Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • Back on Course

    Started the redo of the MS bike ride, and I’m pleased with it. To get the asphalt right, it took long tedious work. Thank God for the invention of the iPod, otherwise, sitting, making miniscule pencil strokes over and over would have made me start raving….well, raving. For those of you who are artists, just…

  • Denial is not a river in Egypt

    Finally had to admit it…the MS Bike Ride drawing was not going well. For one thing, it’s badly out of perspective, and the fellow far to the left is out of place and really badly drawn. So, though I hate to discard hours of hard work, I had to trash it. I’m sure I’ve learned…

  • Okay, eraser crumbs and all

    I tend to include diversity of people in my work. I guess that’s because I live in the most diverse county in the country, Queens, NY. That’s my world. So I was a little surprised when looking for copy for this drawing…all the bike riders I found were white! I discussed this with my contact,…

  • Stuck!

    Between stress on the paying job, and other distractions, I haven’t gotten around to work on the MS Bike Ride. Now that I’m looking at it, I realize I have a lot of two very hard things to draw….figures and bicycles, and realizing figures ON bicycles is doubly hard. For those of you who have…

  • 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…

  • 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…