Newish sketchbook pages. You know, I used to put up a drawing every day, and felt unhappy if I didn’t. But these days, while I’m still drawing a lot, I’m not blogging as much. Social Media is strange. I loved Twitter, but they seem to be doing as much as they can to ruin it. […]
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July 19, 2023
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Newish Pages
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, brush pen, color, horses, men, pencil, sketches
June 29, 2023
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Old Me
By Jack Ruttan in Gouache, heads, men, self-promotion, sketchesOld old self-portrait. Mid 2000’s, I think.
June 21, 2023
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QE Health
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, sketchesSketches from the waiting room of the Queen Elizabeth Health Centre in Montreal. I was there to accompany a friend. No one seems to mind me doing this. Cat and maus are imaginary….
June 16, 2023
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Gene Luen Yang
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, cats, collaboration, comics, sketchesBack in the early 2000s, I got to do a workshop at Montreal’s Blue Metropolis Book Festival with the great Gene Luen Yang. A movie adaptation of his graphic novel American Born Chinese is currently coming out. The book the movie is based on is an amazing exploration of being young and having a Chinese […]
May 10, 2023
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Guest Cat and Random Bird
By Jack Ruttan in cats, color, Jack's House of Cats, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolourThings seen outside my friend’s back door window. Painted in watercolour in my cheap Dollarama sketchbook.
March 20, 2023
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Random Sketchbook Page
By Jack Ruttan in heads, Portraits, sketches, watercolor, watercolourLike, from about 2018 or 19? I used to put these up when I did them. But got out of the habit, what with Facebook and all taking over from personal blogs…..
March 8, 2023
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Bad Paper Squirrel
By Jack Ruttan in sketches, watercolourNow this critter was painted on incredibly lightweight paper (one of those make your own greeting card packs). She cockled up very badly, but I was able to flatten her. Reminds me of a story about a job I worked at, colouring cels for an animated TV show that never made it to air….
March 7, 2023
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Watercolour Therapy
By Jack Ruttan in color, sketches, watercolor, watercolourGot a ton of thick, good quality watercolour paper lately. So, I’m just trying to paint, without worrying about ruining good paper. Not all of these are masterpieces, or will go on walls. But they feel good to do. Watching the paint dry, as Jill Thompson put it. I wonder what she’s doing, these days? […]
January 24, 2023
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New Year!
By Jack Ruttan in sketchesJust trying to keep this thing up to date. I still use it. I don’t know who visits it….
November 28, 2022
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Cat Head
By Jack Ruttan in cats, watercolor, watercolourTags: cat, watercolor, watercolours
October 19, 2022
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Digital Burd and Flower
By Jack Ruttan in sketchesMore digital things, thanks to Clip Studio Paint, and my Huion pad and stylus. Not too inspiring as a work of art, but I’m getting into pressing all the right switches and finding the commands. Someday I’ll record some things on Instagram, and you can see my wonderful process….