Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • Wasting No Time

    I said I was eager to get back to the rainbow drawing.  As soon as I was finished with the pet portrait, I got right back on it. It looks, still, quite a bit like the smaller version, but I drew the rainbow in with a lot of white space, a la impressionism, to give…

  • I Seem to Have Forgotten Something…

    All this while, I was being very secretive about a project I was doing.  I figured I’d unveil the final product once it had been produced as Holiday cards, and given to my coworkers. However, having had a chaotic month for most of December, I had a complete, senior moment on that.  Or maybe I…

  • Kwanzaa! Happy Kwanzaa!

    Apologies to my African-American friends and readers.

  • Happy Holidays, I’ve gotten sidetracked….

    Or Merry Christmas if that suits you better Or Happy Hannakuh Or Happy Yule… If I’m leaving anyone out please forgive me.  I’ve read that just about all religions have a celebration around now, and I’m not aware of all of them. But speaking of the holidays, and why I’ve gotten sidetracked: Last year, at…

  • After Not So Careful Consideration

    I’m going to work again on the Rainbow.  I realize, that for one thing, I made it look as if someone took DuPont house paint, and painted the rainbow on the sky.  It’s not luminous.  And for that, it will take careful, detailed work.  In other words, I’ve got to get back to being big.…

  • I’m Not Really Sure About This

    Well, actually, at the moment..there are a lot of things I’m not sure about.  However, in this case, I mean the drawing. One thing I do like, that I didn’t even plan, is that I put a staircase going up to the rainbow, in the foreground.  Seriously, I didn’t even notice, while I was wildly…

  • Concentrate on the Rainbow…….

    Let me repeat that: Concentrate on the rainbow.  Sounds very Zen and wise, doesn’t it? Concentrate on the rainbow….. Well, it makes for a pretty lousy composition for a picture, doesn’t it? When I was doing the original drawing, that’s what I did…I concentrated on the rainbow. And thinking of it, and the context of…

  • As Promised…And Now I’ll Shut Up About It

    I kept promising an event at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury, and darned if it wasn’t today.  I was there.  Met a lot of very nice people, gave out some business cards.  I had to take my old New York City business cards and cross out the address, and then write in “Danbury”.  Something…

  • I Don’t Feel as if There’s Enough Time for All This…

    I’m talking about the holidays.  Really, now, how many themes can you make on a winter landscape?   I’m spending time watching videos on YouTube of good old rock music, instead of drawing.  And…I’m getting impatient.  I feel a rush of creativity, but not enough time. I’m looking back at music, and how much it’s…