Winter's Walz - an old-fashioned Winter 2

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Winter's Walz 
an old-fashioned Winter 2 



SIZE:
 15 in. x 15 in. - 38 x 38 cm
PAPER: GUARDI ARTISTICO - TORCHON 300 g/m²
COLORS: ROCKWELL CANADA watercolors


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It's a scene from Onegin, a 1999 British-American romantic drama film based on Alexander Pushkin's 1833 novel in verse, Eugene Onegin. 




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My Heart's in the Highlands

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My Heart's in the Highlands


SIZE: 20 cm x 20 cm - 5,5" x 5,5"
PAINTING GROUND: AMPERSAND AQUABORD 3 mm
COLORS: QOR WATERCOLORS 
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My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here,

My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer;

Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe,

My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.

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Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North,

The birthplace of Valour, the country of Worth;

Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,

The hills of the Highlands forever I'll love.


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by Robert Burns, Scotland - 1789



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failed attempt - girl with chicken

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The never-finished portrait…

Girl with Chicken

SIZE: 15,7 in. x 15,7 in. - 40 x 40 cm - 3 cm
PAPER: GESSO BORD AMPERSAND 
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH WATERCOLOR 

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„Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.“ 

- Winston S. Churchill

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During late summer, I’ve had a great photo shoot with this lovely country girl. Now I’m starting to work on some portrait ideas from it. The first sketches come out fine, but the decision to create a portrait on gesso board was a mistake. I think my respect for the underground was too high, and the more I drew, the more I realized that I can’t do this in the way I wanted.


So I washed up the failed work and applied a new gesso ground…

Let's hope for a better start to the next version 😏

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Das nie vollendete Porträt…

„Erfolg ist, von Misserfolg zu Misserfolg zu stolpern, ohne die Begeisterung zu verlieren.“ – Winston S. Churchill


Im Spätsommer hatte ich ein tolles Fotoshooting mit diesem netten Mädchen vom Land. Jetzt fange ich an, daraus ein paar Porträtideen zu entwickeln. Die ersten Skizzen sind ganz gut geworden, aber die Entscheidung, ein Porträt auf Gesso-Platte zu malen, war ein Fehler. Ich glaube, ich hatte zu viel Respekt vor dem doch etwas teureren Untergrund, und je mehr ich zeichnete, desto mehr merkte ich, dass ich das nicht so umsetzen kann, wie ich es mir vorgestellt hatte.


Also habe ich die misslungene Arbeit abgewaschen und einen neuen Gesso-Grund aufgetragen… Hoffentlich klappt der nächste Versuch besser 😏





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The coastline of Fuerteventura

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The coastline of Fuerteventura



SIZE:
 15 in. x 15 in. - 38 x 38 cm
PAPER: GUARDI ARTISTICO - TORCHON 300 g/m²
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH watercolors


2025 © ISABELLA KRAMER



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I couldn't say how much I miss this island...


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Jane Austen scenarios - insist upon the marriage


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Jane Austen scenarios - 
insist upon the marriage

SIZE:  15 in. x 22 in. - 38 x 56 cm (half sheet)
PAPER: SAUNDERS WATERFORD ROUGH 645 g/m²
COLORS:  DANIEL SMITH watercolors

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Another scene from the film "Pride and Prejudice". This is undoubtedly one of my favorite moments in the movie. 

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Autumn Fun

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Autumn Fun 

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

PAPER: BOCKINGFORD FAT PAD 425g/m² (200lb) ROUGH
COLORS: WINSOR NEWTON + MISSION MIJELLO





Autumn vibes, watercolor, and fun are a gorgeous combination. It’s so good to take yourself not too seriously ☺️ 




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