Phlox and Brimstone Butterfly

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Phlox and Brimstone Butterfly

- Page 24 of my sketchbook project: 

The Secret Garden

SIZE: 14,8 x 21 cm

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

2026 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Learning to see

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LEARNING TO SEE

SIZE: 30 cm x 40 cm - 11,8" x 15,7"

PAPER: VANGEROU'S SKETCH BLOCK 200g/m² ROUGH

2018 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Just received a new book from Kees van Aalst, so it needs only fresh white paper, some juicy colors, and a cool rosé secco. Perfect companions for this lovely summer evening. 

For my first exercise, I focused on the part of my garden in the right corner of this photo. Observing, visualizing, and then sketching without seeing on the paper, very gently with a pencil. It became darker and darker, so I had to improve, with my little palette, the things I remembered to see.  Above you can see the result, and I hope you enjoy it. 

a light upon you - #WorldWatercolorMonth

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A LIGHT UPON YOU

#WorldWatercolorMonth

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

PAPER: ARCHES hot pressed 300 g/m²

COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors

2017 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, 

is always just beyond your grasp, 

but which, if you will sit down quietly, 

may alight upon you. 

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

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