Vintage Seashell Illustration Collage Sheets
It’s starting to feel like summer with schools letting out, and summer always makes me think of the beach, which always makes me think of seashells.
I really like the aged look of the vintage seashell illustrations I found for these free printable collage sheets. My mom worked for years at a local university library, and in retirement, volunteered at our local public library. She has always expounded upon the perils of book mildew, and would have something to say about what appears to be mildew on some of the pages, but it sure does create a nice antiqued effect.
I also like the name of the book the shell illustrations came from - Lessons on Shells. It was printed in 1838.
2” x 3” Tags
2” Circles
Here is an example of an art journal layout I created using one of the seashell images. The background was painted with acrylic paint in an upcycled book. I added strips of painted collage papers, a bird fodder piece that I made by stamping over discarded gel prints, one of the vintage seashell illustration tags, and one of these Victorian ladies.
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