Wir backen Plätzchen - We're baking Cookies

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Wir backen Plätzchen

We're baking Cookies

- Page 2 in my first 2025 Christmas sketchbooks - 

SIZE: 14,8 x 21 cm

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

COLORS: QOR WATERCOLORS 

2025 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Hier ist für das bezaubernde Weihnachtsgedicht in der Kinder-Gedichte-Welt eine weitere Illustration entstanden. 

Enthalten in meinem ersten Kinder-Gedichte-Buch: Kinder-Gedichte-Welt  

erhältlich als Hardcover und als Softcover in meinem Blurb Bookstore oder über mich -> Kontaktformular  

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Gambas al Ajillo

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Gambas al Ajillo

inside my travel sketchbook

SIZE: 14,8 x 21 cm

PAPER: BOESNER TRAVEL SKETCH BOOK  with Canson Paper 200g/m² hot pressed

COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors

2025 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Cooking during holidays with local food is a great delight for me. And grilled shrimps are always a good idea, aren’t they?

So a quick sketch while they bath in olive oil, garlic and lemon slices, with a hint of chili. 🌶️

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Olive Oil - Liquid Gold

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Olive Oil - Liquid Gold

SIZE: 20 cm x 20 cm - 5,5" x 5,5"

PAINTING GROUND: AMPERSAND AQUABORD 3 mm

COLORS: DANIEL SMITH 

2023 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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It was time for some new still life paintings. 

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Sweet Plums

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Sweet Plums

SIZE: 20 cm x 20 cm - 5,5" x 5,5"

PAINTING GROUND: AMPERSAND AQUABORD 3 mm

COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors,

2021 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Sweet plums are one of my favorite autumn fruits and I love to paint them. So I have done one Ampersand Aquabord and I love this surface for still lifes. 

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ask the children

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ASK THE CHILDREN

SIZE: 14 cm x 15cm - 5,5" x 5,5"

PAPER: BOCKINGFORD FAT PAD 425g/m² (200lb) ROUGH

COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors,

2021 © ISABELLA KRAMER

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste. 

- Johann Wolfgang vo Goethe

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I found no time for serious painting but missing my brushes I had to do some miniatures and I must say it feels gorgeous to play with water and pigments again. 

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Happy Birthday!

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Happy Birthday

SIZE:  12 in. x 12 in. - 31 x 31 cm 

PAPER: ARCHES GRAIN TORCHON ROUGH 425 g/m²

2021© ISABELLA KRAMER

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Happy 1st Birthday to Jean and all the lovely members of  www.watercolourinspiration.com  

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Pancakes with Berries Anyone?

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Pancakes with Berries Anyone?

SIZE:  16 in. x 12 in. - 41 x 31 cm 

PAPER: DALER ROWNEY - THE LANGTON 425 g/m²

COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors 

2021 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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Inspired by Jean Haines's Online Art School www.watercolourinspiration.com and done without any primary drawing, just started with a brush and pigments. 

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cooking with gas

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Cooking with Gas 

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

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

2020 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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This is my result of painting along with Lisa Wang  @lisawang.art - Instagram - at Coffee with Angela @epc_art_courses - Instagram. It was such a great demo and a wonderful experience, and a very interesting interview, thanks a lot to you both. 

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Aubergines - color & name

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Aubergines - color & name 

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

PAPER: HAHNEMUEHLE LEONARDO ROUGH 600 g/m² - 300 lbs
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors AND MISSION MIJELLO

2020 © ISABELLA KRAMER

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 How can people say they don't eat eggplant when God loves the color
and the French love the name? I don't understand.

  

  - Jeff Smith  

Another wonderful vegetable for the "healthy month"  at Jean Haines's Online Art School www.watercolourinspiration.com and my Veggie Series. Eggplants were the first motives I have painted in watercolor many, many years ago. I love all about this wonderful fruit. 

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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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Cherry Tomatoes - small but powerful!

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Cherry Tomatoes - small but powerful! 

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

PAPER: SAUNDERS WATERFORD ROUGH 425 g/m² - 200 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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You can never eat enough carrots!

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You can never eat enough carrots! 

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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One more for my "Kitchen painting" series. This is my first one for Health Month with vegetables at Jean Haines's Online Art School www.watercolourinspiration.com and I have a lot of ideas for new healthy subjects to paint. 

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