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Cool breeze, blue skies, drifts of hydrangea; a beautiful day here in New England. #hydrangea #newengland #bloomscrolling #blueandwhite

A close-up photo of a white hydrangea panicle, with more panicles behind it interspersed with bits of green leaves. Behind them and at the top of the photo is a white picket fence and a sliver of marvelously light blue sky.

Fragment (England); silk, metallic thread, 18th Century, from the collection of @cooperhewitt Embroidery on damask gives this such a lovely depth. #bloomscrolling #embroidery #creativeinspiration #damask #antique #cooperhewitt

Embroidery of a flowering plant (yellow flowers with four petals), and a winged insect (looks a mix of dragonfly and butterfly with blue wings and yellow body), as well as a little spider. The colors are warm toned, the design embroidered on a creamy floral damask background which gives it depth.

Introducing William, inspired by the woodblock prints of Morris & Co, now available in multiple colorways in fabric and wallpaper at Spoonflower. Go get your samples now! William Soft (shown) - Spoonflower ID 22397193 #artyear #pattern #bloomscrolling #spoonflower #williammorris #cottage

A pattern design done in the Arts and Crafts Movement's naturalistic style with twining leafy floral vines. The background is a light beige gold with dark gold dots for visual texture; the main design is white with dark gold accents. There are flowers that look like wild roses, as well as little berries. The artist tried her best to make a pattern that would fit in well with a slightly sophisticated cottage, if that makes any sense.

Fairly recently, I attended a virtual Book Talk with @legroff.bsky.social at @rad-institute.bsky.social and found it to be like listening to a curious, kind, and intelligent friend/teacher. Sign up for the Book Talks this summer! #book #creativeprocess #art

An image with a colorful pastel marbled background on cream, with a white inset. The inset says "The Book is the artifact, the writing is the art. Lauren Groff"

G!@gpike.bsky.social · last mo.

QRP with bird! #lovely #ArtRepostJuly #crane #pink #bird Cranes Pink, available in wallpaper and fabric on Spoonflower ( id number 22439808)

A detail of a crane pattern. The background is painterly pink, with white feathers floating through it, and the main subject is a crane in warm brown-gray monotone with white flying with wings outstretched. The crane looks slightly alarmed (I think a lot of birds look slightly alarmed).

QRP with bird!

In the Garden (Celia Thaxter in Her Garden), Childe Hassam, 1892, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum #art #painting #newengland #summer #bloomscrolling #childehassam #garden

A very colorful painting of an older white woman in a white dress standing center left and looking down at her garden, which is full of pink and red poppies, as well as hollyhocks and a smattering of yellow and white flowers. in the background, you can see a light blue ocean with a sailboat or two. The whole painting is in pale bright color, indicative of summer.

Rabbit Rabbit ! Elwyn in Fresh is available @spoonflower in fabric and wallpaper. Design - 19152476 #blockprint #rabbit #bunny #blue #wallpaper #cottagecore #newengland #rabbitrabbit #hmcraig #bloomscrolling

A symmetrical woodcut pattern with white bunnies frolicking among large white blooms and fresh green leaves, all set against a powder blue background. The artist used small dots as shadows and visual texture.

i woke up like this detail from a button, French, 1775 from the the NY Met Museum collection #fashion #blue #stripes #goodmorning #painting #portrait #french

A portrait painting of a woman with an outrageously large white hat with blue stripes. She looks at the viewer, perhaps satisfied, perhaps proud. This hat is so large that two toddlers could fit inside it, or 3 turkeys, whatever you have on hand.

H.M.Craig @hmcraig.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Oh, that cool clean lush morning feeling in the New England woods! A detail of my Deer Toile Forest in Breeze, now available at spoonflower in fabric and wallpaper. Design 21930204 #deer #onlybeautifulthings #blueandwhite #forest #stunday

A detail of a pattern of light blue on cream, it shows a scene with leafy trees and bushes with gently bowing branches and a young spotted deer calmly walking the forest floor. There are some birds in the sky and a rabbit hidden at the base of a tree.

From the Yokohama Lily Catalogue, 1900 #bloomscrolling #illustration #lily #garden #pink #artinspiration

a detail of an illustration of an asiatic lily, with the stem on the right and the lily bloom on the left facing downwards. The lily blossom is creamy white with a gradient of pink to red in the centers of each petal, and it is dotted with bits of red.

H.M.Craig @hmcraig.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hello Lovelies! Sharing a little work in progress detail of feathers and wings for an upcoming pattern that will be available on Spoonflower. #bird #birdart #pink #wip #pattern #painting #process #spoonflower #onlybeautifulthings

H.M.Craig @hmcraig.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If you're in the Boston area, check out the Museum of Fine Arts exhibition titled 'Framing Nature'. It's only up until June 28. A detail of a tapestry by John Henry Dearle for Morris & Co, 1892, below. #onlybeautifulthings #tapestry #artsandcraftsmovement #boston #gardening #rabbits #foxglove

a detail of a tapestry. this detail depicts two rabbits, both facing left and running through a thickly designed forest wild, with white foxglove flowers on the right and a pinkish-red spreay of flowers on the left. The background is heavy with green leaves. it looks like a medieval tapestry, but with late 19th century sensibilities (more naturally depicted).

Belrose - Madder #art #pattern #spoonflower #bloomscrolling #interiordesign #cottagecore #fabric #wallpaper #red

A detail of a symmetrical pattern that was inspired by William Morris, it is mostly madder red and cream, gold-tan, with a bit of light warm green. The design's framework is thorny rose bushes intertwined, with clusters of off-white roses and small sprays of berries.

A zoomed-out view of the same design, so the viewer can see how it all flows.

Belrose - Indigo #art #pattern #spoonflower #bloomscrolling #interiordesign #cottagecore #fabric #wallpaper #indigo #blue

A detail of a symmetrical pattern that was inspired by William Morris, it is mostly indigo and cream with a bit of light tan. The design's framework is thorny rose bushes intertwined, with clusters of white roses and small sprays of berries.

Finished! Belrose - Leaf I like to imagine it in a cozy home library. Additional colors incoming. #art #pattern #spoonflower #bloomscrolling #interiordesign #cottagecore #fabric #wallpaper #green

A detail of a symmetrical pattern that was inspired by William Morris, it is mostly green and cream with a bit of light yellow-orange. The design's framework is thorny rose bushes intertwined, with clusters of off-white roses and small sprays of berries.

Some progress on the current work in progress... #wip #pattern #green #rose #ArtsAndCrafts #workinprogress #bloomscrolling #patternbank

A detail of a symmetrical pattern, mostly a warm medium green with white roses and orange-yellow rose-hips. The thorny vines are elegantly curved and frame parts of the design.

The artist is still trying to figure out the design.

Current work in progress... #wip #pattern #green #rose #ArtsAndCrafts #workinprogress #bloomscrolling #patternbank

Il Barbagianni, by Valentine Cameron Prinsep, 1863 #owl #art #painting #autumn #onlybeautifulthings #barnowl

That early sunset had me feeling like... ................. Scops Owl in Moonlight by Ohara Shōson, early 1920s, LACMA #timechange #owl #art #woodblock #nightowl

A Japanese woodblock print. It is mostly monochromatic gray and white. An owl with outspread wings is in the middle of the composition, it is perched on a crooked branch. Its eyes are yellow, and there is a little bit of a russet brown on the back of its neck. At the bottom left corner of the composition, there is a near-black splotch with a pale crescent moon.

A festive beauty! From Die Arachniden, 1831-1848; Ernst Mayr library, @harvard.edu #halloween #spider #illustration #scientificillustration #arachnid #tarantula

A scientific illustration of a Mygale avicularia ( Pink-toe Tarantula), neatly labelled in cursive underneath.

A fan with flowers and bat, Japan, 1890-1930 from @historicnewengland.bsky.social #bat #halloween #art #fan #newengland #japan

A detail of a folding fan. The background is a golden brown, and the design is of fluffy white flowers with yellow centers on long reddish brown leafy stalks. There is a black bat shape in the middle right of the flowers.

Just me, going to work on Halloween. Totally normal-like. #halloween #witch #art #engraving #demon #goat 'Il Stregozzo' by Agostino Veneziano, 1515, from the Met Collection. You can see this print and others right now at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts in their 'Bold and Beautiful' exhibition.

A detail of an etching. A naked older witch rides atop a skeletal beast. Under the beast there are winged and horned demon skeletons, as well as a fairly normal looking goat, and a man who has his butt facing us. The print has a lot of visual movement, and its forms look almost abstract.

"Don't sing if you want to live long They have no use for your song You're dead, you're dead, you're dead You're dead and out of this world" -Norma Tanega #nadja #wwdits #vampire #halloween #art Painting - Salome, Henri Regnault, 1870, oil on canvas, from the Met Museum's collection.

A dark haired woman dressed in flowing golden yellow top and sheer skirt sits on an ornate box. She is looking at the viewer, and has a sense of content accomplishment on her face. There is a large gold bowl and hefty dagger in her lap. What looks like a leopard skin rug is at her feet, and the background is yellow gold fabric.

The beautiful red maple outside my studio window. #newengland #red #maple #october #massachusetts

An overcast day with a somewhat slender black-trunked maple in the left foreground its red leaves taking up much of the composition. Bits of the background are seen, with a line of pale gold in the middle, and dull gray greens at the bottom.

Three women and three wolves, watercolor and colored pencil on paper, by Eugène Grasset, 1892, France #halloween #illustration #wolf #loups #witch #color

This is an illustration in watercolor and colored pencil of three women who are painted watery green, one with flowing waves of black hair, floating amidst red trees. The women look alarmed. The trees have simple decorative designs on them. On the ground, there are three black wolves with bright white eyeshine all facing the viewer. They have open mouths.

Silk panel, possibly from France, 1700-1725, from the collection of the @artinstitutechi.bsky.social #halloween #pattern #eye #textile #weird

alternating sprigs of plants with what look like eyes growing from them. the background is a teal gray, the leaves are a darker gray-green, and each sprig has three stalks from them each bearing what looks like an eyeball. The eyeballs themselves have black pupils, yellow-rimmed green irises, whites, and pink or red surroundings.