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The following photos are free to use in your creative projects. Artists can use them as reference photos and writers can use them to illustrate their blog posts. The only restriction is that you must provide an author credit using the following caption (with a link to Doodlewash.com) when you publish your lovely end result:
[Photo or Photo Reference] courtesy of Doodlewash.com
All photos on this page are by Charlie O’Shields – Doodlewash® and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The use of Freshly Curious free photos is not allowed in projects that have inappropriate content such as but not limited to any material that is pornographic or incites or promotes violence, racism, any discrimination, prejudice or intolerance toward any individual or group, religion, sexuality, gender, political view.
These are great! Good challenges for light and dark for me.
Awesome!! Hope you’ll find something here you’ll love to paint, Vicki!!
Wow,what an opportunity to use bright colors..
hehe… I DO love bright colors!! 😉
Hi Charlie,
I was a professional photographer in a former life. Are you interested in contributions, or is there another way to share reference images?
Thanks for reaching out, Wonner! 😃 I hadn’t thought about that… I don’t have a way set up currently to submit other images, but it’s a great idea. I’ll have to look into a way to add that!
YES! Especially macro even if partial. Watercolorists need variety.
Beautiful images! such an inspiration…thank you!
Thanks so much!! I hope you’ll find something you can use here! 😃💕
Thanks Charlie! Plenty of challenges on this page!
Aww yay! So glad you enjoyed these photo references, Fantine! 😃💕
Wow! Charlie, you are so very talented. This photography is an absolute joy!
Thanks you so much! I hope you’ll find something here that might inspire a bit of poetry! 😃💕
There are many poems in those photos you’ve shared. the first one is up with your link front and center. (A Walk in the Park)
My thanks for the inspiration and the use of your photo.
And it’s awesome!! Just commented! 😍And I spied a painting as well? hehe… Yay!! Gorgeous!
See why I am constantly praising you. I love learning, and you are an awesome teacher.
That’s probably the coolest compliment ever! I’m not a true teacher at all really… just a happy enabler! 😉 But, I’m currently working on a project to help enable a bit more. Stay tuned!
Can’t wait!!
These are all very beautiful and artistic. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks so much! 😃💕 Hope there’s something fun to find there for a reference!
These reference photos are excellent Charlie. I was doing a page of flowers and didn’t realize these were on here. It took quite a while to find what I wanted online. This has made it much easier. Thank you for sharing
Oh wow! Yay! I’m so thrilled to hear that Janna! 🙂 I was daily photoblogger as my first blog years ago, so I’m offering up all of those photos for reference here! Glad you found something helpful! 😃
This is a super collection! Thank you for the inspiration!
My pleasure! So thrilled you enjoyed it Renee! 😃
Thank you so much for sharing these with us! I have been practicing details and so many of these work perfectly for me. Thank you thank you!!!
Aww yay! So happy you enjoyed the photos, Samantha! My pleasure! 😃💕
Amazing views of these flowers
Glad you enjoyed these, Grace! 🙂
Whoa! These are incredible! I love to paint natural realistic subjects and this feels like Christmas morning ! If I post a painting based on one of your photos to my watercolor group , would it be alright to include your original? Should I use a link in the credit?
Also, I’m excited to see what you post using the November 2020 prompts!
Thanks so much !
Never mind the question about credit; found the answer just after posting..however , my statement about your awesomeness still stands 😉
hehe! Okay! I responded as I’m just going through comments in order! 😉
Thanks so much, Morgen! So happy you enjoy these! Yeah, you can share the photo… just add a link and credit [Photo or Photo Reference] courtesy of Doodlewash.com. 🙂
Wonderful photos! Thank you so much. Can’t wait to try
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed them! 🙂