I’m grouchy today, so this R. Crumb-influenced drawing of a young woman is appropriate.
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March 22, 2011
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Oversized Sketchbookery
By Jack Ruttan in men, sketches, watercolour, womenI’m doing another Australopithecine strip. Just wait. Could they try and make a shorter name for those little monkey-like beings, possible ancestors of you and I? I don’t know, “Monkey People” is inaccurate. Am going to do some B.C. kind of commentary on the modern world, but want to try to keep it as much […]
Tags: black and white, men, sketches, watercolour, women
March 18, 2011
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Pleistocene Panic
By Jack Ruttan in UncategorizedI was freaking out over current events, and looking at a candle flame in my Swedish Lantern. Thought of this story, and drew it all in one night. I wonder if this argument actually took place long ago? Here’s a bonus Rachel Maddow:
Tags: ballpoint pen, cartoons, comics, current events, Pen & Ink
March 12, 2011
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More Ballpoint Rambling
By Jack Ruttan in horses, men, sketchesBallpoint pens are fun, and you can kind of get some nice tones happening. Not very archival, I imagine.
Tags: Animals, ballpoint pen, horses, men, sketches
March 11, 2011
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New theme, same old drawings.
By Jack Ruttan in men, sketches, watercolour, womenFinally chose a new theme I like for the blog. It wasn’t easy! It will take me a while to get used to this one, but at least all the little details seem to work. On the old one, that wasn’t the case. I still might change the font for the headings, if my meagre […]
Tags: black and white, Brush Pen, colour, men, Pen & Ink, sketches, watercolour, women
March 9, 2011
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Alsatian
By Jack Ruttan in dogs, men, montreal, watercolour, womenThe drawings look more realistic when copied from photographs. My problem is, it’s boring to draw from photographs. I’m painting shapes rather than trying to think around an object. Oh, I just remembered. Drew some sketches on the metro the other day. These to me are the best faces. I don’t know they have a […]
Tags: Animals, Brush Pen, colour, dogs, men, montreal, Pen & Ink, watercolour, women
March 9, 2011
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Intense Women
By Jack Ruttan in paintings, watercolour, womenTrying to make these as intense as possible, colour-wise. Don’t know if they work. But there you are!
Tags: colour, paintings, watercolour, women
March 8, 2011
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Up too late, and Blogging…
By Jack Ruttan in men, sketches, watercolour, womenFeeling very boring tonight. Above is this character from “The Exterminators,” a Vertigo comic a friend gave me. Below, a guy with a dog. Yay!
Tags: colour, men, sketches, watercolour, women
March 6, 2011
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Musketeers and Horses
By Jack Ruttan in horses, paintings, sketches, watercolourWhile I was painting these, I was watching the excellent Cyrano de Bergerac movie with Gérard Depardieu. I had the honour of working with Mr. Depardieu, as an extra in the crowd, for the film Nouvelle France. Didn’t see much of him, but he seemed like a real gent.
Tags: Animals, colour, horses, paintings, sketches, watercolour
March 4, 2011
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Wintery Couple
By Jack Ruttan in men, paintings, watercolour, womenTags: colour, men, paintings, watercolour, women
March 2, 2011
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The Case of the Exploding Electric Toothbrush
By Jack Ruttan in ruttan's place, sketches, watercolourI’ve been using an electric toothbrush for a couple of months. A little nervous about it at first, because the sound of it in my mouth was like the dental tools which still make me shivery. But it seemed to do a great job polishing the teeth, making them white and shiny. That was until […]
Tags: Brush Pen, cartoons, colour, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolour
February 21, 2011
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Light Box Mark II
By Jack Ruttan in cats, ruttan's place, sketchesAs related in an earlier post on my tumblr blog, this year I built a light box, to trace drawings for watercolours. It was made out of a cardboard box my scanner came in, a couple of dollar store LED light bars, and a square of frosted glass I’d found in an alley. It was […]
Tags: Brush Pen, cartoons, cats, colour, ruttan's place, sketches
February 20, 2011
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Sunday Things
By Jack Ruttan in cats, sketches, womenI’m not relating to Sundays much. Thought I’d get some time off, but I’ve got to prepare for a meeting and some work. Still, I found time to sketch these things. Small cat, and some dame. I don’t call them watercolours because they involve the brush pen, and aren’t pure. I like modelling things in […]
Tags: Animals, Brush Pen, cats, colour, Nora the cat, sketches, wash, women