Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • Easy Peasy…except Richard doesn’t like peas.

    Okay, remember how I was struggling over the first “Making Peace with January”?  I went back to the idea…after first taking a more observant look at the subject matter I was planning to draw, a seagull in front of a mackerel sky.  I did the sketch in just a few minutes….easiest thing I’ve done in…

  • OMG….February Already!

    A day or two late, I guess, I finally finished “Making Peace with January”.  So I’m late. Big deal.  At least it’s still winter. The reason why I’m late is there has been a lot going on in my non-virtual life…mostly good.  Mostly.  The rest well…I can deal.  But I’m back to my art, and…

  • Oh, What a Tangled We Weave!

    I put away the version that I had of “Making Peace with January 2015”.  I have a new vision for the same subject matter, so I’m expecting to do it as “Making Peace with February 2015”.  I took a moment to really study a seagull against a mackerel sky, and OMG…was it ever different from…

  • For what it’s worth….

    As Beau said, never give up a project.  That’s correct, you can always learn from your mistakes, and even if it’s a disaster, you know what not to do.  Also, it nags you, not to the point of insanity, but more like a mosquito bite between your shoulder blades, that you can’t quite reach to…

  • Well, so much for that…..

    Making Peace with January?  Well, this version has been relegated to the pile of abandoned projects with the hope that I will see hope in taking it up again.  Or at least I hope. Anyway, while I’ve been working on it, the moody sunsets you only get in the wintertime have been attracting me. Unlike…

  • Sometimes, you just gotta say @&^$^ it.

    Okay, maybe it’s karma I earned for the pride I expressed in how much easier doing art is for me, now. …but I’m in a real mess with “Making Peace with January”.  After delicately laying color, it was bland and going nowhere, and I didn’t know what to do next. So, I started scribbling, and…

  • Totally clueless in New York City

    So, I’m working on “Making Peace with January”.  Repetitive work again, therefore, I must take it in small bits because 1.  It’s driving me nuts 2.  I have no idea where I’m going with this.  Did I mention that it’s driving me nuts? I’ve been having a string of nights when I can’t sleep.  I…

  • I have absolutely nothing to show you….but……

    I’m working on “Making Peace with January”, and so far, it’s very pale…it would not show up very well.  I’m doing glazes with the colored pencil, building up to what I call a Pisces Gray, made up of a lot of colors, but the eye blends them into gray.  It’s a livelier gray than just…

  • TGIM

    Thank God it’s Monday.  I know that may not be popular among people who work Monday through Friday, but I have worked all weekend.  I’m off tomorrow and Wednesday.  So, I’m being contrary and what else is new? I didn’t get much time to do artwork….but I am working on Making Peace with January.  It…