Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • Let’s Put It Aside. (Maybe It’ll Look Better in the Morning)

    Came to a good stopping place on “King of the Beasts”.  It’s being set aside, I’m going to look at it with a fresh eye in the morning.  It it meets approval, by me of course, I will post it.  If not, it’s back to the drawing board…literally. So…for now, I’m bringing you… AN UGLY…

  • Now How the Heck Am I Going to Handle This?

    Finally got some work done on, what I shall title, “King of the Beasts”.  Here’s a work-in-progress shot.   What is it that I need to handle?  I’m working from a photograph, with the stuffed animals stopping in the image before I stop my drawing.  In other words, I have a lot of empty space…

  • No apologies…this is cute as #&@@#

    While I was visiting my brother and his wife, I was shown some of their photos.  Among them, was their kitten, Max, hidden among stuffed animals.  The colorful animals made a lively color scheme.  And of course, it had a cat.  I just had to draw it. Okay, I try to stay away from things…

  • Back to normal…..whatever the Hell that is.

    Been a busy holiday in retail, and the whole idea of art and healing got kicked to the wayside.  Now, finally,  if the neighbors would finally take down their Christmas lights, it would be over.  Between my readings on Buddhism, and recent events in my life, the topic of change became an overwhelming force in…

  • The Siren Call of a Steady Paycheck

    Despite the fact that I’m planning my debut on the streets of Manhattan, I still am looking for a steady job.  Had an interview yesterday that went well….but I am wondering if I’m giving off signals that I just don’t want to be doing this anymore.  Anyway…… Managed to get some of my little prints…

  • The Meaning of Life is Rain Puddles

    Okay, now that I’ve got your attention….. Here’s an update on “Tiger in the Jungle”. It’s coming out lower key than I intended, but I expect when I go over it with the blender, it will pop. Also, I’m at a very tedious point, the background. It would be good to listen to my iPod…

  • Putting things in perspective…

    The word perspective can mean a couple of things.  First of all, the problem I had with Scraggly Weed, and getting the straight lines all wonky.  Nearly did it again on Tiger.  This time, I caught myself in time, before I really made Hannako’s face asymmetrical, and a general mess.   An eye by the nose,…

  • Taking it in small bites

    My intention in starting “Tiger in the Jungle’, was, as I did in “Pocket Paradise”, was to treat each leaf as a small meditation in itself. However, stress over money and unemployment does not facilitate a particularly Zen state of mind. So, I’m taking this very slowly. Otherwise, I’m going to end up with messy,…

  • Back to what’s important….

    Cats. Yes, cats. My cat did something cute again. But then, my cat is always doing something cute. I’m sure every every cat guardian feels that way, as well as guardians of dogs, hamsters, and……I don’t know, can goldfish do anything cute? So, here’s the quick sketch of Tiger in the Jungle.