Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

January 2 is turned over, waiting for my fresh eye to critique it.   Another trick I’ve learned is to put a mat around the drawing, gives you a better idea of what it will look like framed.  So, in the meantime, I’ve got a string of ideas of what to do next.

It’s February now, Valentine’s is over.  I took off the Cupid brooch from my coast, and replaced it with a Mardi Gras mask. 

Having given some more thought as to what makes a healing drawing, I thought, upbeat imagery.  Good symbolism if you can work it in.  And the hope that the person observing will take a little time to “live” in the picture.

So, as I was pinning on the Mardi Gras brooch, I began to think……..hmmmmn.