Be quiet!

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Be Quiet! 

SIZE:  14,1 in. x 14,1 in. - 36 x 36 cm 

PAPER: SAUNDERS WATERFORD NOT 425 g/m² - 200 lbs

COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors - SCHMINCKE HORADAM granulation watercolors

2021 © ISABELLA KRAMER 

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“If you are quiet enough, you will hear the flow of the universe. You will feel its rhythm. Go with this flow. Happiness lies ahead. Meditation is key.”

- Gautama Buddha 

To paint Buddha portraits on loose background washes is absolutely addictive. Inspired by Jean Haines's Online Art School www.watercolorinspiration.com 

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Budai - Laughing Buddha

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Budai - Laughing Buddha

SIZE:  14,1 in. x 14,1 in. - 36 x 36 cm 

PAPER: SAUNDERS WATERFORD NOT 425 g/m² - 200 lbs

COLORS: DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors 

2021 © ISABELLA KRAMER 

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"There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.” 

– Buddha

 Portrait painting starts at Jean Haines's Online Art School www.watercolorinspiration.com with a lovely Buddha's head. I took my own photo of the gorgeous Buddha statue at Worpswede as inspiration. 

This special laughing Buddha lives really nearby my home at an Artist Village, located near the city of Bremen at Worpswede. Many famous artists have worked there as Paula Modersohn Becker, Clara Westhoff, Fritz Mackensen, Otto Modersohn, Hans am Ende, Bernhard Hoetger, Fritz Overbeck, Heinrich Vogeler, the famous author Rainer Maria Rilke, and others. Inside the park around the museum this friendly buddha lives. I love to take our visitors there, as you can see 😆

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braveheart I + II

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Braveheart

SIZE: 5,1 in. x 5,1 in. - 13 x 13 cm
PAPER: BOCKINGFORD RKB  FatPad NOT 425g/m² (200lb)

COLORS:  DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors   

2021 © ISABELLA KRAMER 

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 "Simple Things" monthly flowers exercise at Jean Haines's Online Art School www.watercolorinspiration.com
 I've always loved painting snowdrops and to reduce the motive on only the important shapes is a very relaxing and wonderful little funny moment. I must do some more and will add it to this post. 

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Happiness is fresh snow and a sled

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Happiness is fresh snow and a sled

SIZE: 14,5 in. x 11 in. - 37 x 28 cm
PAPER: BOCKINGFORD RKB  FatPad NOT 425g/m² (200lb)

COLORS: SCHMINCKE HORADAM granulation watercolors + DANIEL SMITH extra fine watercolors   

2021 © ISABELLA KRAMER 

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 The first painting in 2021 is a winter fun scene filled with a lot of memories of the lovely winters in my childhood. From morning to evening we're on our sleighs and nothing could stop our fun, no cold, no totally wet clothes, only the early darkness set an end to our happy days. 

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