Nature

The natural world around has many beautiful sources of inspiration if we just take a second and look around.







= = = = =What's this lion roaring about?= Wildlife photography is a great resource for subject matter for drawing and painting. So what if you find a great photo of a snarling lion, for example, and you feel inspired to draw or paint it? If you copy someone's photo well enough, they'll recognize it if you try to sell or publish the finished work. Then you can be sued for copyright infringement. If your goal is to share your works with others, this is a big problem! Check out wildlife photography on flickr.com, where many people have posted photos for all to use, asking only that you give them credit if you publish or sell the work. Creative Commons is an open source option that many people are using to allow us all to benefit from each other--it's awesome! Check out the following photo, and then follow the link to it's origin on flickr.com. Scroll down to the explanation of the author's restrictions to see a full explanation of how to give credit, etc. Enjoy! http://www.flickr.com/photos/tambako/ / CC BY 2.0

[|Click here] to view this photo in it's original flickr post, and check out the author, comments and any restrictions or rights reserved. The right column lists his other photo collections and the many awards and invitations this photo received. At the bottom of this column is the heading Other Information, and under this heading is a link called restrictions. Click it to find out how generous this photographer is!

Click here to see a whole page of lions by different photographers.