Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • Something Great is Coming….

    I have a routine to keep track of the approach of spring.  It’s a habit that keeps me going through the dullest months of winter.  It starts with the winter solstice, when though at the season’s darkest, the light begins to return.  Then it gets involved with more popular events…….Superbowl Sunday, Mardi Gras and my…

  • It Sort of Makes Sense

    So, in tribute to Autumn coming – hard to tell with the summer weather we’ve been having-I did this drawing, “September Field”. I’ve always been attracted to drawing landscapes, and now I realize why.  Landscapes capture moods in complex way.  I’m not talking something simple like a sunny day being happy. I’m talking about the…

  • Patience, my dear, patience

    I’ve actually found something that’s more tedious than drawing a lot of dots….drawing around a lot of dots.  The dots in question are meant to be clover, and the around, grass. It’s a shame I had to throw out so much of my old artwork.  No space, no time to move it.  There are some…

  • Colored Pencil Hypnosis Technique

    So, I’ve finished the piece, “Wild Strawberries”, with all the dot, dot, dots. I’m getting very sleepy.  Maybe it had something to do with Pumpkin meowing at 4:00 am, last night…or maybe the repetitive work of filling in a background in minute detail will tire a person out.  Probably, both are true. This drawing reminds…

  • Shabby Sheik? Or Chabby Cheek?

    While I’ve been waiting for the grey, rainy weather to dissipate, I’ve been bored out of my mind, hell!  I’ve been wanting to draw plein aire outside, but it’s been too wet.  Sun is out today, but the grass I would sit in is wet.  So, sigh, I must find something else to occupy my…

  • I’m about to do it, again.

    Yes, indeed.  Once was not enough. Actually, three times was not enough. I’m amazed at artists who don’t get bored doing the same subject, or the same motif, without being bored.  Not envious, mind you, just amazed. Confession: I looked through my old drawings earlier and found a lot of repeat subjects.  Lots of landscapes,…

  • A Winter’s Tale…

    This winter has been devoted to greeting cards, and gifts.  With my lack of energy in the winter, I’ve had a hard time being able to tackle much in the way of creative work.  Part of my brain hibernates, I swear, and lies dormant until March. Looking at my previous winter’s output, there a lot…

  • Throwing Away My Art Training

    As I start this drawing, I’m reminded of the words my teachers would say to me.  “Don’t draw every leaf.  Make a pattern of the light and shadow of the foliage, and just give a hint of texture”.  Okay, yes, that makes for wonderful landscapes.  However, what if I do want to draw every blessed…

  • The Worst of 2016….and Moving Forward…

    I’m still a little groggy this morning.  I stayed up until midnight to see the ball drop in Time Square.  Makes me think, all the years I lived in New York City, and close proximity, I never made good on my intention to go to New Years in Times Square.  I think the lack of…