About Carol
My name is Carol Rosinsk and I'm a teaching artist. I love creating my art and teaching my medium to others.
I've tried several other mediums throughout my life but nothing has been a more expressive tool for me than the humble graphite pencil has been.
Graphite pencil is limited by its lack of color, but I find that limitation challenging. Like a river that's forced to run between steep banks, a medium that has limitations forces the artist to go deep and flow quickly.
I combine my love of drawing with teaching in my online drawing classes and in my book called Drawing Made Easy: Getting Started and The Discover Pencil Drawing Kit. (see below)
About Toad Hollow Studio
My husband and I live in Michigan in a small home in a small town. Our house is very close to a river and we see lots of wildlife, trees, wild flowers all around us.
Animals and the life cycles of nature have always been my inspiration. I study them closely and see that all lives are full of happiness, grief, relief, fear, peacefulness, and great joy.
Since my artwork is inspired by nature, I named my art studio "Toad Hollow Studio" to reflect the rich and wonderful stories I see unfolding around me. It seems like we have a story from "Wind in the Willows" acted out in our backyard everyday. When I started putting my work online, it seemed natural to name my web site "toadhollowstudio.com."
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| Drawing Made Easy: Getting Started |
I wrote Getting Started for beginning pencil (graphite) drawing artists.
Graphite pencil is a simple drawing medium that can be used to create beautiful artwork, and in this book I show readers how to do this with simple steps and clear instruction.
I begin the book by describing the basic tools needed to complete a drawing and how to use them. I explore topics such as texture, using the computer as a drawing aid, adding detail to a subject, and my unique style of graphite "painting," or shading, using powdered graphite and a brush.
Then I provide five step-by-step demonstrations, guiding readers from initial sketches to polished works of art. |
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| Discover Pencil Drawing Kit |
This kit includes the drawing lessons from Getting Started and most of the tools you need to complete the drawings, including my personal choice of brushes for beginning graphite painting* and shading.
* See above. |
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| Step-by-Step Studio: Drawing Concepts |
This large book has my step by step lessons from Getting Started, plus lessons from three other Walter Foster authors.
By Diane Cardaci, Ken Goldman, William F Powell, and Carol Rosinski |
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