Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • It’s a Book

    Just to let you know, my work is available in an old technology format….a book!  For your information, you can view or order here: Roxanne Baldwin’s Artsy Book Thanks for looking.  As you were.

  • What is Paradise?

    Darned if I know…. It’s just in this environment, wondering what I can draw that is upbeat and inspiring to people, I come back to my old idea of Paradise. It’s just that I don’t work well from imagination alone.  I need some hard copy to ground me, to elaborate on, and interpret.  Sometimes, I…

  • Come on in, the Water’s Fine!

    Sometimes, without a real plan, you just have to jump into a drawing.  I took a photo, since I’ve been lost for an idea, and planned to draw it.  I made a pretty sketchy sketch, giving little insight to me on how to %(@@#ing handle the large drawing. So after much deliberation, I decided not…

  • An Enforced Rest

    My paper didn’t get here yesterday, as scheduled.  It’s still in Pennsylvania, somewhere.  Delayed, by weather, I’m assuming, although Fed Ex isn’t really clear about that. It’s serendipitous.  If I had my paper, I’d probably feel I had to do a big project.  As it is, I’m getting informal drawing practice in. I’m drawing trees,…

  • The Worst of 2016

    Yes, you read that right.  I already have a candidate for my worst art of the year.  I guess I’m still not feeling the greatest, and my judgment is off, but I really bombed hard on this one:   I meant to exaggerate the colors in this slightly, but went clearly overboard.  It came out…

  • “It’s Been a Long, Cold, Lonely Winter….”

    Everyone is familiar with “Here Comes the Sun” by George Harrison.  I was, however, introduced to the song through this cover: Peter Tosch….Here Comes the Sun It was an anthem of a very beautiful spring. Anyway, back to the present.  It feels as if it’s been a long winter, but it hasn’t.  In fact, the…

  • Giving Me a Break!

    I would have done the worst of 2015 today, but I am feeling less than in good spirits.  It will pass, but in the meantime, I’m going to be good to myself, and pass on posting the bad stuff.  What is meant to be a light hearted, not taking myself to seriously post, is turning…

  • Still Life Does Not Mean Dead Life..

    Whenever I’ve gone to an art show, I’ve always found the obligatory displays of painting and fruit to be pretty boring.  Yes, I realize there’s a matter of technique, but I’ve always thought of such things as elementary lessons in drawing and painting, an exercise, until you are skilled enough to do more ambitious subject…

  • For an Encore….Presenting, MUD!

    The gathering I went to, and snapped the mud picture, was in a beautiful reserve in Kansas.  It was easy to think of spirits and sprites inhabiting the landscape.  Nature spirits?  I believe they’re Dryads, I may be wrong.  Anyway, that was my association, back there on that day in very early fall.  So, in…