Prints

engraving · Mood board 22: 19th-century engraving, public domain

Flock of swallows

About eleven barn swallows rising in a loose diagonal flock, in fine 19th-century engraving line: hatched wings, stippled breasts, white throats. Our main motif. Fine line, so use it large.

Public domain: free to use

linocut · Mood board 01: Pinterest linocut

Pomegranates

Two pomegranates, one whole and one cut open, as a two-colour linocut: black key block over a flat red that sits slightly out of register.

linocut · Mood board 11: Pinterest linocut

Oak leaf and acorn on a twig

One oak leaf and one acorn on a sweeping twig. Solid black, thin cut veins, cut-out acorn cup.

Draft: redraw or re-source before public use

linocut · Mood board 10: Stock linocut set (watermarked, draft)

Acorn

A single acorn with a ribbed nut, speckled cap and stray gouge marks around the edge.

Draft: redraw or re-source before public use

linocut · Mood board 10: Stock linocut set (watermarked, draft)

Oak leaf, down-right

An oak leaf angled down and to the right, with white cut veins and stray cuts.

Draft: redraw or re-source before public use

linocut · Mood board 10: Stock linocut set (watermarked, draft)

Oak leaf, up-right

An oak leaf angled up and to the right, with white cut veins and stray cuts.

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linocut · Mood board 10: Stock linocut set (watermarked, draft)

Two acorns with an oak leaf

A pair of acorns with crosshatched cups and a small oak leaf above.

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linocut · Mood board 20: Pinterest linocut

Pinecone, bold

A tilted pinecone in strong black and white, with chunky outlined scales that go ragged at the tip.

pen drawing · Mood board 19: Pinterest pen drawing

Pinecone hanging from a twig

A pinecone hanging from a pine twig with long, fine needles. A thin pen drawing, best used large.

silhouette · Mood board 12: Craft-shop stencil (draft)

Hanging fruit and leaves

Two round fruit with leaf clusters as a cut-paper silhouette. Thin white gaps do the drawing. Vertical, so it suits a margin or divider.

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ink drawing · Mood board 13: Pinterest ink drawing

Round flowers on a branching stem

Pom-pom flower heads on a long, thin branching stem. Light and airy, with heavy dots on a hairline.

brush drawing (AI source) · Mood board 14: Pinterest (AI-generated)

Tulips in loose brush line

Five tulip-like flowers in loose, tapering brush strokes. Source image was AI-generated, so mood reference.

brush drawing · Mood board 17: Pinterest ink study

Lily stem

A lily stem in a few swelling brush lines, with leaves left partly open.

pen drawing · Mood board 18: Pinterest clip-art preview (draft)

Wildflowers

Three wildflowers and two buds in scratchy pen line with dark centres. Clip-art crop, so a draft.

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silhouette · Mood board 15: Pinterest silhouette

Flowering branch, cropped

A flowering branch as a flat silhouette, cropped so it runs off the frame. Works as a background or tile.

linocut · Mood board 21: Pinterest linocut with gold leaf

Mountain range with a gold sun

A range of three peaks carved in strong black and white, with short cut strokes for the plain below and a small gold sun above.

linocut · Mood board 21: Pinterest linocut with gold leaf

Mountain range

The same range of peaks without the sun, cropped tight to the mountains and the plain.