Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • 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.

  • Bricks

    Bricks

    A little background info…. I’ve been away for a while, in case you haven’t noticed. I needed some time to reflect, think about where I’ve been, where I’m going and most importantly, where I am. And it all comes down to bricks…well, sort of. When I first really got going working in colored pencil, I…

  • And Poof, it was gone

    I’m talking about the post I just wrote, and lost. Ah, well.  Facebook keeps reminding me that I haven’t posted in a while.  I apologize for my absence.  The truth is, I’ve run straight into a brick wall of an artist’s block. I’m as stuck as  a car in a muddy ditch. This has happened…

  • All in a Day’s Work

    I’m kind of struggling here.  I’m trying to catch the excitement that I had for the artwork I did in New York, but have yet to capture in Connecticut.  Most of my work here, has come out boringly representational.  I kind of realize the elements I’m missing… I did put human objects as subject matter,…