Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • Beetlemania!

    Beetlemania!

    This is a drawing about a beetle. No, not a Beatle, and I can guess your age if you thought that. Specifically, a Volkswagen Beetle. I’d been thinking about drawing a car, right? Cars aren’t as easy to draw as I thought they’d be. Here’s the first sketch. I wanted it to be white, so…

  • Rain, Rain, Go Away

    Rain, Rain, Go Away

    I finished the drawing, “April Raincloud”. I’m disappointed in it, not the trees, but the rain itself. It came out muddy. Of course rain is muddy and messy, but this didn’t quite reach the balance of beauty/ugliness that I intended. So, onward. Frankly, I’m getting tired of trees and landscapes. I feel like doing something…

  • Drive!

    Drive!

    I was sitting with an elderly friend at the bus stop.  He looked around mentioned, “People used to drive around in boxes, like the model T.  Then the cars had curves, and now, people are driving in boxes again”. As I watched the SUVs going by……I had to agree with him. But back to drawing…