Sunday, October 31, 2021

Vintage Drawing of Men in Suits Wearing Hats

 Public Domain CC1.0 Free to use Vintage Antique Drawing of Men in Suits wearing hats and ties. Derby Hat. Porkpie Hat. Materials for making ephemera. 

 
 
Here is a contemporary looking vintage or antique drawing of two men.
The illustration features two head shots of  men wearing suits, ties, and hats.
The hat on the right appears to be a Derby or Bowler hat.
As for the hat in the left picture ??, perhaps a Porkpie hat?

This image will go well in themes like:
Vintage
Yesteryear
Masculine
Classic


Source:
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Steintorpl., 20099 Hamburg, Germany
MKG Collection Online
Sited as Public Domain / CC 1.0
CC 1.0 info can be found here
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Saturday, October 30, 2021

Swallowtail Butterfly Watercolor

 CC0 Image of Swallowtail Butterfly. Public Domain Vintage picture of a Butterfly. Antique watercolor of butterfly Art Print for ephemera and cards.
Watercolor of a Swallowtail Butterfly

This Swallowtail Butterfly is resting at the top center (well, almost) of an oval frame.
Remove the frame, recenter the butterfly, or use it as it is and add more butterflies.
The download from NGA is a high resolution image so you can even
just use the butterfly in other projects.


Source: National Gallery of Art
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20565
Sited as Public Domain, with
Open Access under CC0 Creative Commons Zero

Modele of a Horse Walking

 Public Domain Model of a Horse Walking. CC0 Walking Horse Statue. Outline of a Horse. Pigmented Beeswax Brown Horse. Use to make silhouettes & stencil 

Model of a Horse Walking

This model of a Horse walking was made of pigmented beeswax!
Because the brown horse is outlined nicely,
this walking horse statue is a good starting place for creating silhouettes and stencils.

Source: National Gallery of Art
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20565
Sited as Public Domain, with
Open Access under CC0 Creative Commons Zero

Friday, October 29, 2021

Wall of Butterflies

 CC0 Images of Butterflies. Public Domain Vintage & Antique Butterfly illustration. Butterflies for Art Prints. Blue Butterfly for Junk Journals. 

Wall of Butterflies in Yellow Orange and Blue

Vintage or Antique wallpaper featuring Butterflies of all kinds and colors.
There are even some pretty Moths.

Each Butterfly and Moth is different.
This is a wonderful print just as it is.
You are sure to find one in the color you like.
These butterflies are Blue, Yellow, and Orange.
There are even some multicolored ones with Green!

Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Vertical Image of Stag Deer Standing Beside a River

 
Vertical Image of Stag Deer Standing Beside a River

Here is a great image for use in Winter or Christmas themes.
The Vertical Landscape Painting features a Stag Deer standing next to a River.
The background shows a bare tree against a backdrop of dark blue sky
with a background of mountains covered in snow.

Source: The Renwick Gallery
1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006
Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Landscape of Trees in a Park with City in the background

 Public Domain Landscape. CC0 Vertical Landscape watercolor. Free to use Landscape of Trees in a Park with a City in the background. Artwork for Cards. 

Landscape of Trees in a Park with City in background

This image features a Vertical Landscape with tall Trees in the foreground.
The rest of the illustration shows a River with Mountains and a City outlined in the background.
The original painting is a watercolor and the colors are browns, tans, blues, and greens.

This is great little illustration when you are looking for a vertical image.

Source: The Renwick Gallery
1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006
Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Silhouette of a Boy and a Little Dog

 Public Domain silhouette of a Boy and a Dog. CC0 silhouette of a Little Dog and a Boy. Vintage dog image for use in making junk journals and art print 

Sihouette of a Boy with a Little Dog

Here is a silhouette of a boy teaching his little dog to sit up on it's hind legs.
The download available from Smithsonian Online is a high resolution image.
With most any photo editing software or drawing program
you can crop down to just the little dog.
This would make a great stencil for placing the little dog in other backgrounds.

 Source: The Renwick Gallery
1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006
Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license

Monday, October 25, 2021

White Dog on a Cushion

 CC0 Public Domain Images of a White Dog lying on a red cushion. Blue Background on graph paper. Doggie for ephemera and junk journal art printing. 

White Dog Lying on a Red Cushion

 This little white Spitz-looking doggie pattern is a design for Embroidery.
The design is placed over a blue background with a graph paper grid.

Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128


Sunday, October 24, 2021

Woman in a Blue coat sitting on a chair

 
 
Here is something to add a little color to your junk journals and ephemera.
The original painting is a watercolor.
It features a woman wearing a Blue top sitting in a chair.
She appears to be working on a project of fabric, perhaps knitting or cross-stitch.
There is Blue along the bottom of the image to "tie" the whole painting together.
Notice how the chair and the color of her cheek also match!
This image has many colors without any individual color standing alone
or distracting from the full image.


 

Source: The Renwick Gallery
1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006
Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license


A Funny Looking Dog

 

 
 
Here is a cute, funny, happy looking little dog to cheer your day up a little! 

Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128

Saturday, October 23, 2021

Drawing of a Sitting Dog Looking to the side

 
 
This illustration of a Dog is drawn over graph squares that were placed
to guide the artist and help keep the body parts in proportion.
 
The drawing was originally designed as part of a mural to go in the Iowa State Capital building.
 
Source: The Renwick Gallery
1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006
Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license

Friday, October 22, 2021

Sidewalk Among the Trees - Border

 CC0 Public Domain Image of a Sidewalk Among the Trees. Landscape Border for printing in Junk Journals. Mountain Scene for Ephemera and printing crafts 

Sidewalk Among the Trees - Border

This looks like it would make a nice place to take walk.

This Border features a Mountain scene with clouds and water in the distance.
The foreground shows tall and short trees with a sidewalk that curves to go between the trees.
A scrolling band goes along the bottom to complete the border.

Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128


Thursday, October 21, 2021

Three Putti with a Fishing Net

 
 
This Round drawing features four Putti playing in a water garden.
The title is "Three Putti..." but if you look in the upper right of the Circle
you will see a fourth little Putti / Cherub pouring water from a jug!
 
Since this Circular illustration is cropped close to the edge; when you print it out,
you can set your printer to print to measurements that are the nearest size of your round punch or cutting guide.

If you don't have a punch or other guide try this:
Round cookie cutters or metal bells with handles make great guides for drawing and cutting circles.
Because they usually don't have thick rounded edges;
they sit flat on the surface and have a clean edge that "sits" well on the paper.
This gives you a way to easily press down hard on the paper (to keep it from moving), while the handles help keep your non-dominant hand out of the way while you trace or cut around the shape outline with a craft blade.


Source: National Gallery of Art
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20565
Sited as Public Domain, with
Open Access under CC0 Creative Commons Zero