The Simple Man - L.S. Lowry - reworked

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The Simple Man - L. S. Lowry - reworked

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

COLORS: DANIEL SMITH WATERCOLORS +  ROCKWELL CANADA WATERCOLORS 

2026 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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"I am a simple man, and I use simple materials:
Ivory Black, Vermilion, Prussian Blue, Yellow Ochre,
Flake White and no medium.
That’s all I’ve ever used in my paintings."

-  L.S. Lowry, 1887 - 1976

 A question of backgrounding is my actual theme. And this portrait comes to my mind when I think about how important a background is. I reworked it today, and I like how it turned out and hope you do too.

first version

my contribution for  Virtual Studio

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Lady Helen Venetia Vincent Viscountess d’Abernon - reworked

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Lady Helen Venetia Vincent Viscountess d’Abernon

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

PAPER: BOCKINGFORD ROUGH 300 g/m²

COLORS: ROCKWELL CANADA - The Magic collection watercolors

2025© ISABELLA KRAMER

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  A painting is not finished when it is put in a frame; it is finished when it is marked by the hand of the artist.

  

 -  John Singer Sargent

That's my version of John Singer Sargent's Lady Helen Venetia Vincent. 

A question of backgrounding - this portrait comes to my mind when I think about how important a background is. So I reworked it today, and I like how it turned out, and I hope you do too.

That's the first version of it

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William Butler Yeats

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William Butler Yeats

the fairies speaker

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

PAPER: BOCKINGFORD ROUGH 300 g/m²

COLORS: ROCKWELL CANADA - The Magic collection watercolors

2025© ISABELLA KRAMER

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“Faeries, come take me out of this dull world,

For I would ride with you upon the wind,

Run on the top of the dishevelled tide,

And dance upon the mountains like a flame.”

― William Butler Yeats, The Land of Heart's Desire

That's my version of John Singer Sargent's portrait in charcoal of William Butler Yeats. Again I've used the 12 color-set from Rockwell Canada. They dry a bit pale, but the color range and the granulation is wonderful.

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Lady Helen Venetia Vincent

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Lady Helen Venetia Vincent Viscountess d’Abernon

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

PAPER: BOCKINGFORD ROUGH 300 g/m²

COLORS: ROCKWELL CANADA - The Magic collection watercolors

2025© ISABELLA KRAMER

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  A painting is not finished when it is put in a frame; it is finished when it is marked by the hand of the artist.

  

 -  John Singer Sargent

That's my version of John Singer Sargent's Lady Helen Venetia Vincent. I was curious to see if the 12-color set from Rockwell Canada would suit a portrait, and I found it both challenging and wonderful.

 That's my version of John Singer Sargent's Lady Helen Vinc

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,

2024 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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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 

2024 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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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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The own soul - Lady Agnew of Lochnaw

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the own soul -  Lady Agnew of Lochnaw

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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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul,
and paints his own nature into his pictures. 

 John Singer Sargent

This is my version of John Singer Sargent's Lady Agnew of Lochnaw 1892. 

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The Woman with Wings, Frida Kahlo

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The Woman with Wings, Frida Kahlo

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

COLORS: DANIEL SMITH WATERCOLORS 

2024 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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"Feet, what do I need you when I have wings to fly?"

-  Frida Kahlo, 1907 - 1954

Many thanks Sarah McIntyre on X Virtual Studio - @StudioTeaBreak for her inspiring challenge. This is my version of Me and my parrots, Frida Kahlo 1941

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The Simple Man - Lawrence Stephen Lowry

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The Simple Man - Lawrence Stephen Lowry

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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"I am a simple man, and I use simple materials:
Ivory Black, Vermilion, Prussian Blue, Yellow Ochre,
Flake White and no medium.
That’s all I’ve ever used in my paintings."

-  L.S. Lowry, 1887 - 1976

Many thanks, Sarah McIntyre, on X Virtual Studio - @StudioTeaBreak, for her inspiring challenge. This is my version of L. S. Lowry's self-portrait, oil on board, in 1925. 

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