Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • After Not So Careful Consideration

    I’m going to work again on the Rainbow.  I realize, that for one thing, I made it look as if someone took DuPont house paint, and painted the rainbow on the sky.  It’s not luminous.  And for that, it will take careful, detailed work.  In other words, I’ve got to get back to being big.…

  • I’m Not Really Sure About This

    Well, actually, at the moment..there are a lot of things I’m not sure about.  However, in this case, I mean the drawing. One thing I do like, that I didn’t even plan, is that I put a staircase going up to the rainbow, in the foreground.  Seriously, I didn’t even notice, while I was wildly…

  • Concentrate on the Rainbow…….

    Let me repeat that: Concentrate on the rainbow.  Sounds very Zen and wise, doesn’t it? Concentrate on the rainbow….. Well, it makes for a pretty lousy composition for a picture, doesn’t it? When I was doing the original drawing, that’s what I did…I concentrated on the rainbow. And thinking of it, and the context of…

  • As Promised…And Now I’ll Shut Up About It

    I kept promising an event at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury, and darned if it wasn’t today.  I was there.  Met a lot of very nice people, gave out some business cards.  I had to take my old New York City business cards and cross out the address, and then write in “Danbury”.  Something…

  • Sunshine, Lollipops, Rainbows, Everything….

    The title is lyrics to a song, way back when I was a child. I wonder how many of my readers remember that song, and wish they didn’t. So, here’s the complete on the rainbow drawing. Misses the mark in a few ways. I wanted to make the rainbow more pastel, and light, as I…

  • On the Subject of Rainbows….

    Another more modern association with rainbows is gay equality, diversity, etc.  Oh yes, it’s a fertile metaphor BUT! I see so many rainbow drawing that are just wrong, and do not capture the spirit of the promise after the storm.  First of all, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a rainbow against a blue, sunny…

  • Every Rainbow Starts With a Storm…or a Sketch as the Case My Be

    So, her’e the rough sketch…and rough it is.  It’s painfully lacking in interesting details, but then, that’s what sketches are for. In the past, I would jump in full-sized, with no prior sketch, and waste mucho dollars on paper, doing version after version. I now eliminate problems from having done the sketch…and since the paper…

  • At Battle with Cliches and Archetypes again…

      Yes, it’s a rainbow.  It’s a cliche….or is it an archetype?   I think I’ve been through this argument before.  It’s been a feature of mythology and literature, everywhere from the Great Flood, to the Wizard of Oz.  It’s a beautiful, inspiring sight.  This was what I saw on the way back on the…