{"id":92,"date":"2006-11-14T09:54:13","date_gmt":"2006-11-14T09:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/?p=92"},"modified":"2010-09-05T19:53:02","modified_gmt":"2010-09-05T19:53:02","slug":"blind-contour-drawing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/11\/blind-contour-drawing\/","title":{"rendered":"Blind Contour Drawing"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Oak<\/a>
Oak Leaf Drawing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This leaf was a challenge to draw. Parts of it were going away from me, parts of it were coming at me, and parts of it were coming at me and then curving away from me! I tried drawing it a few times and it turned out all wobbly looking \u2026 and that was frustrating. Finally, I started to make a blind contour drawing of it and that got through to my “Drawing Mind.” As a matter of fact, the left part of this leaf is<\/em> the blind contour drawing. I peeked \u2026 :) \u2026 and it was going so well I decided to finish the drawing by looking at the subject from that point on.<\/p>\n

Something happens when I do blind contour drawings \u2026 something comes loose \u2026 something softens \u2026 some threshold is crossed and I enter into what I call my Drawing Mind. I can’t explain it in words, but the part of my brain that wants to draw everything with a compass and ruler lets go and a pure sort of hand and eye coordination takes over.<\/p>\n

Even after all these years, I still need to warm up with blind contour drawing sometimes. I wrote an article about it a few years ago. You can find it here<\/a>, if you\u2019re interested.<\/p>\n

Happy Drawing!<\/p>\n

Carol<\/p>\n

Toad Hollow Studio<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This leaf was a challenge to draw. Parts of it were going away from me, parts of it were coming at me, and parts of it were coming at me and then curving away from me! I tried drawing it a few times and it turned out all wobbly looking \u2026 and that was frustrating. … Continue reading “Blind Contour Drawing”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drawing-technique-48"],"yoast_head":"\nBlind Contour Drawing - 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\/2006\/11\/blind-contour-drawing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blind Contour Drawing - Carol's Drawing Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This leaf was a challenge to draw. Parts of it were going away from me, parts of it were coming at me, and parts of it were coming at me and then curving away from me! I tried drawing it a few times and it turned out all wobbly looking \u2026 and that was frustrating. … Continue reading "Blind Contour Drawing"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/11\/blind-contour-drawing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Carol's Drawing Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2006-11-14T09:54:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2010-09-05T19:53:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/oak_leaf.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Carol\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carol\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2006\\\/11\\\/blind-contour-drawing\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2006\\\/11\\\/blind-contour-drawing\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Carol\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17\"},\"headline\":\"Blind Contour Drawing\",\"datePublished\":\"2006-11-14T09:54:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-09-05T19:53:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2006\\\/11\\\/blind-contour-drawing\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":229,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2006\\\/11\\\/blind-contour-drawing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2006\\\/11\\\/oak_leaf.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Drawing Technique\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2006\\\/11\\\/blind-contour-drawing\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2006\\\/11\\\/blind-contour-drawing\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2006\\\/11\\\/blind-contour-drawing\\\/\",\"name\":\"Blind Contour Drawing - Carol's Drawing Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2006\\\/11\\\/blind-contour-drawing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2006\\\/11\\\/blind-contour-drawing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2006\\\/11\\\/oak_leaf.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2006-11-14T09:54:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-09-05T19:53:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2006\\\/11\\\/blind-contour-drawing\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2006\\\/11\\\/blind-contour-drawing\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2006\\\/11\\\/blind-contour-drawing\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2006\\\/11\\\/oak_leaf.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2006\\\/11\\\/oak_leaf.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2006\\\/11\\\/blind-contour-drawing\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Blind Contour Drawing\"}]},{\"@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\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Blind Contour Drawing - 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\/2006\/11\/blind-contour-drawing\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Blind Contour Drawing - Carol's Drawing Blog","og_description":"This leaf was a challenge to draw. Parts of it were going away from me, parts of it were coming at me, and parts of it were coming at me and then curving away from me! I tried drawing it a few times and it turned out all wobbly looking \u2026 and that was frustrating. … Continue reading \"Blind Contour Drawing\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/11\/blind-contour-drawing\/","og_site_name":"Carol's Drawing Blog","article_published_time":"2006-11-14T09:54:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2010-09-05T19:53:02+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/oak_leaf.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Carol","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Carol","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/11\/blind-contour-drawing\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/11\/blind-contour-drawing\/"},"author":{"name":"Carol","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17"},"headline":"Blind Contour Drawing","datePublished":"2006-11-14T09:54:13+00:00","dateModified":"2010-09-05T19:53:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/11\/blind-contour-drawing\/"},"wordCount":229,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/11\/blind-contour-drawing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/oak_leaf.jpg","articleSection":["Drawing Technique"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/11\/blind-contour-drawing\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/11\/blind-contour-drawing\/","url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/11\/blind-contour-drawing\/","name":"Blind Contour Drawing - Carol's Drawing Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/11\/blind-contour-drawing\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/11\/blind-contour-drawing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/oak_leaf.jpg","datePublished":"2006-11-14T09:54:13+00:00","dateModified":"2010-09-05T19:53:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/11\/blind-contour-drawing\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/11\/blind-contour-drawing\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/11\/blind-contour-drawing\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/oak_leaf.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/oak_leaf.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/11\/blind-contour-drawing\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Blind Contour Drawing"}]},{"@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"],"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1r5dp-1u","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2865,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2014\/06\/talking-with-doodles-and-other-things-that-make-life-more-fun\/","url_meta":{"origin":92,"position":0},"title":"Talking With Doodles And Other Things That Make Life More Fun","author":"Carol","date":"2014\/06\/12","format":false,"excerpt":"Doodles I love, love, love my doodles. My hand will draw one automatically if it can find a drawing instrument. So, the other day, my hand found a pen and was drawing along, when I took a look to see what was going on, and I decided to add curved\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Observation"","block_context":{"text":"Observation","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/observation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"My friend, the doodle.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ink-pencil-doodle-205x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2944,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2014\/11\/ink-and-graphite-on-the-easel\/","url_meta":{"origin":92,"position":1},"title":"Ink And Graphite On The Easel","author":"Carol","date":"2014\/11\/04","format":false,"excerpt":"I live for the moment when 3d form emerges on 2d paper, and especially when I\u2019m not expecting it. When I\u2019m drawing contour lines with my pen, they flow close together and meander apart, making hills and valleys where they please. If I add graphite or more ink to accentuate\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Miscellaneous"","block_context":{"text":"Miscellaneous","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/miscellaneous\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Coral Line Drawing","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/onion-coral001-125x125.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7360,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2020\/06\/begonia-leaf-drawing\/","url_meta":{"origin":92,"position":2},"title":"Begonia Leaf Drawing","author":"Carol","date":"2020\/06\/29","format":false,"excerpt":"I almost lost my begonias this spring when I left them outside one night when the temperature dropped below freezing. But now they\u2019re growing back from the roots and looking more gorgeous than ever. This is leaf is from one of them. I\u2019m drew this on Arches hotpress watercolor paper\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Graphite Pencil Drawing Lesson"","block_context":{"text":"Graphite Pencil Drawing Lesson","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/graphite-pencil-drawing-lesson\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Begonia leaf drawing six Rosinski","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Begonia-Leaf06-rosinski-300x290.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5808,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2019\/02\/hosta-leaf-drawing-in-graphite\/","url_meta":{"origin":92,"position":3},"title":"Hosta Leaf Drawing In Graphite","author":"Carol","date":"2019\/02\/01","format":false,"excerpt":"My Hosta leaves turned yellow, fell over, and did amazing textural things this autumn. My dog Dot and I were outside just as the sun was low and casting shadows over them too. We\u2019d been quietly enjoying ourselves and taking photos in the corner of the yard where they grow,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Bipolar"","block_context":{"text":"Bipolar","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/bipolar\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Host Leaf in Autumn by C. Rosinski","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Hosta-Leaf-12-rosinski-300x235.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7137,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2020\/03\/succulent-drawing-in-graphite\/","url_meta":{"origin":92,"position":4},"title":"Succulent Drawing In Graphite","author":"Carol","date":"2020\/03\/06","format":false,"excerpt":"This small succulent lives on my windowsill. I love the way the leaves radiate from the center. I used Grafwood pencils on Arches paper for this drawing because the combination creates a smooth texture that mimics the texture of this plant. Only two pencils were used for the entire drawing.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Graphite Pencil Drawing Lesson"","block_context":{"text":"Graphite Pencil Drawing Lesson","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/graphite-pencil-drawing-lesson\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"succulent photo by C. Rosinski","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Houseplant-photo-c.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11000,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2023\/02\/leaves-in-pencil\/","url_meta":{"origin":92,"position":5},"title":"Leaves In Graphite Pencil","author":"Carol","date":"2023\/02\/06","format":false,"excerpt":"Since we\u2019re into winter and all of my beloved foliage is brown and wilted, I\u2019m digging into old photos to find greenery to draw. I found this composition, so I guess it pays to take photos when your subject is bountiful. I\u2019m drawing this on Arches hotpress watercolor paper, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Graphite Pencil Drawing Lesson"","block_context":{"text":"Graphite Pencil Drawing Lesson","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/graphite-pencil-drawing-lesson\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Graphite Pencil Art, Redbud Leaves, Rosinski","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/foliage-2023-blog05.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/foliage-2023-blog05.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/foliage-2023-blog05.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1487,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions\/1487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}