I’m getting back into this. It takes a while to “ramp up” with watercolour, if you want to take it seriously. Still a ways to go, however!
Today’s Watercolour
By Jack Ruttan in Cars, color, Gouache, men, paintings, pencil, self-promotion, sketches, watercolor, watercolourLate June Montreal Metro Drawings
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, children, color, digital, Gouache, heads, Jack's House of Cats, pen and ink, Portraits, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women
I’m lying just a bit. Because only the guy on the upper right was drawn while I was waiting for the train. The rest are from my imagination, and I coloured them at home, and scanned the drawing in.
Oh, okay … I adjusted a few things with my drawing software, but purely by hand. And I digitally “crossed out” something personal….
I’m sort of realising I can just gas on here about whatever. And I don’t know about coding, because I’m not doing it down here…..
Dog and Plant and Pretzel Thing
By Jack Ruttan in color, digital, dogs, paintings, pen and ink, sketchesDigital, Drawn, Photographed whatsit….
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, cats, color, digital, paintings, pencil, sketches, watercolor, watercolourFront Window
By Jack Ruttan 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 to the awesome power of the human eyeball, as someone once put it….
Another Nonce Cat Drawing
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, cats, color, paintings, self-promotion, sketches, watercolourDigital Watermelon
By Jack Ruttan in color, digital, paintings, self-promotion, sketchesPencil Cat
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, cats, Jack's House of Cats, pencil, self-promotion, sketchesStation Peeeeeel…………
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, children, color, men, montreal, paintings, Portraits, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, womenAcross the Street
By Jack Ruttan in brush pen, children, color, montreal, paintings, pen and ink, pencil, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolor, watercolourThinking of Miyazaki….
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, color, digital, heads, men, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolourDay in the Park
By Jack Ruttan in color, men, montreal, paintings, parks, pencil, sketches, watercolor, watercolourRoses and Wildflowers — Spring 2025
By Jack Ruttan in paintings, self-promotion, watercolorHere’s my “Cover Image” for the Spring edition of Roses and Wildflowers! Enjoy, and follow the links!
Coreopsis, and Roses and Wildflowers
By Jack Ruttan in brush pen, collaboration, color, digital, heads, machines, men, paintings, self-promotion, watercolor, watercolour, women, writingSo much scary stuff in the world today! Sometimes it feels like we’re living in a post-apocalyptic science fiction story.
Well, one of the things I’ve been doing to help deal with that feeling has been doing work for the online journals of a few of my friends down south. Please visit the link below to read Coreopsis, and Roses and Wildflowers, and subscribe to them, if you like!