Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • Long, long time

    Long, long time

    Hey folks, I know it’s been awhile since I posted. Truth is, the stress of COVID-19,caused me problems. It caused a lot, if not all, problems for people in general. I also ended up with a huge, but well needed dose of humility. But back to drawing! I started back slowly, by breaking the block…

  • the cat came back

    the cat came back

    There’s an old jingle “The cat came back, she wouldn’t stay away, She was sitting on the porch on the very next day.” The horrible things they did to that cat, to get rid of her, and she kept coming back. I’m not sure where I heard this old song, maybe during folk music days,…

  • Anticipation

    Anticipation

    When last we saw our heroine, she was happily contemplating a new supply of art paper, and time to do work. But the paper wasn’t arriving. Then it dawned on her. We’re in a pandemic, and art paper is not considered a necessity. So, disappointed, she went back to creating a handmade face mask. That’s…

  • Distraction

    Distraction

    I know many artists are making sad art,reflecting the current times. I’m not good at that, my attempts at sad, thoughtful art have been damn depressing. Who needs that? The best I can do is bittersweet. I want to try to contribute something during this sad time, but I don’t have much in way of…

  • Part two

    Part two

    So, I finished the full-sized drawing of Man,Dog, Phone, and Parrot. I guess I could add chain link fence to the title, but that would be too long. I cheated. I started to draw the stairs, got them so out of perspective, that I just decided to make a cubist design out of the background.…

  • upside down and all around

    upside down and all around

    Or…..just what was I thinking? I had this brilliant idea, or at least I thought was a brilliant idea, to take a large picture that didn’t turn so well, and create a do-over on a small scale. Now that I think of it, it was a pretty flawed idea in the first place. But trudge…

  • Man, dog, phone and parrot

    Man, dog, phone and parrot

    I finally got around to it! The Parrotman! Faster than a speeding bullet…oh, you get the idea. A lot of detail that was almost impossible to do in such a small format, that I most likely do a full-sized one. And for you dog lovers, it even has a dog! Now I remember why I…

  • Could be worse

    Could be worse

    I’m beginning to feel the monotony of all this. It could be worse, though, I keep reminding myself. I could be sick, or a loved one could be sick or dead from COVID-19. As I said, I’ve been doing little drawings. I’ve done these two. I like them well, enough. I’ve been working in the…

  • Sheltering in place

    Sheltering in place

    So, what are you all doing in self quartine? Reading? Yes! Facetime? Yes! Video Games? Yes! Hobbies? Yes! Housework? Errr, um Surprise, I actually am doing housework, among other things. You see, I had scheduled this week off since January. A friend from overseas was going to be visiting. So. due to COVID-19, he wasn’t…