Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • It has come to my attention

    I have been on vacation… now, I am back and I bring you this stupid bull shit…. There is a person who has started a blog  “Bad Craigslist Art”.   Sure, some of the work is substandard, but honestly, they’re trying.  It surely annoys me that someone would be some judgemental.  Everyone has to start somewhere,…

  • Gotta begin somewhere

    I’m doing work on the MS bike ride drawing. I’ve done a very, very, rough sketch. I’ve sent it to my contact for his opinion. Here it is, remember, it’s very rough.

  • Bike Tour…first sketch

    When I decided to look for charity work, my first thought was to contact my friend’s husband. This man is very involved in all sorts of causes, but he is also a person living with MS. Our lives were also touched, when another man living with MS, took his own life to avoid the progression…

  • Connecticut Fantasy Finish

    As I was going to work yesterday, our landlord came bursting out the back door. He wanted to show us that there were berries falling all over our car, and to be careful. Then he pointed out a tree I hadn’t noticed before. A mulberry. Mulberries are found in Connecticut. There were two in my…

  • Connecticut Memories

    Been working on the piece. Thinking about it, brings back many memories. I spent most of my life in Connecticut. My mentor once remarked, “Connecticut should be called the green tree and stone wall state”. Which is true. The landscape there is beautiful, many moods, variety of textures. I’ve decided to add some animals, squirrels…

  • Farewell, the first of Namaste

    I found a good home for “Vision of the Divine”, from the Namaste series. Given to a lovely spirit, who is a yoga teacher, and works with special needs children. In the meantime, still working on Connecticut Fantasy, but not enough progress to warrant a WIP picture. As for the MS picture, it finally was…

  • Too many cooks in the stew

    As I mentioned before, I’m going to be working on a piece for a silent auction for the cure of MS.  However, I was lost for an idea (how do you make an appealing, saleable picture out of a dread disease?).  I consulted with the man I proposed the idea to, with some ideas.  His…

  • Notes from a Broad

    Back at work again…nearly trashed the beginning of Connecticut Fantasy, but glancing at it again, I decided it was worth the try. So, saved from the garbage. And for colored pencil artists out there….Beware Prismacolor Orange. It’s very fugitive. Unfortunately, I used it on one of my favorites “Cloud Over Greenwich/Jessica’s Home”. Now the original…

  • Starting Small

    One thing or another…just not feeling my best. Oh, I suppose I could complain about everything that’s happened to make me feel that way, but truth is, it’s not all that interesting. Not even to me. So, I’ll spare you. I did start a little on Connecticut Fantasy, but given my decrepit condition, I’m taking…