Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • The Renassiance

    The Renassiance

    Or actually, my renassiance, if I may be so grandiose. But once again I have ideas that excite me, back to back and waiting in line. So, I’ll share my latest, which I’m having a hard time finding a title for. It is a scene from a train ride, from coming back from visiting my…

  • Post Holiday Blues

    Post Holiday Blues

    Well, not really all that blue. I have my artwork to do, and that’s positive. There’s this drawing that I completed recently. Since it’s winter, I decided to do a winter landscape at sunset. I based it on this drawing I created a few years back. Silhouettes of trees are always graceful. There you go…..just…

  • When in Doubt…..

    When in Doubt…..

    Draw a cat. That’s my go to when I don’t have any other ideas. The cat drawing I tried to do was going nowhere. It was going along well, until I drew the cat’s front leg. It didn’t go so well. It kind of looked like the cat had a thick tail sticking out of…

  • Living the Life

    Living the Life

    Here I am, drawing what I want, get lots of praise, I even sell something once in a while. I helps to have a day job. So, at my tender age, I’ve gone out looking for a job. Retiring without enough money is dismal. An experiment here, I ran through the various motifs, put them…

  • Stuck in a Winter Wonderland

    Stuck in a Winter Wonderland

    I’ve been working so hard on holiday cards, it’s hard to believe it’s not winter. I look outside, and I expect to see snow. It’s been gray and rainy here for a week, it’s hard to believe that, at least for a few days, it’s still summer. The only drawing I can think of from…

  • One Step at a Time

    One Step at a Time

    I’ve always been able to find inspiration for artwork within a couple of blocks of where I live. That was true in NYC, too. For instance: A couple of doors down from me. Finding so much inspiration is something I’m pretty proud of. Perhaps it’s silly, but there it is. Same with the tree I…

  • Springtime Sonata, or Something Like That

    Springtime Sonata, or Something Like That

    I’m a little groggy this morning, the rain and gray weather is affecting me. At 5 foot nothing, a lot of people would say I’m a little anything. I proudly announce my diminutive stature, because I realize at this point, there’s no reason to do anything else. Anyway, I digress. This is a blog about…

  • What Part of “No” Do You Not Understand?

    What Part of “No” Do You Not Understand?

    Well, I’ve been awake since 12 am, my brain is scrambled, so it’s the perfect time to write a blog post. As for refusing other people’s ideas for drawings, here’s another one, another friend. After making loads of suggestions, she went with me for a walk in a nearby park. I spotted a horse farm,…

  • No. Simply No.

    No. Simply No.

    One thing I think most artists have, is a lot of well meaning people who give you their ideas and pictures., expecting splendid pieces of art. Nope. The earliest experience of that was with my previous partner, the man above. We were living in an inexpensive apartment, our only pets were 6 legged vermin. Lots…