Free Vintage Images: Wildlife - Deer and Chalkboard Fox.

Hello.

It has been so bitter cold here the last couple of weeks,

I just couldn't get myself to post a snowy winter scene.

I am already cold sitting here:
I need to heat up some hot water for tea on the woodstove.
I wish I could share some with you.

I decided to share some wildlife images instead.

Here is a beautiful scene of deer resting in a group.

Here it is in black and white.

Here it is antiqued.

I also found this fun chalkboard image of a fox chasing a duck.

 Isn't it a fun one?

Of course, you are free to use these as you like since they are from books that were published in the late 1800's.

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Art Lesson: Tracing Paper Trick 2

A few weeks back, I started to talk to you about using tracing paper for your fine art.

 I mentioned sketching your image onto a piece of tracing paper until you get the basic form drawn on it the way you like.

When you have it sketched, rub soft -leaded pencil on the back

(or a charcoal stick as I did.)

Because the charcoal is messy, I wipe it off.  Only a little is needed to rub the image onto the final choice of paper.

I want to put this image in the upstairs bathroom, so I decided to paint it onto an old cupboard door that I had prepared with white and yellow paints.

I taped the duck image in place onto the cupboard door...

 and then traced it.

 When done tracing, I carefully pulled up the paper.

The great reason that this is a good thing to do

is because now that will leave the basic image of the duckling on my tracing paper for me to use again,

should I want to use it for another painting.

 Once I had carefully removed the tracing paper, I was able to start painting

 the cupboard door.  I used acrylic paints for this.

The piece is not quite done yet.  I found I was getting too sleepy and making mistakes,

so I set it aside and will finish it another night, but I wanted explain this process with these pictures.

I hope you are having a productive week;

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