{"id":3195,"date":"2015-09-19T12:51:02","date_gmt":"2015-09-19T12:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/?page_id=3195"},"modified":"2023-11-15T21:24:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T21:24:50","slug":"the-secret-of-small-art","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/the-secret-of-small-art\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Of Small Art"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Miniature<\/a>
Molly On A Pillow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The secret of small art is the intense sense of intimacy that is experienced when you hold a piece in your hand. When a piece of art is so small that it can rest in the palm of your hand, you are gently invited to bring it closer to your eyes.<\/p>\n

You bow your head and bring your hand nearer to your face. This is a very intimate pose. At this moment, you have let the piece of art enter into a vulnerable personal area. You would never hold anything dangerous this close to your face. This is the way you would hold a butterfly or a tiny kitten, very gently and close. Holding a piece of art in this way relaxes you and creates a bond with you.<\/p>\n

Large art allows you to walk past, and you engage with it or not. Small art attracts your attention, like a flower or a pretty stone on the ground. In a gentle and personal way, small art asks you to come closer.<\/p>\n

Miniature art is a gift, a treasure, and a secret friend. It doesn’t shout its presence to the world. It quietly waits for you to pick it up and admire it. Keep your tiny art close to you so that you can hold it and let it enter your heart regularly. No other kind of art has the ability to touch you in quite the same way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The secret of small art is the intense sense of intimacy that is experienced when you hold a piece in your hand. When a piece of art is so small that it can rest in the palm of your hand, you are gently invited to bring it closer to your eyes. You bow your head … Continue reading “The Secret Of Small Art”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3195","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Secret Of Small Art - Carol's Drawing Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/the-secret-of-small-art\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Secret Of Small Art - Carol's Drawing Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The secret of small art is the intense sense of intimacy that is experienced when you hold a piece in your hand. When a piece of art is so small that it can rest in the palm of your hand, you are gently invited to bring it closer to your eyes. You bow your head … Continue reading "The Secret Of Small Art"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/the-secret-of-small-art\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Carol's Drawing Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-15T21:24:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Torti_on_Pillow.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/the-secret-of-small-art\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/the-secret-of-small-art\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Secret Of Small Art - Carol's Drawing Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/the-secret-of-small-art\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/the-secret-of-small-art\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/Torti_on_Pillow.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-19T12:51:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-15T21:24:50+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/the-secret-of-small-art\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/the-secret-of-small-art\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/the-secret-of-small-art\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/Torti_on_Pillow.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/Torti_on_Pillow.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/the-secret-of-small-art\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Secret Of Small Art\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Carol's Drawing Blog\",\"description\":\"Drawing lessons and art by Carol Rosinski of Toad Hollow Studio.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17\",\"name\":\"Carol\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Carol\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\"},\"description\":\"I'm an artist, an accidental author, and lover of life. I grew up in Yorktown, Indiana, and I've been writing (and drawing) this website since 1999.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/toadhollowstudio.com\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Secret Of Small Art - Carol's Drawing Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/the-secret-of-small-art\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Secret Of Small Art - Carol's Drawing Blog","og_description":"The secret of small art is the intense sense of intimacy that is experienced when you hold a piece in your hand. When a piece of art is so small that it can rest in the palm of your hand, you are gently invited to bring it closer to your eyes. You bow your head … Continue reading \"The Secret Of Small Art\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/the-secret-of-small-art\/","og_site_name":"Carol's Drawing Blog","article_modified_time":"2023-11-15T21:24:50+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Torti_on_Pillow.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/the-secret-of-small-art\/","url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/the-secret-of-small-art\/","name":"The Secret Of Small Art - Carol's Drawing Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/the-secret-of-small-art\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/the-secret-of-small-art\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Torti_on_Pillow.jpg","datePublished":"2015-09-19T12:51:02+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-15T21:24:50+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/the-secret-of-small-art\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/the-secret-of-small-art\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/the-secret-of-small-art\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Torti_on_Pillow.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Torti_on_Pillow.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/the-secret-of-small-art\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Secret Of Small Art"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/","name":"Carol's Drawing Blog","description":"Drawing lessons and art by Carol Rosinski of Toad Hollow Studio.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17","name":"Carol","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Carol"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1"},"description":"I'm an artist, an accidental author, and lover of life. I grew up in Yorktown, Indiana, and I've been writing (and drawing) this website since 1999.","sameAs":["http:\/\/toadhollowstudio.com"]}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1r5dp-Px","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12218,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/for-a-bipolar-artist-art-is-a-refuge\/","url_meta":{"origin":3195,"position":0},"title":"For A Bipolar Artist, Art Is A Refuge","author":"Carol","date":"2023\/11\/23","format":false,"excerpt":"I've never kept my mental health a secret from you, but I've never given you my official diagnosis. Lucky me, I'm Bipolar II, rapid cycling, with a co-existing anxiety disorder. This is one of the hardest combinations of psychiatric problems to balance with drug therapy, but I have a psychiatrist\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5713,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/buddy-art-cat\/","url_meta":{"origin":3195,"position":1},"title":"Buddy The Art Cat – A Drawing In Graphite Pencil","author":"Carol","date":"2018\/12\/19","format":false,"excerpt":"This piece was created on plate finish 2 ply Bristol Board with graphite pencils. I used a value scale system of 1 to 10 with \"1\" as white and \"10\" as black. I refer to these values as numbers as I talk about the steps of the drawing. The rubber\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/buddy-7-rosinski-300x245.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3327,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/drawing-templates\/","url_meta":{"origin":3195,"position":2},"title":"Drawing Templates","author":"Carol","date":"2015\/10\/02","format":false,"excerpt":"Drawing Templates Can Save Your Sanity.\u00a0(And using them is not an art crime.) Have you ever had a hard time drawing matching curves that face each other, like two sides of a vase? A French curve could have saved you a ton of work. Just draw one side, find that\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"French Curves Set","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/images\/dick_blick\/french-curves.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6019,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/thank-you\/","url_meta":{"origin":3195,"position":3},"title":"Thank You!","author":"Carol","date":"2019\/02\/20","format":false,"excerpt":"Thank you for buying a piece of my art. Making it was a joyful meditation on nature and inner peace. I hope it brings a sense of serenity to you or someone you know.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3770,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/drawing-painting-powdered-graphite\/","url_meta":{"origin":3195,"position":4},"title":"Drawing (Painting) With Powdered Graphite","author":"Carol","date":"2015\/11\/12","format":false,"excerpt":"Powdered graphite is the same graphite that pencil leads are made of, only ground into fine powder. You can \"paint\" it on paper with brushes to make\u00a0watercolor-like \"wash\" effects, smooth textures, and cloudy backgrounds. You can buy powdered graphite from art supply stores, but it's easy to make your own.\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"Tools for making powdered graphite. C. Rosinski","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/powdered-graphite-tools.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3352,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/magnetic-drawing-boards\/","url_meta":{"origin":3195,"position":5},"title":"Magnetic Drawing Boards","author":"Carol","date":"2015\/10\/05","format":false,"excerpt":"I now use magnetic whiteboards for drawing boards. They're sold at nearly all big box stores.\u00a0 They're lightweight and portable, and I can keep two or three drawings-in-progress on their own boards. (See build-your-own instructions below.) Each drawing board holds the artwork, hand guard, and cover sheet. It makes a\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/whiteboard-e1516201474937.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3195"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12060,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3195\/revisions\/12060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}