Free Clip Art

Hello and welcome to my blog,

Dover Publications


I am uploading some free clip art that I received from a fabulous lady Mary Davis at Dover Publications when I joined up for free. There is free shipping for orders over $50.00 dollars and Dover Publications has brilliant savings of up to 60% off on some of their collection of books  and Cd's for their Autumn Sale is currently running but you better get in quick. There is an extensive range of books, Cd's for young and old on every subject you can think of. 


If you are an Erte fan there are some fabulous books for less than $20.00 dollars with beautiful Erte illustrations and designs. I checked out the Erte website the other day and you wouldn't have got a fifth of a book for the prices they are asking on the Erte website
I would love to know who inherited his estate because they will be laughing at the way to the bank. There is a lovely collection of Cd's for Scapbooking, Craft or your Home grown business to add to your own graphics collections or even learn another language. 


From one of the Cd's that I got a freebie from I was trying to teach myself a bit of Spanish without too much success. I think I need to get the Cd so I not only can read the phonetic pronunciation but get the ear for the intonations etc. Italian is one of the Romance languages I would love to learn along with sharpening my school girl French which might be an idea for when I win the Lotto and fulfill the bucket list for that dreamed of European Holiday lol.


From Art to Zoology they have everything and at extremely inexpensive prices. I don't want to say cheap because that often suggests poor quality which is definitely not the case at Dover Publications.


If you become a member Mary Davis once a week sends you a link to some lovely books and as a reward when you click on the books there are some lovely clip art, stain glass pages to colour and colour in pages along with page graphics, paper doll cut outs for the flapper period that I have included and many more lovely goodies. 


I shall certainly be buying from Dover Publications once I set up my library as their selection is fabulous and the customer service from Mary exceptional.  Please feel free to right click on the image and save to your PC or pop along to the website that I have included above.


Along with my going through various artists in the Art Nouveau Period I will be giving locations to great websites and fantastic software that I use that is free or attractively inexpensive.


Have a lovely week and aren't the Butterfly's lovely colors. Please leave a comment if you visit and download.


Cheers Julz

Have a lovely week and enjoy the graphics from Mary at Dover Publications.


Cheers Julz

René Lalique

René Jules Lalique was a renowned glass designer. He became known for his stunning creations of perfume bottles, vases, jewellery,chandeliers, clocks and in the later part of René's life, automobile hood ornaments. He was born in Ay, a small French village on 6 April 1860 and lived until 5 May 1945. He started a glassware firm named after himself which still remains successful today and you can view some of his beautiful designs that have been incorporated in glass at http://www.cristallalique.fr/v2/english.html

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Life and education

René Jules Lalique's early life was spent learning the methods of design and art he would use in his later life. At the age of two his family moved to a suburb of Paris due to his father's work, but traveled to Ay for summer holidays. These trips to Ay influenced Lalique's laternaturalistic glasswork. In 1872, when he was twelve, he entered the College Turgot where he started drawing and sketching. With the death of his father two years later, Lalique began working as an apprentice to the goldsmith Louis Aucoc in Paris, and attended evening classes at theEcole des arts décoratifs. He worked there for two years and then in 1876 moved to London to attend the Sydenham Art College for two years.

Art Nouveau jewelry designer

Meduse by René Lalique

Gold and enamel pectoral by René Lalique, Museu Gulbenkian, Lisbon

At the Sydenham Art College, his skills for graphic design were improved, and his naturalistic approach to art was further developed. When he returned from England, he worked as a freelance artist, designing pieces of jewellery for French jewelers, Cartier, Boucheron and others. In 1885 he opened his own business and designed and made his own jewellery and other glass pieces. By 1890, Lalique was recognized as one of France's foremost Art Nouveaujewellery designers; creating innovative pieces for Samuel Bing's new Paris shop, Maison de l'Art Nouveau. He went on to be one of the most famous in his field, his name synonymous with creativity, beauty and quality. This information was sourced directly from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/René_Lalique

I am attaching some of the jewelry images I have collated over the years created by René Lalique that are simply breath taking and hope you enjoy their magnificent beauty and intricacy .