Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • Completely Illrelevant, but then again, maybe not….

    I’ll be working on the background of “Winged Foal”, and I expect it will take some time.  Rather than bore you with repetitive pictures of the progress, I thought I’d post something I’ve shown no one, until now. A few years back I was totally stuck.  My representational art was coming out less than awesome. …

  • Last August….Redux

    I’m working on the project for the college students.  Right now, the winged foal is on hold.  And the date for the Artisan Market is fast approaching. Not sure if I’m going  to get the date of April 6th off at this point.  The day job, the day job, that damn…..schedule difficulties at this point. …

  • Work in Progress, and Important Things I have learned…..

    Working on the winged horse….here’s where it stands now. Important things I have learned from this project: 1. Horses are fun to draw 2. Butterfly wings are boring to draw. 3. Never work on a drawing when you think you might still have cake on the side of your hand.   Fortunately, the cake is…

  • Butterfly, House Fly, Horse Fly

    Finished the 5×7 colored pencil of the winged foal.  I don’t have a title for it, yet, inspiration has yet to strike.     So, I have a few projects to work on, but I’m going to take a bit of a rest before I get started.  Another way of reading that sentence is: “I…

  • Busy, busy, busy….what’s a woman to do?

    Projects coming out of the woodwork….I’ve agreed to work on illustrations for a couple of college students’ project, with a theme that I find healthy and healing.  More about that later, when I get more details, and know if the young women want this discussed online. In the meantime, as promised, I’m working on a…

  • Better Late……

    Finished the Mardi Gras drawing, and renamed it “We went to the Mardi Gras”.  That’s because, not only is there a not-so-recent drawing of myself in it, I managed to sneak the man in my life, Richard, into it too.   So, what’s next?   I’m planning a drawing for the raffle at “Pony Rides for…

  • Why do I keep doing this to myself?

    I’m working on “C’est Mardi Gras”, although that fine day has gone and passed.  Of course, though, I decided to do something repeattitive once again, almost as bad as the snowflakes in the last one.   I decided to encircle the main drawing with a tromp d’oeuil of beads.  Of course, I’m drawing the same beads over…

  • Snow what else is snew?

    It’s snowing again in NYC, but the sunlight hours are getting longer.  A good day to present the finish on “January 2”.  And here it is:   As for upbeat images, not sure if this qualifies, except for the idea of a person with an animal companion facing hardship cheerfully.  So many of my friends…

  • In the not too-distant future, yes, it will…..

    January 2 is turned over, waiting for my fresh eye to critique it.   Another trick I’ve learned is to put a mat around the drawing, gives you a better idea of what it will look like framed.  So, in the meantime, I’ve got a string of ideas of what to do next. It’s February now,…