I was digging through what I laughingly call my “archives,” and this little painting fell out. It’s a portrait I did some years ago of our family’s childhood dog, Pimmy. He was a “Toy Terrier,” which meant he was a cross between a Jack Russell Terrier, and a beagle.
Not the brightest dog in the world, but I have fond memories of him.
Mostly drawn today, on the Montreal Metro.
Last page of one of my last year’s sketchbooks. I guess I’ll have to type “Copyright 2025” onto all my pages on the web! Not that that’s going to do much, these days….
6″ x 9″ Gouache
This is a painting I did this morning. Not a masterpiece, and nothing to do with Christmas, but I learn by doing things, and painting makes me feel good.
Dollarama Watercolour paper, about 5 x 7 inches.
My blog still seems to be working, but please bear with me as I upgrade it from the 1990’s version of WordPress. I’ll include links here to where this is officially going on the web, once I figure them out.
This picture was more for Halloween, and was illustrating someone’s story. A much more famous artist did a drawing on this subject for the cover of the New Yorker, and that’s what was coming up on the image search the publication was doing for the story. This picture above is all my own work, however. Though I’ve not set up any anti AI software!
I’m a little curious what it would say if I asked it to “Do an illustration in the style of Jack Ruttan.” I think would respond, “Are you joking? Are you trying to be funny?”
Tags: watercolour
I’m watercolouring again. Using the cheap paper, but still, it’s good to get into things. I did the kid separately, and then digitally pasted him in.
So, it’s a combination digital/watercolour work, if you want to be technical about it.
Had lunch with a couple of cartoonist friends. Richard Gagnon, Éric Theriault, and Kurt Beaulieu. Got them to draw things in one of my old sketchbooks. Whee! Almost like the good old days, except what’s older are us three….
This was done with my Pentel Brush Pen, which I promptly lost later in the day. RIP!
Here’s “Cover Art” by Yours Truly, for the autumn issue of Roses and Wildflowers, “The Magazine of Mythopoeia and Fabulism.”
That’s quite a mouthful, but I’m getting used to it. Please click on the link, and subscribe. Their heart is in the right place!
Here’s another oldie!
https://mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/illustration-by-jack-ruttan
Here’s an illustration I did for The Montreal Review of Books, Fall issue, 2023.
It didn’t actually appear in the print version of the magazine, only online. But still, I got some money!
Butterscotch Candies OF DEATH
I don’t know why these things are so cheap. Only a dollar a bag. They stop me from coughing on the train….
