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October 10, 2012
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Warmer Times
By Jack Ruttan in color, men, paintings, sketches, watercolour, womenThe above was sketched on my friend’s verandah, when it was warmer, and possible to do such things. Below is more stuff from my head, and out of one of my books.
October 5, 2012
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Alien Attack
By Jack Ruttan in paintings, watercolour, womenThis is a fun painting I did on a theme I was thinking about earlier.
October 4, 2012
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Another New Sketchbook
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, brush pen, men, pencil, sketches, womenWhen I feel down, unlike people who buy a pair of shoes, I sometimes get one of these babies. Doesn’t take long to fill those rather small pages. The black Koh-i-Noor stick is nice, too. Hooray for seasonal sales at the art or stationery store! Terrible stuff to watch, last night, on the “Tube” (Youtube, […]
October 1, 2012
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Spike Milligan & Maggie Smith
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, men, pencil, sketches, women
September 28, 2012
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Back to Watercolour
By Jack Ruttan in color, dogs, horses, men, sketches, watercolour, womenFeels so relaxing painting in watercolours after all this digital staring into the screen thing. I also enjoy painting animals and backgrounds, not to mention plants. So maybe that means some real painting at last. It’s hard to find time for that, though. This sketching I do is mainly therapeutic. Beats punching a wall and […]
September 27, 2012
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Etcetera….
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, color, digital, horses, pencil, womenStill drawing. Feeling a little burnt out, however.
September 22, 2012
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More heads, literary and otherwise.
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, digital, heads, pencil, sketchesBeen drawing a lot of heads, mainly in pencil, for digital painting. It’s a process. I don’t feel as if these are terribly ready, but I wanted to share the process.
September 18, 2012
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TETSUO!
By Jack Ruttan in digital, paintingsI’m colouring more little sketches via Photoshop and my Wacom stylus. While it’s still not a gorgeous drawing, I’ve used a number of effects here, and am not flipping through layers accidentally. What’s that mean, the non-Photoshop user asks? It means the process is so involved, you can’t even complain about it to a non-specialist. […]
September 14, 2012
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More Heads, and Trees
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, cats, color, dogs, heads, men, pen and ink, ruttan's place, sketches, womenI’m getting back into the thing of posting what I drew lately, as long as it’s not too dreadful. It’s been hard for me lately, because I’ve been trying new things, and am not totally comfortable with them. Or even convinced that I should be trying them and not doing things more useful. But life […]
September 12, 2012
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Where Have You Been?
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, men, pencil, sketches, womenMainly drawing heads, in pencil: Haven’t felt much like sharing. I’ve been working on things like digital painting in Photoshop, creating websites with Dreamweaver, and also studying a method created by Andrew Loomis in the 1940s for drawing heads accurately. Using guidelines always makes my work stiffer and more wooden, and I’ve been working on […]
August 31, 2012
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Chilling at the Montreal Comic Jam
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, brush pen, collaboration, Rick GagnonI’ve been occupied with things— haven’t really been blogging much. Also haven’t gotten out for a while to the monthly Montreal Comic Jam. That happens near the end of the month at a strange little bar in east downtown called l’Escalier. (“The Stairway”) Very studenty, hippie sort of bar…. Anyhow, the event has morphed into […]