Light Tomorrow with Today!

 

Light Tomorrow with Today! 

- the last Page (20) in my 2025 Christmas Sketchbooks - 

SIZE: 14,8 x 21 cm

PAPER: CANSON® SAUNDERS WATERFORD® Art Book 300g/m² cold pressed

COLORS: DANIEL SMITH, WINSOR & NEWTON WATERCOLORS 

2026 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Light tomorrow with today!

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

It was such a great joy to create this project and share it with you. Here's the complete sketchbook as a small film. 

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New Year's Resolutions

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New Year's Resolutions  

- Page 19 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 

2026 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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in ourselves

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in ourselves 

- Page 15 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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“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” 

— William Shakespeare

May the new year bring new happiness, new goals, 

new achievements, and a lot of new inspirations to your life. 

Wishing you a year fully loaded with happiness.

Sincerely yours,

Isabella 

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In the soul

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in the Soul

SIZE: 20 cm x 20 cm - 5,5" x 5,5"

PAINTING GROUND: AMPERSAND AQUABORD 3 mm

2024 © ISABELLA KRAMER

Happiness resides not in possessions,
and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

 — Democritus

May the new year bring new happiness, new goals, 

new achievements, and a lot of new inspirations in your life. 

Wishing you a year fully loaded with happiness.

Sincerely yours,

Isabella 

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Chimney Sweep and Lucky Clover

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CHIMNEY SWEEP AND LUCK CLOVER 

SIZE: 11 inch. x 15 inch. - 28 x 38 cm

PAPER: BOCKINGFORD RKB FATPAD 425g/m² (200lb) ROUGH

2018 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Chimney sweeps are often associated with a number of good luck symbols. For example, pigs and chimney sweeps are often linked together in tradition as good luck charms. It once was customary for the town chimney sweep to tote a pig through the streets on New Year’s Day; people paid a small sum to make a wish while pulling a hair from the pig. .... 
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In Germany it's a New Year's eve tradition to bring this small gifts decorated with Lucky clover and a little Chimney Sweep to family, friends and neighbors wishing good luck and a healthy New Year ahead. 

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