Archive for the ‘montreal’ Category

August 28, 2025 0

July Park Sketches

By in ballpoint pen, black and white, montreal, pen and ink, sketches

Finally got my sketches uploaded. It was tough scanning these. I’ve got coloured stuff, and I want to paint some more things, but since I’ve got all these new followers on Instagram, I thought I’d better put up something new….

June 24, 2025 0

Front Window

By in Art Criticism, color, Gouache, montreal, paintings, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

The top one is my painting of the view from my front window. It was actually started some time ago, and I merely finished it today. But I took a snapshot of what the actual view looks like today, and you can see what matches up, and which bits I got wrong…. It’s all thanks […]

June 13, 2025 0

Station Peeeeeel…………

By in ballpoint pen, children, color, men, montreal, paintings, Portraits, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women

June 10, 2025 0

Across the Street

By in brush pen, children, color, montreal, paintings, pen and ink, pencil, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

  Quick drawing of the view across the street. My side is blocked off. It rained a bit, but the sun came out, so it was pleasant to draw….

June 6, 2025 0

Day in the Park

By in color, men, montreal, paintings, parks, pencil, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

Just a recent drawing I did while sitting in the park.

May 19, 2025 0

Borzoi

By in color, digital, dogs, montreal, paintings, parks, pen and ink, self-promotion, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

  This critter ticks a lot of my boxes on the “Categories” section of my WordPress blog. It’s a rendering of a dog, and it’s in watercolours, and part digital….

May 15, 2025 1

Parc Mederic Martin

By in black and white, brush pen, children, dogs, montreal, parks, pen and ink, ruttan's place, sketches, women

April 18, 2025 0

Old Watercolours

By in Book Reviews, color, comics, heads, montreal, Portraits, ruttan's place, self-promotion, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women

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 […]

April 17, 2025 0

Parc Mederic Martin Family

By in black and white, children, men, montreal, parks, pencil, ruttan's place, self-promotion, sketches, women

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 […]

April 11, 2025 0

Carre St. Louis

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

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!

March 15, 2025 0

March 15 Post

By in black and white, heads, machines, montreal, pencil, Portraits, ruttan's place, self-promotion, sketches, women

    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 […]

February 2, 2025 0

FYI

By in montreal, ruttan's place

This is from my Mom’s copy of The Joy of Cooking (sadly the copyright page and front cover are missing): But I prefer this one below, which she enclosed. A version of this chili is keeping me warm at the moment!

January 30, 2025 0

Papineau Metro

By in montreal, sketches, women

This lady was sitting across from me as I was riding the Montreal Metro. She was actually flashier than this, and possibly indigenous. I didn’t sketch her on the spot, but I drew my impression of her later, and scanned it for here. Mainly to prove I could do it….

January 11, 2025 0

January 11th

By in men, montreal, sketches, women

Mostly drawn today, on the Montreal Metro.

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