Dull Tool Dim Bulb: Drawing

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Antique Drawings made from Stencils. Art Education Schoolgirl Art, Children's art Stencil Tracings c. 1910 Collection Jim Linderman

Antique Drawings made from Stencils. Art Education Schoolgirl Art, Children's art Stencil Tracings Anonymous c. 1910 Collection Jim Linderman

Antique American Folk Art Drawing Woman with Umbrella Anonymous late 19th Century Collection Jim Linderman

Courtesy the wonderful online shop CRITICAL EYE FINDS The site has beautiful and unique Items of interest to anyone who enjoys this blog! Folks are always asking where I find things? Critical Eye Finds is now one! Nice items, great photos and a transparent,fascinating pricing strategy. The inventory is selected by Kate Hackman, who has a strong fine art background. MUCH recommended! Antique American Folk Art Drawing Woman with Umbrella Anonymous late 19th Century Collection Jim Linderman CRITICAL EYE FINDS is HERE

Antique American Folk Art Drawing 19th Century "Meeting of the Old Man and his Grandson" collection Jim Linderman

Antique American Folk Art Drawing 19th Century "Meeting of the Old Man and his Grandson" Anonymous Collection Jim Linderman

Antique Folk Art Portrait Drawing of a Young Woman Anonymous

Antique Folk Art Portrait Drawing of a Young Woman. Cut out and affixed to cardboard. Anonymous. Early 19th Century Miniature.

Junior After Hit by Bronko Pencil Drawing c. 1950 by Mildred Julia Radalis

Junior After Hit by Bronko Pencil Drawing c. 1950 by Mildred Julia Radalis. A drawing which would have fit into yesterday's Outsider Art Fair post! Upside the HEAD. Original drawing collection Jim Linderman

Back to School Boys

Sketch of the school hierarchy by George Foster circa 1925 collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb courtesy Natalie Curley

19th Century Folk Art Portrait Drawing c. 1850

19th Century Folk Art Portrait Drawing of Dr. H. S. Harper. Circa 1850.
Collection Jim Linderman
See also the book (and affordable ebook) Eccentric Folk Art Drawings of the 19th and 20th Century available now.

Antique Folk Art Drawing 19th Century Primitive Therorem Urn with Flowers Pennsylvania

Antique Folk Art Drawing 19th Century Naive Therorem Urn with Flowers. Pennsylvania origin. Pencil on Paper. Signed Job Wagner dated 1883. 6" x 7".
Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Doodle Bug Antique Folk Art Drawing Collection Jim Linderman

Doodle Bug early 20th Century Folk Art Drawing Collection Jim Linderman

Love During Wartime (Korean War Edition)

#4 in the Love During Wartime series is a hand drawn envelope cachet from a woman to her husband in the air force. 1954 2" x 2" ink on paper Collection Jim Linderman

Schoolgirl Handmade Sewing Instruction Book Antique Vintage Old

I haven't quite figured out the date on this remarkable handmade sewing instruction book, but she received a 95. What was the teacher looking for? The cover alone is a 100. You women out there could date the work inside by the fashions...there are tons of designs, color wheels, mini-pattern projects and all done with beautiful folky precision. I'll post more one day. Yes, the cover is 3-D! The little pattern book on the table has pages! A great reminder of what a school student was required to do before computers.

Mid-20th Century Sewing handmade sewing class book. Mixed-media. Collection Jim Linderman

Mosho Knows....Strange portrait of a boy 1955

19th Century Folk Art Drawing "Good Night" Anonymous

19th Century Folk Art Drawing "Good Night" Anonymous. 11" x 14"
Collection Jim Linderman

Antique Folk Art Drawing Man with a Beard Georgia 1888 Drawn on Envelope

Antique Folk Art Drawing "Man with a Beard and Hat" Georgia" Dated on reverse 1888 Drawn on an envelope.
Collection Jim Linderman
See also the book from Blurb ECCENTRIC FOLK ART DRAWINGS by Jim Linderman available in paperback or affordable instant ebook from Blurb.

Giving Thanks Folk Art Drawing 19th Century

Giving Thanks Folk Art Schoolgirl Drawing 1876
Collection Jim Linderman

Justin McCarthy Art Drawing of Wilt Chamberlain 1960

Justin McCarthy Art Drawing of Wilt Chamberlain 1960 Collection Jim Linderman
See Also HERE

Untitled (Young Woman) Drawing by "D. M. C." 1935

Untitled (Young Woman) Drawing by "D. M. C." 1935 Collection Jim Linderman
See Also the new 200 page BOOK and EBOOK Eccentric Folk Art Drawings of the 19th and 20th Centuries

Gary Panter Drawings for Pee Wee's Playhouse

Gary Panter Drawings for Pee Wee's Playhouse. Some artists don't like their sketchbooks out there, but since Mr. Panter published an entire cased-hardcover of his, I guess sharing these is okay. If he wants them down, I'll do it! Mr. Panter won three emmys for his design work on the Pee Wee Children's show. It was a most audacious endeavor. Captain Kangeroo it was not... The show was endlessly creative and subversive. Everyone I knew watched it, young and old. For a time, it proved Newton Minow wrong...not ALL television was a "vast wasteland" after all.

Gary Panter Website is HERE
Gary Panter the book is available at art book stores or amazon.

Gary Panter drawings circa 1986 (?) Collection Jim Linderman

Naomi in a Demure Mood

Naomi in a Demure Mood Circa 1935 Collection Jim Linderman

How to Milk a Cow Handmade Folk Art Mechanical Postcard Wisconsin 1907

How to Milk a Cow? Pull on the Udders.
Handmade Folk Art Mechanical Postcard Wisconsin 1907
Courtesy Shannon Regan

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