prosperous New Year.
is something we all can share together.
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas
and a prosperous New Year.
Cordially yours,
Isabella
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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
"I sincerely hope your Christmas
... where abound in the gaieties
which the season generally
brings."
... where abound in the gaieties
which the season generally
brings."
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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
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
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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
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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
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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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
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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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
2025 © ISABELLA KRAMER
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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Following the Star
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Following the Star
SIZE: 24 in. x 18 in. - 61 x 46 cm
PAPER: BAOHONG COLD PRESSED 300 g/m²
2024 © ISABELLA KRAMER
My version of Tom Shepherd's wonderful tutorial "Three Kings" at his online art school.
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Be the candle!
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Be the Candle!
SIZE: 20 cm x 20 cm - 5,5" x 5,5"
PAINTING GROUND: AMPERSAND ARTIST PANEL
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH, and WINSOR & NEWTON watercolors
2024 © ISABELLA KRAMER
There are two ways of spreading light:
to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
- Edith Wharton
ich wünsche Euch einen besinnlichen und harmonischen 3. Advent.
herzlichst isabella
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Waiting for Christmas
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Waiting for Christmas
SIZE: 24 cm x 30 cm - 9,4 inch x 11,8 inch
PAINTING GROUND: AMPERSAND AQUABORD 3 mm
2024 © ISABELLA KRAMER
It is a special story behind this painting, not even a Christmas story but a story about a destroyed Aquabord. The first painting on this board was a woman portrait, and there was no point in which I was delighted with the result. But I've created deep scratches for the woman's wind-blown hair. After cleaning the painting ground, they stood there. So I thought that I could use it like a sketchbook and create, with no pressure on my shoulders, just a small Christmas doodle. It came out so nice that I decided to show it to you, and I hope that it will put you in a perfect mood for the upcoming Christmas days. Sure, the scratches are still there, but they don't bother me.
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Sankta Lucia - a Swedish Tradition
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Sankta Lucia - a Swedish Tradition
SIZE: 20,3 cm x 25,4 cm - 8" x 10"
PAPER: BOCKINGFORD FAT PAD 425g/m² (200lb) ROUGH
2024 © ISABELLA KRAMER
A great article about the Lucia tradition in Sweden you can find-> here
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Be prepared for Christmas!
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Be prepared for Christmas!
SIZE: 20 cm x 20 cm - 5,5" x 5,5"
PAINTING GROUND: BOCKINGFORD FAT PAD 425g/m² (200lb) ROUGH
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH, and WINSOR & NEWTON watercolors
2024 © ISABELLA KRAMER
During Advent, I love to do small or bigger paintings with a lot of Christmas spirit. It's my way of showing how much I love this time of the year.
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Weihnachtskamin - Christmas Fireplace
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Weihnachtskamin - Christmas Fireplace
SIZE: 24 cm x 30 cm - 9,4 inch x 11,8 inch
PAINTING GROUND: AMPERSAND AQUABORD 3 mm
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors
2023 © ISABELLA KRAMER
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Altes Kaminstück
Draußen ziehen weiße Flocken
Durch die Nacht, der Sturm ist laut;
Hier im Stübchen ist es trocken,
Warm und einsam, stillvertraut.
Sinnend sitz ich auf dem Sessel,
An dem knisternden Kamin,
Kochend summt der Wasserkessel
Längst verklungne Melodien.
Und ein Kätzchen sitzt daneben,
Wärmt die Pfötchen an der Glut;
Und die Flammen schweben, weben,
Wundersam wird mir zumut'.
Dämmernd kommt heraufgestiegen
Manche längst vergeßne Zeit,
Wie mit bunten Maskenzügen
Und verblichner Herrlichkeit.
Schöne Fraun, mit kluger Miene,
Winken süßgeheimnisvoll,
Und dazwischen Harlekine
Springen, lachen, lustigtoll.
Ferne grüßen Marmorgötter,
Traumhaft neben ihnen stehn
Märchenblumen, deren Blätter
In dem Mondenlichte wehn.
Wackelnd kommt herbeigeschwommen
Manches alte Zauberschloß;
Hintendrein geritten kommen
Blanke Ritter, Knappentroß.
Und das alles zieht vorüber,
Schattenhastig übereilt –
Ach! da kocht der Kessel über,
Und das nasse Kätzchen heult.
Heinrich Heine, 1797 - 1856
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The first gift of Christmas
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The first Gift of Christmas -
Santa's Sleigh Bells
SIZE: 20 cm x 20 cm - 5,5" x 5,5"
PAINTING GROUND: AMPERSAND CLAYBORD 3 mm primed with DANIEL SMITH WATERCOLOR GROUND GOLD
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors
2022 © ISABELLA KRAMER
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"He stood, holding the bell high above him, and called out, “The first gift of Christmas!”
Chris Van Allsburg, Author of "The Polar Express"
It was an experiment and I was really surprised at how well it worked. The golden primer is a gorgeous decision for Christmas paintings.
By the way, this is the 1.100th post on this blog, and I'm impressed by myself with this number.
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In the Christmas forest
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In the Christmas Forest
SIZE: 15,7 in. x 15,7 in. - 40 x 40 cm
PAPER: GUARDI ARTISTICO - TORCHON 300 g/m²
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH WATERCOLORS
PAPER: GUARDI ARTISTICO - TORCHON 300 g/m²
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH WATERCOLORS
2022 © ISABELLA KRAMER
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Es treibt der Wind im Winterwalde
Die Flockenheerde wie ein Hirt,
Und manche Tanne ahnt, wie balde
Sie fromm und lichterheilig wird;
Und lauscht hinaus.
Den weissen Wegen
Streckt sie die Zweige hin – bereit,
Und wehrt dem Wind und wächst entgegen
Der einen Nacht der Herrlichkeit.
Rainer Maria Rilke, Schmargendorf, im Dezember 1897.
inspired again by Jean Haines Online Art School
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Santa's Angel or Mrs. Santa
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Santa's Angel or Mrs. Santa
who can say?
who can say?
SIZE: 14,5 in. x 11 in. - 37 x 28 cm
PAPER: BOCKINGFORD RKB FatPad NOT 425g/m² (200lb)
PAPER: BOCKINGFORD RKB FatPad NOT 425g/m² (200lb)
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors
2021 © ISABELLA KRAMER
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We have a Christmas ornament painting party at Jean Haines's Online Art School!! And so it was clear for me to paint my Christmas companion since 2012 at my working place.
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