North Sea Winter

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North Sea Winter 

SIZE: 15,7 in. x 15,7 in. - 40 x 40 cm
PAPER: GUARDI ARTISTICO - TORCHON 300 g/m²
COLORS: SCHMINCKE DEEP SEA BLUE - DANIEL SMITH ROSE OF ULTRAMARINE - GOUACHE

2023 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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 Painting landscapes with a very reduced palette is something I like a lot and while testing colors for a winter landscape I've discovered some lovely combinations and this is one of them. 

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Concord grapes

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CONCORD GRAPES

SIZE: 11 in. x 15 in. - 28 x 38 cm

PAPER: BOCKINGFORD RKB FATPAD 425g/m² (200lb) Not

COLORS: DANIEL SMITH, MIJELLO, SENNELIER, SCHMINCKE  

2017 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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White Irises - 2

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WHITE IRISES - 2
  

SIZE: 15 in. x 15 in. - 38 x 38 cm

2017 © ISABELLA KRAMER



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White Irises

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WHITE IRISES 
  

SIZE: 15 in. x 15 in. - 38 x 38 cm

2017 © ISABELLA KRAMER



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in the silence of the darkness

IN THE SILENCE OF THE DARKNESS

SIZE: 16 in. x 12 in. - 41 x 31 cm 

PAPER: SAUNDERS WATERFORD ROUGH 300 g/m²
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors, MIJELLO - SENNELIER

2017 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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The Lily of the Valley


Sweetest of the flowers a-blooming
In the fragrant vernal days
Is the Lily of the Valley
With its soft, retiring ways.

Well, you chose this humble blossom
As the nurse's emblem flower,
Who grows more like her ideal
Every day and every hour.

Like the Lily of the Valley
In her honesty and worth,
Ah, she blooms in truth and virtue
In the quiet nooks of earth.

Tho' she stands erect in honor
When the heart of mankind bleeds,
Still she hides her own deserving
In the beauty of her deeds.

In the silence of the darkness
Where no eye may see and know,
There her footsteps shod with mercy,
And fleet kindness come and go.

Not amid the sounds of plaudits,
Nor before the garish day,
Does she shed her soul's sweet perfume,
Does she take her gentle way.

But alike her ideal flower,
With its honey-laden breath,
Still her heart blooms forth its beauty
In the valley shades of death. 



Paul Laurence Dunbar





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It "greens" so green

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Welcome May!! This is my favorite month of the year 💚 my special month with all its wonderful white and green in the awakening garden and nature around. So no wonder that the range of the monthly colors is full of lovely and amazing greens. Starting with some gorgeous loose warm up washes and the sweet lilies of the valley in my garden.

Hope you enjoy my new Color of the Month Challenge. 

xxx,

Isabella 

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Simple Things - 1

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SIMPLE THINGS - 1

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

PAPER: BOCKINGFORD ROUGH 425 g/m²
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors

2017 © ISABELLA KRAMER

This painting is my participation for the 2nd  challenge at  WATERCOLOR PAINTERS on Facebook ...

..."We are using a photograph of the photographer Petros Fiakkas who gave us his permission to use any of his pictures for our challenge. ... Thank you Mr Fiakkas!" 

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A Garden Friend

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A GARDEN FRIEND

SIZE: 15 in. x 22 in. - 38 x 28 cm (quarter sheet)

PAPER: SAUNDERS WATERFORD ROUGH 425 g/m²
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors

2017 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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work in progress photo - wet on wet and adding sea salt 
- the inspiring photo is copyright © Isabella Kramer - 
meeting this cute guy last year August at my garden and he was
really very hungry. 

The pure Joy

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THE PURE JOY

SIZE: 19 x 28 cm - 7,4 in. x 11 in.

PAPER: BOCKINGFORD RKB FATPAD 425g/m² (200lb) Rough
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors 

2017 © ISABELLA KRAMER

I've not really time to paint during the last weeks, but today I decided to make some calming down washes with the new DANIEL SMITH color from the dot card and I love the AUSSIE RED and of course the WISTERIA in interaction with the QUINACRIDONE LILAC. I know I've missed IN March the COLORS OF THE MONTH, so these dot card will be my 

APRIL - COLORS OF THE MONTH 


And now I'm in the mood for more .. my sea turtle needs a little bit darker shapes and contrasts for finishing and I had a lot of new ideas for more paintings. 

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Send back into the Ocean 2

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 SEND BACK INTO THE OCEAN  2

SIZE: 15 in. x 15 in. - 38 x 38 cm

2017 © ISABELLA KRAMER

I can't stop painting sea turtles, so this is a further one for you. They are such elegant animals under water. 

Worldwide, six of the seven sea turtle species are classified as threatened or endangered due to human actions and lifestyles.

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lime time

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LIME TIME

SIZE: 7,9 in. x 19,7 in. - 20 x 50 cm

COLORS: COLORS OF THE MONTH - FEBRUARY

2017 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Send back into the Ocean 1

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SEND BACK INTO THE OCEAN  1

SIZE: 15 in. x 15 in. - 38 x 38 cm

2017 © ISABELLA KRAMER

I've discovered a new favorite animal to paint ... hope you enjoy it too. 

Worldwide, six of the seven sea turtle species are classified as threatened or endangered due to human actions and lifestyles.

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Tulips in February

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TULIPS IN FEBRUARY (a small sketch)

SIZE: 14,8 cm x 42 cm

PAPER: BOCKINGFORD RKB FATPAD 300g/m² (140lb) ROUGH
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH OPERA PINK + COBALT BLUE, SCHMINCKE BRILLIANT RED VIOLET 
COLORS OF THE MONTH: DALER ROWNEY BISMUTH YELLOW, WINSOR & NEWTON TURQUOISE LIGHT

2017 © ISABELLA KRAMER

Whose are the little beds

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WHOSE ARE THE LITTLE BEDS

SIZE: 14,5 in. x 11 in. - 37 x 28 cm

PAPER: BOCKINGFORD RKB FATPAD 300g/m² (140lb) ROUGH
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors COBALT BLUE, CHINACRIDONE VIOLET+
COLORS OF THE MONTH: DALER ROWNEY - BISMUTH YELLOW + WINSOR  & NEWTON WINSOR GREEN

2017 © ISABELLA KRAMER

Whose are the little beds, I asked

Which in the valleys lie?

Some shook their heads, and others smiled --

And no one made reply.

Perhaps they did not hear, I said,

I will inquire again --

Whose are the beds -- the tiny beds

So thick upon the plain?

'Tis Daisy, in the shortest --

A little further on --

Nearest the door -- to wake the Ist --

Little Leontoden.

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Emily Dickson

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Enlightened February

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Time for a new color scheme and so I've enlightened the grey in grey mood of February with a lot of yellows, glowing oranges and Spring fresh greens. Every month of 2017 I'll looking for colors in my palette that I haven't use long time and play with them. In most cases a new favorite color will probably emerge. My first warm-ups with this gorgeous glowing February palette are little dancing daisies. 

Hope you enjoy my new Color of the Month Challenge. 

xxx,

Isabella 

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Brave Snowdrops

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BRAVE SNOWDROPS 

SIZE: 9,4 in. x 12 in. - 24 x 31 cm

PAPER: BOCKINGFORD ROUGH 300 g/m²
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors + MIJELLO

2017 © ISABELLA KRAMER

Exercise after Jean Haines, done on a warm up sheet created with my January Blues. Tomorrow I'll create a February color scheme, thinking about yellows or pinks ... you should be curios !!!

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Wind kissed Anemones

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WIND KISSED ANEMONES

SIZE: 14,5 in. x 11 in. - 37 x 28 cm

PAPER: BOCKINGFORD ROUGH 425 g/m²
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors + COLOR OF THE MONTH: MIJELLO Mijello Blue 

2017 © ISABELLA KRAMER





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sweet moments 3

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SWEET MOMENTS - 3 - LOOKING FOR FRIENDS

SIZE: 28 cm x 38 cm
PAPER: BOCKINGFORD RKB  FatPad NOT 425g/m² (200lb)

COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors and Gouache

2017 © ISABELLA KRAMER 

playing with my blue background washes and suddenly a little penguin appears

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sweet moments 2

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SWEET MOMENTS 2

SIZE: 14,8 cm x 42 cm

PAPER: BOCKINGFORD RKB FATPAD 300g/m² (140lb) ROUGH

2017 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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sweet moments

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SWEET MOMENTS

SIZE: 8 in. x 8 in. - 20 x 20 cm

2017 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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this little Robin appears on a warm up washes with unused blues for Jean Haines January Challenge. My new(old but unused) blues are MIJELLO BLUE by MIJELLO and HELIO TURQUOISE  by SCHMINCKE. 

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