Day 11 - way up high

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Day 11 - Way up high - Dreaming of Maui

SIZE:  9,4 in. x 12,6 in. - 24 x 32 cm 

PAPER: HAHNEMUEHLE COLD PRESSED 300 g/m²

2022© ISABELLA KRAMER

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 SKTCHY ART SCHOOL watercolor #30faces30days. Many thanks to Kyle Fortu 
This is my version.

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Grey city by the sea - project 02-09-20

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GREY CITY BY THE SEA - 
PROJECT 02-09-20

SIZE: 15 in. x 15 in. - 38 x 38 cm

2020 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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This is the start of a new series with minimalist landscapes. For years I love to paint and photograph especially this kind of nature impressions and I know now it's time for a whole series with it.
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six beach umbrellas

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SIX BEACH UMBRELLAS

SIZE: 7,9 in. x 19,7 in. - 20 x 50 cm

PAPER: CLAIREFONTAINE ETIVAL 300 g/m² (not sure, it was a cut remnant)

COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors 

2019 © ISABELLA KRAMER

Today I've done a Mini Watercolor Workshop with my talented neighbor girl Lena. We've had so much fun this afternoon with creating a wonderful unicorn and some abstract warm-up exercises. 

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Ornamental Cherry - first signs of Spring

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ORNAMENTAL CHERRY 
#Running with Brushes

SIZE: 10 cm x 15 cm - 4" x 6"

PAPER: CLAIREFONTAINE 300g/m² (140lb) COLD PRESSED 

2019 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Focus on the Journey

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FOCUS ON THE JOURNEY
#LittleGems 21 - #Running with Brushes

SIZE: 10 cm x 15 cm - 4" x 6"

PAPER: CLAIREFONTAINE 300g/m² (140lb) COLD PRESSED 

2018 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not 

in finishing an activity but in doing it. 

- Greg Anderson

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Into the blue

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INTO THE BLUE
#LittleGems 19

SIZE: 10 cm x 15 cm - 4" x 6"

PAPER: BOCKINGFORD 300g/m² (140lb) NOT 

2018 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Sold!

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grapes & red spring onions

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GRAPES

SIZE: 9 in. x 6 in. - 23 x 15 cm 

2018 © ISABELLA KRAMER

RED SPRING ONIONS 

SIZE: 9 in. x 6 in. - 23 x 15 cm 

2018 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Painting with a reduced palette is always a good possibility to think about values, light and shadow. So I started (again) with some fruit- and vegetables still life and here comes the two first.

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Toucan

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TOUCAN
#LittleGems 18

SIZE: 10 cm x 15 cm - 4" x 6"

PAPER: CLAIREFONTAINE ETIVAL 300g/m² (140lb) COLD PRESSED 

2018 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Send back to the Ocean 6

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SEND BACK TO THE OCEAN 6 

SIZE: 12 x 18 inch. - 31 x 46 cm

PAPER: LANAQUARELLE 300g/m² (140lb) GRAIN SATINE
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors, Winsor&Newton, Schmincke, Mijello

2018 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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A single rose can be my garden ...

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 A SINGLE ROSE CAN BE MY GARDEN ... 

#LittleGems 17

SIZE: 4 in. x 5,1 in. - 10 x 13 cm
PAPER: ARCHES ROUGH 300 g/m²

2018 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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I love these pink roses with a hint of apricot in my garden, not sure about their name but deeply in love with their attitude.  

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world. 

- Leo Buscaglia

The blue door - two variations

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DIE BLAUE TÜR - THE BLUE DOOR
#LittleGems 15 + 16

SIZE: 17,8 cm x 12 cm - 7" x 4,7"

PAPER: VANG PROVENCE 250g/m² (140lb) EXTRA ROUGH 

2018 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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These lovely old doors with stone walls and hydrangeas are a memory to Brittany. In the first version it's a very rainy day without any sun, but me it was too dark and so I create my own weather and impression with a 2nd painting. Please tell me, which one do you like more? 

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Mäuschen im Haus - little mouse at the house

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MÄUSCHEN IM HAUS - LITTLE MOUSE AT THE HOUSE
#LittleGems 14

SIZE: 10,5 cm x 15,5 cm - 4,1" x 6,1"

PAPER: CANSON MONTVAL 300g/m² (140lb) ROUGH WHITE

2018 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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cleverest of African birds

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CLEVEREST OF AFRICAN BIRDS
#LittleGems 13

SIZE: 10,5 cm x 15,5 cm - 4,1" x 6,1"

PAPER: CANSON MONTVAL 300g/m² (140lb) ROUGH WHITE

2018 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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…the miniature project is a lovely possibility to create illustrations for my blog with poems for young and older children - KinderGedichteWelt

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Green Snake

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 GREEN SNAKE

#LittleGems 12

SIZE: 4 in. x 5,1 in. - 10 x 13 cm
PAPER: ARCHES ROUGH 300 g/m²
COLORS: RS REMBRANDT CADMIUM YELLOW +  PERMANENT YELLOWISH GREEN + QOR PRUSSIAN BLUE 
for dark dot a mix of DS INDIGO + MIJELLO BURNT UMBER and a hint of GOUACHE o the mouth and eye

2018 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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first wash and cling film on it

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Ladybug

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 LADYBUG
#LittleGems 11

SIZE: 4 in. x 4 in. - 10 x 10 cm
PAPER: ARCHES ROUGH 300 g/m²
COLORS: RT REMBRANDT CADMIUM YELLOW +  QUINACRIDONE ROSE 
for dark dot a mix of DS INDIGO BLUE + MIJELLO BURNT UMBER 

2018 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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first wash on it

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Gone Fishin'

GONE FISHIN'
#LittleGems 10

SIZE: 10,5 cm x 15,5 cm - 4,1" x 6,1"

PAPER: CANSON MONTVAL 300g/m² (140lb) ROUGH WHITE

2018 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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SAKURA - さくらさくら 二 と 三

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 SAKURA - さくらさくら  二 
#LittleGems 8 

SIZE: 4,7 in. x 4,7 in. - 12 x 12 cm
PAPER: GUARDI ARTISTICO - TORCHON 300 g/m²

2018 © ISABELLA KRAMER

 SAKURA - さくらさくら 三
#LittleGems 9

SIZE: 4,7 in. x 4,7 in. - 10 x 19 cm
PAPER: GUARDI ARTISTICO - TORCHON 300 g/m²

2018 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Can't resist painting some more Spring branches. All these beautiful awakening nature around me is so very inspiring. 




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SAKURA - さくらさくら一

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 SAKURA - さくらさくら 一
#LittleGems 7

SIZE: 4,7 in. x 4,7 in. - 12 x 12 cm
PAPER: GUARDI ARTISTICO - TORCHON 300 g/m²

2018 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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blue eyes snow queen

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BLUE EYES SNOW QUEEN
#LittleGems 6

SIZE: 10,5 cm x 15,5 cm - 4,1" x 6,1"

PAPER: CANSON MONTVAL 300g/m² (140lb) ROUGH WHITE

2018 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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On a stroll

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 ON A STROLL
#LittleGems 5

SIZE: 4 in. x 4 in. - 10 x 10 cm
PAPER: ARCHES ROUGH 300 g/m²

2018 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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This is a CAT week and I'm experimenting with watercolors in wet-on-wet technique on this one. 

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