More quick paintings, dashed off on my deck. The Schoolyard, with children. Not trying to put them down, I think they capture something, but one is always hard on one’s own work. This one below I did this morning, I’m not so fond of. I’ll let you judge whether you like it or not. Thinking […]
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May 11, 2014
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De Rouen Street and schoolyard
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, paintings, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
May 9, 2014
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Watercolour Pencils, and other Watercolour-y and Pencil-ly things.
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, color, Coloured Pencils, heads, men, montreal, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, womenA lot of little drawings here, so I’m trying a new feature on WordPress (new to me, anyhow). A “Gallery.” Enjoy! Actually, it’s kind of cool, having the random order. Wish there was a function for captions, however!
May 4, 2014
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Another art article by Yours truly. Louis Boudreault at Han Art Gallery
By Jack Ruttan in Art Criticismhttp://roverarts.com/2014/05/louis-boudreault-destinies/ This has been up for a day or so, and I didn’t know it. Thought either e-mail was broken, or there was something wrong with the article, and they were too shy to get back to me.
May 4, 2014
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Morning Pencil Faces
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, men, pencil, sketches, womenIn kind of a funk at the moment because of beginning of the month, raining all day blues. Drawing silly faces helps sublimate some of that. These are scanned, and I may try to do something with them.
May 3, 2014
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Crime Faces, Etc.
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, cats, men, pencil, sketchesDrawing some big things in pencil. Too big for the scanner, so I took some snaps! I used hair spray as fixative. It’s fruit-scented, so not as nasty (or expensive) as standard fixative, but you get tired of the smell after a while anyhow. Inspired a little by an art show I saw. Will post […]
April 28, 2014
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More Watercolour Faces
By Jack Ruttan in color, heads, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, womenMore watercolour pictchas. Hotcha! Above and at bottom are done on my Mom’s old paper, almost like paper towel, which is very thin, buckles like crazy (I can flatten it, but it’s some work), and which absorbs tons of paint. No little puddles or run-backs (those little flower-shaped flaws) here. Still, it is very thin […]
April 23, 2014
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Another Art Article for Rover — Sophie Lambert
By Jack Ruttan in sketchesREAD IT HERE … and another naked guy as the cover photo! Truthfully, I couldn’t be happier. A little controversy is good. Start things out with a splash. The next one (next week, if things turn out) will be a little different.
April 16, 2014
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Colour Pencil Couple
By Jack Ruttan in Coloured Pencils, sketchesNot sure if I should call them “Colour Pencilled Couple,” but maybe someone will advise.
April 16, 2014
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New Art Review by Jack
By Jack Ruttan in writingI’ve written another art article for Rover Arts. As time goes on, I will figure out a better way of sharing these.
Tags: art criticism, Rover Arts
April 15, 2014
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Computer Face
By Jack Ruttan in sketchesStill drawing computer faces. Not quite “there” yet, even though I’m getting more comfortable. Have to try drawing more subjects, backgrounds, even fruit. Learning to loosen up, yet stay accurate. But the neat part about computer drawing is the amount of messing around you can do with it. I can put him in a different […]
April 6, 2014
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Youtube and Tumblr faces
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, heads, pencil, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, womenDrawing is very calming for the nerves. Tough stuff around me, so I’ve been watching art-instruction Youtube videos, and drawing a lot of faces from Tumblr and my private photo file. Mainly Hollywood and TV people, done in pencil and sometimes watercolour.
April 6, 2014
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Watercolour Suit Man
By Jack Ruttan in men, sketches, watercolor, watercolourWatching this Youtube of a TV show featuring men throwing paint onto a giant piece of paper inspired me to paint this:
April 3, 2014
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Anonymous Watercolour Woman
By Jack Ruttan in sketches, watercolor, watercolour, womenHad a bad professional experience the other night. So today, rather than do anything productive, I’ve been drawing things and posting. Also reading and watching. Playing with cats. Hope things recover! I don’t know where any of this leads, but things tend to fit together in different ways.
April 3, 2014
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Young Alec Guinness
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, heads, men, pencilApparently it was his birthday yesterday.