Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • Get Out the Tanning Butter!

    Get Out the Tanning Butter!

    The title happens to be from the song “Rock Lobster”, by the B-52s.  Strangely enough, that happens to be Our Song.  Yes, that’s the romantic tune to which my partner and I bonded, on our first date.  Most importantly, it was the Labor Day weekend, the last of the lazy, hazy days of summer. Ah,…

  • Alas

    Alas

    One of my friends calls this the “Psycho House”. I guess I can understand that. Maybe,you can see Norman Bates’ mother in the attic.  That was not the intention of the drawing.  The idea was the house’s windows were reflecting the dawn’s rosy colors.  I always think of Psycho, now.  Or an episode of the…

  • Happy End of the Holidays!

    Happy End of the Holidays!

    Okay, finally….life is back to normal. I have a little ritual in winter, as the days grow longer.  First off is Yule, then Christmas, New Years, and then January 2nd.  Here’s the drawing that I made in celebration of t hat celebration. The ritual includes such things as The Superbowl, and Mardi Gras.  And of…

  • The Worst is Yet to Come

    The Worst is Yet to Come

    I have a tradition, on New Years, to post the worst picture of the previous year.  It helps me keep my sense of humor, and a sense of humility.   So, here goes, the worst of 2018! I actually only did two pictures in 2018, due to my stubborn artist’s block.  Therefore, the worst isn’t as…

  • Starting All Over, Again, Again

    Starting All Over, Again, Again

    Can You Draw a Bicycle? I thought this article was pretty amusing.  Of course, drawing from imagination is a challenge.  Most of my life I’ve used photos or life as reference, but now I start out on a new quest (self-indulgence is great).  I’m drawing from imagination.  Pertinent to this is drawing a bicycle from…

  • The Devil is in the Details

    The Devil is in the Details

    My father was a detail man.  He was a commercial artist, and his specialty was filling in the designs on the fabric of shirts, pants, diamonds, and just about anything else that was advertised.  I can’t imagine how he had the patience to do such a thing, but, perhaps it’s just that it was income,…

  • Looking at the Bigger Picture

    Looking at the Bigger Picture

    The picture above started with a small sketch.   As you can see, the lines are messier, and the detail unclear.  That’s what the problem with working small is. So partially, it’s my lack of physical stability that’s making me work so small.  Also, having the long, tired out, idea that small pictures would sell…

  • And What I Mean by That is..

    And What I Mean by That is..

    Which gave me an idea of how to handle the branch, which gave me an idea of how to handle the middle ground, and so forth, so on, and blah, blah, blah, etc.

  • Start with what you know….

    Start with what you know….

    Summer and spring are almost too pretty to come up with something interesting and moody.