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Tuesday, September 22. 2009

Fall Bird Migration - Birds of Prey, Hummingbirds, Birds Nests and Doves & Pigeons

July's announcement of five great new categories of bird images is now joined by a number of new categories added during August and September.

Birds of Prey Images was a new category created to separate the hawks, buzzards, vultures and kites from the eagle drawings. As of this writing most of the images in the category came from a large children's book about birds which had a number of highly-detailed colored images of birds of prey.

Hummingbirds are among my favorite birds.

The small image shown here can be found listed under small hummingbird drawing.

It's always exciting when they return to our garden each spring. We've watched these tough little birds fight their way through a hurricane on our front porch and conducting aerial combat over our feeders.


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Friday, August 28. 2009

Arts & Crafts Category

It seems way overdue for a site like Reusable Art which shares vintage, public domain images for crafters and artisans that there should be an Arts & Crafts category which showcases illustrations of people drawing, painting, sewing and doing a whole host of creative activities.

While there are only five images currently in the Arts & Crafts Images category, they cover a number of types of arts and crafts.

It somehow seems fitting that Randolph Caldecott's work should accompany this announcement.

artists drawingMy favorite among the group is a caricature of sorts that depicts two tired artists trudging home through the snow after a day of drawing and painting. In keeping with the exaggerated nature of caricatures, the artists' tools have been transformed into tools befitting a giant. With a quill pen, pencil and art brush carried upon their weary shoulders, this artists image could be used when discussing a number of artistic forms. It is a somewhat larger picture at 449px wide and 338px tall but it's simple lines allow it to look quite good at any size.

The artist was the great Randolph Caldecott (1846-1886) and this image was found in a book entitled Old Christmas which was published in 1892. While many may have heard of the art award named for Caldecott, children of the 19th Century knew him as one of their favorite book illustrators. The British-born artist was quite prolific leaving a virtual library of treasury of works from illustrated novels and accounts of foreign travel, humorous drawings depicting hunting and fashionable life, cartoons and sketches of the famous Parliament inside and out, and sculptures and paintings in oil and watercolors exhibited in the Royal Academy and galleries.
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Wednesday, July 29. 2009

Going to the Birds in July

July has certainly been going to the birds at Reusable Art with 5 great new categories of free bird images. From the friendly harbingers of spring to the bird we all love to eat, these newly found bird images offer something for everyone.

Some of the images in these new bird image collections have been on Reusable Art for a while but with the addition of many great new bird illustrations, it was time to create separate categories to make things easier to find.

The first new bird category showcases free images of eagles. When available, the specific eagle species being depicted will be identified but whether a black and white or color image, all of the images are of a high enough quality to use on your next website or school project and crafts.


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Posted by Michele in New Categories at 01:58   Comments (0)   Trackback (1)
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