Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • 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,…

  • Good God, I’m seeing spots before my eyes……..

    I’ve been working on January 2, but progress is slow.  I haven’t  had much to show in the way of a wip. That’s because I’m doing the snow in the  background.  It consists of dots.  Tiny dots.  Lots and lots of tiny dots. I can only do so much at a time, because it’s mind…

  • A little diversion

    January is coming along fine, despite the fact that it is now, February. What is taking me a lot of time is that for snow, I’m having to do little dots, dots and more dots. Not the big overwhelming kind I did in the original. It is time consuming. While I’m doing this, I’m trying…

  • It’s January again…..

    Okay, almost February.  Anyway, there’s snow on the ground….and it’s cold. Some of you may remember, I did a picture called “January”.  I got too carried away with design, and ended up with this monstrosity: It’s always good to remember our failures……(or so I’m told). However, the theme of a person walking a dog in…