Dogwalkers of the world. I love you all! A pair of English comic book writers: It’s Devil Girl! And R. Crumb! A pair of heads!
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August 6, 2010
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Faces, added while on the balcony
By Jack Ruttan in men, sketches, watercolour, womenSitting here with my cat on a Montreal afternoon in August, putting up some pictures. I’m doing more writing on my Tumblr blog. This one is for sketches, I think. We’ll see how it all shakes out.
Tags: men, sketches, watercolour, women
August 4, 2010
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Film Critic
By Jack Ruttan in men, sketchesHe wrote for Film Comment, back in the heyday.
Tags: black and white, Brush Pen, men, sketches
August 3, 2010
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New Art, and Tumblr
By Jack Ruttan in cats, men, sketches, watercolour, womenI’ve discovered tumblr, which at the moment is where I’m putting a lot of ranting and rambling I’d like to get out of my system. This is good, because it makes me feel more productive in general. No reason I can’t do that here, however. But we’ll see how it goes. I like keeping things […]
Tags: Animals, black and white, Brush Pen, cats, colour, men, sketches, watercolour, women
August 2, 2010
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Trying to Keep it Together
By Jack Ruttan in dogs, sketches, womenA page of pen and brush drawings: I’ve set up a tumblr blog. http://jackruttan.tumblr.com Don’t know why I did that, but I want to make it a little less formal than this blog. Kind of like an expanded twitter. I’d better set things up so they all intersect!
Tags: Animals, ballpoint pen, black and white, Brush Pen, dogs, sketches, women
August 1, 2010
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Finicky Darn Watercolours
By Jack Ruttan in cats, menGosh, watercolours are so tough! All those many things to control. And things can go wrong so easily. You need skill, and also, I’m finding out, strong confidence to carry it off. Good abilities to practice. I’m obviously not the super-smooth kind of artist like Jim Woodring or Vargas, but it’s fun to work on […]
July 30, 2010
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Out the Other Day…
By Jack Ruttan in sketches, watercolour, women…in old Montreal. Sketched this reader: a very proper older lady, hair slightly blown by the wind. A hoard of daycare kids thundered by several times in a running exercise, and she never looked up, or moved at all. Below, it’s the terra-cotta pencil. I’m getting more interested in backgrounds to these kinds of things. […]
Tags: colour, pencil, sketches, watercolour, women
July 28, 2010
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More Pork Sausages, Mom!
By Jack Ruttan in men, sketches, watercolour, womenThat’s what the girl jumping rope said in an R. Crumb funny, so I thought I could use it here. Tough thinking up titles for these things, since they’re mainly random collections of drawings. I’m cool with that, though. Still doing female figures. Above is one copied from that book. Drawing People. My artist friend […]
July 27, 2010
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Guitar Man
By Jack Ruttan in men, sketchesNot much to say today. Trying to do good and useful things. But it’s hot. Would rather be wandering around outdoors.
Tags: black and white, Brush Pen, men, sketches
July 23, 2010
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Hey, I’m Walking Here!
By Jack Ruttan in ruttan's place, sketches, womenJust having some fun on the computer with this lady I drew and coloured. Should do her reflection in the window!
Tags: Brush Pen, colour, ruttan's place, sketches, women
July 22, 2010
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Why A Fish?
By Jack Ruttan in sketches, watercolour, womenI don’t know. Fish are fun to paint. So shiny and silvery. Blues and greens work nicely. I’m drawing tons of female figures for a job. These are the ones that don’t quite fit the bill. Still fun. I get better at these things with every job, which is great. Next one should be drawing […]
Tags: Animals, Brush Pen, Burlesque, colour, sketches, watercolour, women
July 20, 2010
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Typing Paper
By Jack Ruttan in cats, dogs, men, sketches, watercolour, womenDon’t think I’ve completely mastered the scanner. Have to look at all the options. In the meantime, here’re a bunch of things I’ve been drawing on scrap paper, while drawing stuff for another job I can’t show you at the moment. Mainly front balcony things.
Tags: Animals, black and white, Brush Pen, cats, colour, dogs, men, sketches, watercolour, women