Art in An Altoids Tin

This artwork made me smile - Jim Doran's Minatures. I haven't got a photo because I wanted to share it with you straight away, without having to wait for permission to use an image, but trust me, it's worth the click! Jim Doran does the most wonderful miniature drawings combined with elements of paper sculpture, and housed in tiny tins and boxes - one is even in a watch face. Love it to bits. These aren't realist tour-de-force pieces - if you're a fan of realism, check out the mini drawings at Toad Hollow. Doran's work is rather fun and whimsical, with little elements of fantasy and perhaps even surrealism. So now I'm going to hunt down an empty Altoids tin, a glue pen and craft knife, and try some Pen and Ink drawing... maybe a rose with some watercolor.