April 18, 2025 0

Old Watercolours

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watercolour of a street view and scene with tree
This sheet of paper happened to be lying around, and I don’t think I’ve put these up before, so here you go.

It’s Good Friday, and I’m sitting in my front room and typing. I’m also reading Julie Doucet’s New York Diaries, and feeling pretty grateful I’m not going through what she did.

Her work was a big inspiration to me, however, when I first came to Montreal. I picked up her free zine at a local copy centre. And later, her comic, published by Drawn and Quarterly. I may try to include links here, but if you’re reading this, you can look it up for yourselves.
Watercolour of lady in red and closeup of tree

April 17, 2025 0

Parc Mederic Martin Family

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Pencil Drawing of family

This family was very cute, and ignored me as I sat with my sketchbook and non-alcohol beer in an Adirondack chair that happened to be facing the big swinging bench outside the playground, and by the bike path and tennis courts. I had been visiting my friend in the Rosemont-Maisonneuve hospital, and was walking back from Frontenac Metro with biscuits and soups from Dollarama. And a chocolate bar for Easter for another friend in her care centre.

Originally I was just drawing the mom and child. But then the dad showed up and sat with them, which is why he’s a little more scribbly. They seemed so happy together. The pencil was pretty dull, because a another artist pushed really hard on it to make another drawing earlier in the book. Nice Easter thoughts here…..

April 12, 2025 0

Pig and Man

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Drawing of a pig and a man

Coloured pencil, ball point pen, and Pentel Brush Pen.

April 11, 2025 0

Carre St. Louis

By in Art Criticism, ballpoint pen, black and white, montreal, parks, sketches

Pen sketch of park with trees, lamp, and post office van

Didn’t have my paints with me, but this is a sketch of Carre St. Louis, looking towards the (dry) fountain, from the St. Denis side. Could be worse!

April 2, 2025 0

Coen Bro.

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Watercolour picture of a guy

I’m watching my DVDs again. It helps take my mind off the news, and other things happening around here…..

March 25, 2025 0

Train Doodles and More

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It’s a new sketchbook! These things are expensive. I’m thinking I should be like Chester Brown, and not worry about my legacy. Because I’ll be gone, and then people can fight over the old books, if they want to….

March 23, 2025 0

Sunday Cat

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Watercolour drawing of a catInaugurating a new sketchbook!

March 15, 2025 0

March 15 Post

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It’s sometimes very spooky writing these. I drew this in my sketchbook yesterday, based on people I was sitting near, while I was riding on the train to go see my friend in her Care Centre. I scanned the drawing this morning, and retouched it in the other room. The car is still out of perspective.

But there are tools in my computer software to help me draw in perspective. That might cost me more money, I’m not sure. But I was just sitting in my room scratching away with my cheap pencils in my Dollarama sketch book. Not doing anything for the ages….

I have no idea what the symbol on the left hand side means. Why I wrote the number twelve…. but now it resembles Superman’s insignia…. I drew the circles above by tracing around the lid of my cap for my eyeglass cleaner container. Only the cap must have come from an earlier bottle of cleaner, because it doesn’t fit on the current one. Anyways, I’m typing a lot. But mostly to myself.

March 12, 2025 0

Cats and Comedy

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Gouache Painting of brown cat

Was watching comedy last night on CBC TV. I’m afraid I feel a little like the squirrel in this drawing….

Gouache and brush pen drawing of comedian and squirrel

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March 10, 2025 0

Chrystia

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Watercolour picture of Chrystia Freeland

Instead of doing important drawings for which there is a firm deadline, I watched politics on my big TV instead. Lots of long speeches. I liked Chrystia Freeland’s face, so I drew that in my Dollarama sketchbook, with my amazing Winsor and Newton Series 150 Chinese brush.

I don’t know if it’s actually a Chinese brush, if it’s made in the U.K. But I won’t worry about that. I’ll work on those illustrations today….

March 9, 2025 0

Red Gothic Guy in Gouache

By in Gouache, heads, men, paintings, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolour

I’m happy that this is posting, because I’m not too thrilled with my digital painting program at the moment. Maybe it’s calmed down now, and recognizes me. I also put my thumb drive in the pocket of my fuzzy sweater, because I wanted to print something at the library. But the library printer only prints text, not graphics. My home printer only works with Windows 7, and needs cleaning. It’s a Samsung CLP something-or-another, and likely they’ve stopped making ink for it.

I think I’ve ticked all the proper boxes at the side. Anyways, I’m doing more paintings, in watercolour with a little bit of digital. I hope it works!

March 2, 2025 0

Anne Hathaway

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This is supposed to be Anne Hathaway from The Devil Wears Prada. It looks a little like her….

March 1, 2025 0

Hairy Guy in Green

By in ballpoint pen, black and white, heads, pen and ink, self-promotion, sketches

Pen and ink drawing of a hairy guy. Drawn last year, at least according to the number beside the signature. I’ll try to get into comics more, eventually! Got some interesting old family stuff, as well. So I can post a bit of that, too.

February 28, 2025 0

Clip Studio Trees

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Digital painting of trees

Here’s a painting I made in Clip Studio Paint, with my $80 Huion Tablet, which I bought years ago. I’m just trying stuff out.

I like the “Add Texture” feature of the program, which makes it look like you’ve used real paper.

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