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January 19, 2025 0

Childhood Dog

By in dogs, paintings, watercolor, watercolour

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 […]

January 11, 2025 0

January 11th

By in men, montreal, sketches, women

Mostly drawn today, on the Montreal Metro.

January 5, 2025 0

Last page of one of my last year’s (2024) sketchbooks.

By in color, men, paintings, watercolor

January 1, 2025 0

Bus lady and Dog

By in paintings, watercolor, women

December 29, 2024 0

Sassy Squirrel and Cat

By in cats, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

6″ x 9″ Gouache

December 25, 2024 0

Watercolour Kitty

By in cats, paintings, watercolor, watercolour

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.

December 17, 2024 0

Firecat and Two Guys

By in brush pen, cats, color, heads, Jack's House of Cats, men, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

December 15, 2024 0

Witch Lady with Cat

By in paintings, watercolor

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 […]

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December 12, 2024 0

Trees and Kid

By in heads, men, paintings, Portraits, sketches, 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.

December 8, 2024 0

Lunch with Friends

By in black and white, brush pen, heads, montreal, pen and ink, Portraits, Rick Gagnon, sketches

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. […]

November 28, 2024 0

Roses and Wildflowers

By in collaboration, color, watercolor, watercolour

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!

November 11, 2024 0

Jeanne-Mance Park

By in color, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

Here’s another oldie!

November 7, 2024 0

Montreal Review – of cats?

By in sketches

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!

October 28, 2024 0

Butterscotch Candies of Death

By in brush pen, color, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolour

I don’t know why these things are so cheap. Only a dollar a bag. They stop me from coughing on the train….

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