The Garden Gate

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The Garden Gate

- Page 1 of my new sketchbook project: 

The Secret Garden

SIZE: 14,8 x 21 cm

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

COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors

2026 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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The beauty of simple things - foliage

 

 The beauty of simple things - Foliage

PAPER: SAUNDERS WATERFORD ROUGH 425 g/m²

SIZE: 15 in. x 15 in. - 38 x 38 cm

2020 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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"Simple Things" is a school work area at Jean Haines Online Art School www.watercolorinspiration.com and the actual challenge is painting just two simple cauliflower leaves. It's an amazing exercise, with so many structures and colors, so many possibilities for the light. Some of my vegetarian models have gotten a bit old because I can't keep up with cooking for all that painting. But the beauty of the withered leaves just inspired me to wilt Jean's wonderfully fresh cauliflower leaves. Another candidate for my Veggie Series 

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Versatile Cauliflower

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Versatile Cauliflower! 

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

PAPER: SAUNDERS WATERFORD ROUGH 638 g/m² - 300 lbs
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors

2020 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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A brand new candidate for my Veggie Series inspired by the "vegetable month" at Jean Haines's online Art School www.watercolourinspiration.com and what a!! Cauliflower might be the most versatile vegetable. It is a real all-rounder when it comes to versatility in preparation. Anything goes, from Mexican to Indonesian. Youn can roast it, steam it, grill it like a steak, puree it like mashed potatoes, or grate it and eat it like rice. Cauliflower is a whole lot more than just a side dish, but is also great for easy meal prep and exactly what we need to carry us through a busy week.

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The healthy power of broccoli!

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The healthy power of broccoli! 

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

PAPER: SAUNDERS WATERFORD ROUGH 638 g/m² - 300 lbs
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors

2020 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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The vegetable session goes on!! Oh my, this is really a "healthy month"  inspired by Jean Haines's Online Art School www.watercolourinspiration.com and so much fun included. I have always loved to paint vegetables and fruits and connecting it with this special loose technique is absolutely amazing.

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Lotus - a Thailand Memory

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 LOTUS 

a Thailand Memory 

SIZE:  8,4 in. x 11 in. - 22 x 30 cm 

PAPER: SAUNDERS WATERFORD ROUGH 300 g/m²

2020 © 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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green pieces - peas

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GREEN PIECES - PEAS  

part two of a vegetable series 

SIZE: 11 in. x 11 in. - 38 x 38 cm

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

2016 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Purple Leech Onions - #WorldWatercolorMonth

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PURPLE LEECH ONIONS 

part one of a vegetable series 

SIZE: 11 in. x 11 in. - 38 x 38 cm

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

2016 © ISABELLA KRAMER

this is my 12/31 painting for