Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • October Fruit Loops

    It’s been a while since I’ve posted, but my autumn landscape has been finished for a while.  I like it..wasn’t sure if I did.  But that’s an artist’s constant conflict, so no matter. I looked at it, and what came to mind is a bowl of Fruit Loops, my secret passion.  So, here it is:…

  • I’m in the Mood for Fall….

    Most of autumn I hate.  It’s the rain-soaked doorstep to winter.  Bare trees, cold weather, and the beginning of the most stressful time of year for many folk…the Holidays, with a capital H.  As in Hell. But there is a little sliver in time between the end of the summer weather, and the really dark…

  • I have conquered the monster!

    Finally, I have done a version of the Manhattan skyline at dusk that I think I can live with.   At least well enough.  Now, I can go to my grave a satisfied person. Now what?   Christmas is coming, and I’m getting ready for the fair.  That’s my focus for now, getting merchandise ready…

  • Half Asleep and a WIP

    Erg.  Yawn, Ooompph. I took a sleeping pill last night because I’ve been having insomnia. A lot of things on my mind I guess,  though good.  Except the car breaking down 😦 What’s on my mind?   I’m getting ready for a holiday season where I will be selling my own products instead of someone…

  • It Mocks Me!

    It happens every year about this time…the view from my living room window mocks me.  The leaves fall, revealing one of the most beautiful, famous scenes anywhere.  Something I’ve tried and tried again to capture.  The Manhattan skyline. It mocks me. Some of my failures:     I must do this scene justice before I…

  • The Idea That Would Not Die…

    I finished the self-portrait in very little time.  I thought it would take several days, and I would fill in with humorous, anecdotal experience with my portraiture education and professional portraiture stories.  Like the blond boy with glasses who requested I make him look like Fonzi.  If you don’t know who Fonzi is, you have…

  • Some people want to fill the world with drawings of people singing silly love songs

    Finished “Love Ballad”, it went way more quickly than “Floral Overload”, and I’m just as pleased with it.  I worked using the direction of the pencil strokes to convey movement and sound.  So, here ’tis:   So, now what? I admit, I ran up against a brick wall when it came to ideas.  Not surprising,…

  • A Quick WIP

    Started work on the finish of “Love Ballad”.  I was not sure if I wanted to make the person a man or woman, but somehow, the figure came out androgynous, which is fine.  I wanted to make the guitarist somewhat sillhouetted, somewhat as I did in this:     Looking at the this, I can…

  • I love Rock N Roll, so put another 99 cents in my iPod, Baby

    So, I’ve started on …what’s the name?  Too many to choose from.  The rock singer.  As I originally thought, I’d do a loud colorful drawing, somewhat in the same vein as this that I did a long time ago.     But it’s the time of year when I turn mellow and sentimental.  I call…