Free Photo Stock, a place to find great ideas for your next painting!

Free photo stock, or royalty free stock photo's. What's it mean? It means you can use these photo's for your next painting! It means you now have a place to come to get some great ideas! It means, you can pay it forward, contribute your own photo's, and help someone else that maybe can't get out, and needs something to paint!

Come on! Join in and lets make this the go to place for your art club, craft group, whatever, that has a need for a beautiful flower picture, or that adorable kitten photo you've been aching to show off! Now's your chance! Put it up here, who knows, you may be helping a young Rembrandt paint something that will astound the world!

See below on how to contribute! Not ready to share just yet? No worries, read about what others have done by clicking here to see what others have shared

We all run out of ideas sometimes, and having a place to find great reference pictures is a must. I've decided to post some of my own here, and I know you will want to pay it forward and do the same. These are free for you to use in your artwork. If you use the photo's in any advertisement, reference to the website is greatly appreciated! Enjoy! and Contribute!

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White Rose picture, single white rose blossoms 
Well, actually not a single white rose, but two white rose blossoms in a single vase! This reference photo was gleened from an art forum that features ...

Magnolia Flower, Southern Magnolia 
During a particularly sad time in our life, while visiting Duke University Medical Center, daily strolls were a required thing to do. To keep things from ...

Picture of a Rose, Purple Rose Picture, Picture of Roses 
My good friend Debbie let us have a few of her old style roses. She's our florist. Her shop is called Angelic Haven and she's located on Timberlake Road ...

Yellow Lily, yellow lilly, lily flower 
This beauty was one amoungst my many day lilies that are within our front gardens. Not sure the variety, but the sunlight was hitting it just right.

You ...

Orange Rose 
This was one of my last autumn roses before a killing frost. Took the picture while dew was still present. Hopefully, I can add more rose pictures when ...

Bird of Paradise flower in Jeju  
Bird of Paradise in Yeomiji Botanical Garden Jeju South Korea. The gardens were a wonderful place to enjoy the beauty as we slowly walked among the thousands ...

Your next rose drawing.   Not rated yet
Here's an antique rose that was found at our local military cemetery. There are a number of antique roses within this old confederate/city cemetery that ...

Exit, Stage Left! Azalea Plant  Not rated yet
I was planting some small azalea bushes at my house and was interrupted by a visitor - a jumbo-jet sized bumble bee! Since I wanted to give him a little ...

Iris flowers, purple iris  Not rated yet
The purple iris is always a great painting subject. These particular iris flowers are so prolific. We have an entire bed of them. This particular photo ...

Phalaenopsis Orchids in Jeju  Not rated yet
Orchids in Yeomiji Botanical Garden Jeju South Korea. There were many orchids and I enjoyed taking the picture; however, my beautiful wife had been patient ...

Tropical Hibiscus in Jeju.  Not rated yet
Hibiscus in Yeomiji Botanical Garden Jeju South Korea. This flower was particularly full and beautiful. Stood out among the others.

Lily Flower, Day lilies  Not rated yet
Isn't this red lily flower gorgeous? Hopefully this summer I can get them in a bunch of 3 or 5 for you. The red is a brown, burgundy red. With the yellow ...

Tree Leaves, Maple Leaves, Fall Leaves  Not rated yet
Fall leaves are such a wonder here in central Virginia. Every year, the mountains become on fire with color. Maple leaves, and other tree leaves turn ...

Stargazer lily, lily flower  Not rated yet
Here's another great lily my florist friend allowed me to photograph. They were actually a present to my wife from her. (our anniversary) They are called ...

Growing Roses  Not rated yet
This yellow rose was a gift from my brother. We planted it between our driveways with our neighbor (the preacher with the green thumb and grand azalea ...

Pink Rose of Sharon, althea close up view  Not rated yet
This is a single blossom from our Rose of Sharon bush. It was given as a small cutting years ago, and the bush has been transplanted several times and ...

Pretty in White, Rose of Sharon  Not rated yet
I love the center color of this white flower. Taken at the Wellfleet Audubon, Cape Cod, Ma.


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Hi Yvette, yes, they are beautiful. This is a ...

Sunset  Not rated yet
We have beautiful sunsets on Cape Cod, Ma. This sunset was taken on a kettle pond near the National sea shore.

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Don't you love sunset paintings?...

Single Pink Sea Rose  Not rated yet
Sea Roses are very fragile and grow wild by our beaches on Cape Cod. Usually find them along a marsh or inlet near water. They grow in pink, red and white....

Daffodil Day, daffodil pictures, daffodil flower  Not rated yet
This is a picture used for one of my demonstrations. As you can see, it is but a simple single daffodil flower. It's from a neighbors front yard, (where ...

Endless Summer Hydrangea, Blue hydrangea, hydrangea flowers  Not rated yet
My brother has such luck! He's has absolutely no gardening training, yet, this one bush in the front yard just gets better and better each year. It has ...