Some drawings on this pretty paper my pal has pads of. The guy with a sword in his mouth is inspired by one of the stained glass images in the Sainte-Chapelle Church in Paris.
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June 15, 2022
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Pen People and Things
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, color, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
June 12, 2022
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Anthropomorpic Rabbit and Bike.
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, color, sketches, watercolor, watercolourWatercolour and black ballpoint. I think this character is my “Rabbit” from the comic strips I used to do.
June 12, 2022
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Harpy
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, womenLooking at pictures by Peter de Seve. He draws scary ladies, which I sort of like. Ballpoint pen, with unapologetic blobs.
March 28, 2022
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Eastern
By Jack Ruttan in color, Gouache, heads, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolourI really hope that the little art shop in Chinatown near Clarke Street has survived. I like independent shops more than the big chains. Found cool stuff there, such as this book, and that brush. This is actually a face I did years ago, in black gouache, and just added colour to, today.
March 7, 2022
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Two things I like to draw….
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, cats, sketchesCats are self-explanatory. But I’ve always liked airplanes, and especially the DeHavilland Mosquito. As a boy, my Dad picked up a scrap from the famous “F for Freddie,” a Mosquito that unfortunately crashed on an airfield in Southwest Calgary on VE day, 1945. (article here). I don’t know where that bit ended up….
February 23, 2022
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Jump
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, brush pen, horsesI come from Alberta, and when I was younger, I spent a summer building jumps and painting fences at the Spruce Meadows Equestrian Centre. While I’m not a great rider (my sister was!), I loved seeing the horses. They liked seeing me, out in the fields. I think they mistook the paint cans for feed […]
February 18, 2022
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News Extra
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, montreal, sketchesThis was such a fun freelance gig. I did illustrations and writing for NEWS EXTRA, a newspaper tabloid sold at supermarkets and gas stations. It pretended to come out of Florida, but was actually published from an office in the Notre Dame de Grace neighbourhood of Montreal. Every other week or so I brought in […]
February 9, 2022
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Transformations
By Jack Ruttan in sketchesOut of my files, this is a comic I did way back in 1988, when Robocop was a big deal, and the Transformers Cartoon was airing. I used this as a sample of my work, but don’t think I got it published anywhere, even in a Fanzine, which is kind of stupid. It’s still a […]
January 31, 2022
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Tuscan Red
By Jack Ruttan in Portraits, sketchesA couple more sketchbook pages! Pencil used was my Prismacolour “Tuscan Red.” (I think of Star Wars more than Italy here!) Or it could be brown, come to think of it. I’ve sharpened it so much it’s now a numb in a pencil holder! Esi Edugyan has a cool lecture series at the moment on […]
January 25, 2022
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Helen
By Jack Ruttan in sketchesDigital colour, which I find harder than the traditional deal….
January 21, 2022
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Wattacullas
By Jack Ruttan in sketchesMore or less practicing here, pictures just out of my head. Nice heavy paper with texture. Fabriano 140lb. I need new paints, however. These are pretty tiny, BTW. 8 by 5 inches or so…..