Silhouette Designs for Artists and Craftspeople (Dover Pictorial Archive)

This book contains 153 royalty-free silhouettes, many of them very elegant. I copy and cut them out to decorate greeting cards (see customer image above for a card using one of the silhouettes of a lady in a hat), but they would also make lovely framed subjects, especially in pairs. The silhouettes include landscapes, numerous ladies in elaborate headdresses, butterflies, flowers, and fairies. There are a few animal silhouettes, but if that is what you're really looking for, try Dover's " Ready-to-Use Animal Silhouettes (Dover Clip Art Ready-to-Use) ."Other supplies needed to create the silhouettes for greeting card decorations include an X-acto craft knife with extra packages of #11 blades, a pair of small-bladed scissors, a printer/copier, Scherenschnitte paper (black on one side and white on the reverse side), a good cutting surface, and glue in a container with a small tip (alternatively, squeeze out a blob of glue and apply it to the reverse side of the cut-out with a toothpick).

This book is strictly pictures of sihouettes. There aren't any tips or techniques, but it has a sleuth of pics that can be easily intergrated into one's art. However, I find there are a lot of female, fairy, and butterfly images, but this is what I was looking for. They are mostly vintage-themed as well (Victorian and 40-50's?).

This has an abundance of art that is of particular interest to me. Easily manipulated into more detailed art pieces.

I like it but there seems to be alot of similar pages. I was really looking formore vairety of patterns. ( not so many " victorian" and fairies )

Great just what I needed

I wanted something other than just silhouette designs, but this book is good for some scissor art. It's useful for practice.

The variety of designs,

As Described! Seller Is Reliable!

ordered this book for my daughter it arrived on time and was in an excellent condition, very pleased with the service and product.

Looking forward to using this, lots of silhouettes to use

Great designs, but unfortunately as yet i have not found a use for them

A good companion for the big book of silhouettes

Good selection of patterns for all tastes