Not totally sure about the angry guy face, but that’s what’s happening at the moment in my sketchbooks. The person in the snow suit was real. No penguin, though. That was in honour of Matthew Brown, who sent me a hard copy of his book this week. Penguin Detective — The Case of No Case.
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February 20, 2025
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Sketchbooks and word balloons
By Jack Ruttan in color, Coloured Pencils, comics, digital, heads, men, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
February 18, 2025
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Amazon
By Jack Ruttan in cats, color, Jack's House of Cats, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolourHere’s another painting from about 2014, of my friend’s cat, Amazon, in her back garden.
February 17, 2025
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My Friend’s Back Yard
By Jack Ruttan in cats, Jack's House of Cats, paintings, Portraits, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, womenThis is from an older sketchbook, so I suppose it qualifies as “archival.” It’s my friend’s back yard, with her cat, and even a portrait of her, on the left hand side, and Yours Truly on the right. She hated being photographed, and, I’m assuming, would have hated being painted. But here you are….
February 15, 2025
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February Front Window
By Jack Ruttan in color, Coloured Pencils, Jack's House of Cats, paintings, pencil, ruttan's place, self-promotion, sketches, watercolor, watercolourWatercolour 5″x7″ Nicer paper this time….
February 11, 2025
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Boop!
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, old comics, paintings, pen and ink, ruttan's place, self-promotion, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women
February 7, 2025
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Mischka
By Jack Ruttan in brush pen, cats, color, Jack's House of Cats, Portraits, sketches, watercolor, watercolourHere’s a watercolour I did of the cat of a friend. Dollarama Da Vinci Paper, and paints named after some other famous artist. 6 by 9 inches….
February 2, 2025
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FYI
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, ruttan's placeThis 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
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Papineau Metro
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, sketches, womenThis 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 26, 2025
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Space Lady
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, color, sketches, watercolor, womenThis is a drawing out of an old sketchbook. I’m getting back into comics and things, I promise…..
January 23, 2025
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Costumed Grouch
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, heads, men, pencil, Portraits, sketchesThis guy’s photo went by quickly on my iPhone, and I tried to sketch him as quickly as I could. He’s 6×9 inches, in graphite on crappy dollar store paper.
January 19, 2025
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Childhood Dog
By Jack Ruttan in dogs, paintings, watercolor, watercolourI 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
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January 11th
By Jack Ruttan in men, montreal, sketches, womenMostly drawn today, on the Montreal Metro.
January 5, 2025
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