The local Eco Quartier (a little neighbourhood org. that does recycling, gardening, and ecologically-oriented projects) visited the lane behind my apartment, which was generally a down at the heels place, full of burdock and junk. They instigated a project of planting a garden back there. It’s part of an initiative called ruelle verte. Notice these […]
Tags: cats, montreal, photos, Plants, Ruelle Verte, ruttan's place, women
I’m only getting around to this now (I have a lot of blog posts — mainly stories and photos, backed up. Well, at least one more!) Above is yours truly, along with Sradj Mohamed, a true gentleman. He was the most recent owner of the Laundromat I’ve been going to for 20 years, down the […]
Wish I was there, actually. Maybe not at the moment, because it’s the rainy season. But my friends over there tell me I have a place to stay if I want to drop in. Can also pick up my sketchbook full of Bangkok drawings I left over there. But I was going through old disks, […]
Tags: Bangkok, comics, montreal, visual art, workshop
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Tags: Animals, cats, colour, Nora the cat, sketches, watercolour
He’s supposed to be a cheery little guy with a twinkle in his eye. Meanwhile, Walter Matthau is being uncharacteristically menacing (and cryptic): And this is just an old sketch, made in the lobby of the Musée des Beaux Arts:
Tags: black and white, men, montreal, sketches
The one above, based on an image in one of my “how to draw” books, took me 2 hours. The one below, about 15 minutes. Which one do I like more? That’s easy.
Tags: men, watercolour
My browser wasn’t cooperating, and I wasn’t going to be able to post these pictures. But something shook loose. Leading off above is a B-Day card for a friend, who likes military things. Below, a walking girl: And a woman director: Random guys on a page:
Tags: black and white, men, planes, sketches, women
I kind of enjoy trying things out, and possibly failing, rather than doing one perfect picture after another of something I know I can do. Hence these. Guy in a slightly Middle Ages hood. These “backwashes” or “cauliflowers” are accidents. I could paint them out with another layer. But they’re interesting, so they stay. On […]
Tags: colour, sketches, watercolour
It was a nice day, finally, last Sunday, so I went to rue Ste. Catherine East between Papineau and Berri to take in the FIMA, or Festival Montreal des Arts. Basically, the street is blocked off, and a lot of artists set up there in tents, to display and hawk their wares. I myself did […]
Tags: montreal, photos, visual art
Will have to buy new books, or draw on the walls. You can’t stop me. These were outside walkers, and a ball player. I see ball players often, because there’s a diamond in the park around the corner.
Tags: black and white, sketches
Still working on stuff. Maybe not the stuff I should be. But it is fun!
Tags: sketches, watercolour
Sounds kind of bluesy, and I am out of sorts. But I put the living-room “tree” outside to rinse off the dust in the rain. Sure, like I want it to get bigger, and overwhelm the apartment, like Washington at the end of Logan’s Run. Don’t worry, the cats don’t nibble on it. Thought I […]
Tags: Animals, black and white, cats, montreal, Nora the cat, photos, ruttan's place, sketches
Shots from last night’s Monthly Montreal Comic Jam. This time at a new location: the L’Escalier bar (actually, former site of l’Utopik, where there had been a few jams before). R. Gagnon (in saffron here, like the walls) did a great job of setting it up. Thanks, Rick! I didn’t get everyone’s name, so I’m […]
Tags: collaboration, comics, montreal, Montreal Comic Jam, photos, Richard Gagnon