Seems like the dollar store has stopped selling the kind of sketchbook that I like. That’s too bad. They were cheap, but not too terrible. Still, I’ve filled an entire shelf with these ones. I’ll find a different type to use…. The person on the bottom is Yours Truly, dressed the way I usually am […]
Archive for the ‘ballpoint pen’ Category
September 13, 2025
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Last Dollarama Book
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, men, montreal, parks, pencil, Portraits, self-promotion, sketches
August 28, 2025
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July Park Sketches
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, montreal, pen and ink, sketchesFinally got my sketches uploaded. It was tough scanning these. I’ve got coloured stuff, and I want to paint some more things, but since I’ve got all these new followers on Instagram, I thought I’d better put up something new….
July 22, 2025
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Another Kitty
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, brush pen, cats, color, Gouache, pen and ink, pencil, sketches, watercolor, watercolourHere’s another kitty drawing! Actually, the original is much brighter. I wouldn’t call it “archival,” however, because I’m using neon markers and those tend to fade with time.
June 30, 2025
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Late June Montreal Metro Drawings
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, children, color, digital, Gouache, heads, Jack's House of Cats, pen and ink, Portraits, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, womenI’m lying just a bit. Because only the guy on the upper right was drawn while I was waiting for the train. The rest are from my imagination, and I coloured them at home, and scanned the drawing in. Oh, okay … I adjusted a few things with my drawing software, but purely by hand. […]
June 26, 2025
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Digital, Drawn, Photographed whatsit….
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, cats, color, digital, paintings, pencil, sketches, watercolor, watercolourOkay, this is done with every kind of media, and NO AI!
June 21, 2025
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Another Nonce Cat Drawing
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, cats, color, paintings, self-promotion, sketches, watercolourSo it goes….
June 13, 2025
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Station Peeeeeel…………
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, children, color, men, montreal, paintings, Portraits, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women
June 9, 2025
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Thinking of Miyazaki….
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, color, digital, heads, men, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolourI was watching the Miyazaki movie THE BOY AND THE HERON recently, and it inspired me to draw this guy. The scary old man hiding inside the heron disguise. I’ll get away from drawing guys in yellow shirts soon, but this is what’s been coming up lately. So there you go….
April 12, 2025
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Pig and Man
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, brush pen, color, Coloured Pencils, heads, men, pen and ink, sketchesColoured pencil, ball point pen, and Pentel Brush Pen.
April 11, 2025
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Carre St. Louis
By Jack Ruttan in Art Criticism, ballpoint pen, black and white, montreal, parks, sketchesDidn’t have my paints with me, but this is a sketch of Carre St. Louis, looking towards the (dry) fountain, from the St. Denis side. Could be worse!
March 25, 2025
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Train Doodles and More
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, brush pen, color, Coloured Pencils, digital, Gouache, heads, paintings, pen and ink, pencil, Portraits, self-promotion, sketches, Uncategorized, watercolor, watercolour, womenIt’s a new sketchbook! These things are expensive. I’m thinking I should be like Chester Brown, and not worry about my legacy. Because I’ll be gone, and then people can fight over the old books, if they want to….
March 10, 2025
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Chrystia
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, color, digital, Gouache, heads, paintings, pen and ink, pencil, Portraits, self-promotion, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, womenInstead of doing important drawings for which there is a firm deadline, I watched politics on my big TV instead. Lots of long speeches. I liked Chrystia Freeland’s face, so I drew that in my Dollarama sketchbook, with my amazing Winsor and Newton Series 150 Chinese brush. I don’t know if it’s actually a Chinese […]
March 1, 2025
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Hairy Guy in Green
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, heads, pen and ink, self-promotion, sketchesDrawn last year, at least according to the number beside the signature. I’ll try to get into comics more, eventually! Got some interesting old family stuff, as well. So I can post a bit of that, too.
February 24, 2025
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Garlic People
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, brush pen, heads, Jack's House of Cats, men, old comics, pen and ink, ruttan's place, self-promotion, sketches, womenHere are some garlic people for Patti, my former showrunner turned chef, and a little R. Crumb-like drawing.