I wrote an article for the estimable Kristian Gravenor’s blog about true crime and good times in Montreal, Coolopolis. [link] It’s part of a series about people’s first apartments. Let me know what you think! Writing for someone else’s blog is like writing for a magazine, except that you have to be your own editor. […]
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August 17, 2012
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Adventures in the Family Tree: My Grandma, Loveny Skogheim Ruttan at Camrose Normal School
By Jack Ruttan in ruttan's placeI get a little teary-eyed when I hold and look at this: A gentleman in Vancouver who works in real estate sent it to me. He saved it from a pile of stuff, then googled, and found my page dedicated to my grandmother. [link] So he e-mailed and graciously sent it to me. It’s in […]
August 10, 2012
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Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Garlic Festival
By Jack Ruttan in color, montreal, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolourGarlic is fun stuff, and good for you too, they say. A friend of mine is co-organizing a festival devoted to it in the Quebec riverside town of Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue. Read about it here: http://steannegarlicfestival.wordpress.com My connection is that I drew the bulb which made it on the festival T-Shirt: Another friend said it looked like […]
August 8, 2012
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Bike Path on the Lachine Canal
By Jack Ruttan in color, paintings, watercolourNear the Saint Paul lock.
August 1, 2012
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Kentucky UFO Incident
By Jack Ruttan in paintings, watercolourWhile I don’t believe the stories, these are fun for me to draw.
July 25, 2012
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Mad Flower Man, and Watercolour Women
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, color, sketches, watercolour, women
July 20, 2012
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Walter Colours
By Jack Ruttan in cats, color, horses, men, sketches, watercolour, womenDespite the punning title of this post, this isn’t Walt Disney. He’s actually the cartoonist who designed Porky Pig. I’ve forgotten his name at the moment, but watched a bio about him on youtube, where a number of these interesting documentaries can be found, if you know where to look for them. UPDATE: Augh. Okay, […]
July 19, 2012
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Work on the Ruelle Verte — Neighbours in Action
By Jack Ruttan in ruttan's placeHere are a lot of my charming neighbours, at a get-together we had this last Tuesday (July 17, 2012) to work on building planting boxes for the Ruelle Verte (“Green Alley”) around my corner in Montreal. The folks from the Sainte-Marie Eco-Quartier built the boxes, and then everyone celebrated with a BBQ in the alley. […]
July 14, 2012
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Monstrous Stuff
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, men, sketchesI love (and fear) monsters, so draw them a lot. The above (“Jasconius the Friendly Whale”) has little to do with Saint Brendan, except it’s something I drew remembering a National Geographic Society map of his voyages. The real story is different. More ball-point pen-drawn monsters below, and a guy. Stories are long-winded, so I’ll […]
July 10, 2012
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Flowers and Trees
By Jack Ruttan in cats, color, paintings, sketches, watercolourFor a job that’s taking longer than it should (these are the lazy days of summer, after all), I’ve been painting flowers. It’s outside my comfort zone, but that’s why I take these tasks on, to learn new things. The clematis above aren’t perfect (mainly a matter of colour), but I’m working on it today. […]
July 8, 2012
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More Watercolour Things
By Jack Ruttan in cats, dinosaurs, men, Nora the cat, watercolour, women
July 6, 2012
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Pen Mischief
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, men, womenI’ve been drawing and painting a lot, but not blogging much. Will try to remedy that today. So here are some pen drawings with the amazing erasable gel pen in different colours. La la. Need to practice my landscapes. Well, that’s what this is for! Everyone should draw, everyday. But I don’t want to sound […]