Pictures done from reference are more “realistic,” but not as much fun to draw as more cartoony things. I sort of adore the way ballpoint pens “blob.” Other artists wipe the point, I think, in between doing cross-hatching lines.
Archive for the ‘ballpoint pen’ Category
December 6, 2021
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More sketchbookery
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, cats, Coloured Pencils, pencil, sketches, watercolor, women
December 25, 2019
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Metro Sketches
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, pen and ink, sketchesSketches done on the Montreal Metro, trips over and back to Verdun. I waved at a baby, and he waved back!
December 13, 2019
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Various Pages
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, color, Coloured Pencils, heads, machines, paintings, pencil, sketches, watercolor, watercolourIt’s hard thinking of witty titles for these things. I’m putting up more pages. Not the stuff I did the other night when I couldn’t sleep. That was weird and also messy.
December 10, 2019
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Neon Gel Pens
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, color, paintings, pencil, sketches, watercolor, watercolourOver the past couple of summers, a depanneur (convenience store, for you non-Montrealers) had a jar of gel pens for sale. When I was buying beer or cat food, if I was feeling flush, I’d pick one up. They are fun to play with, and I had a set of kid’s fluorescent paints to […]
December 1, 2019
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The Wind in the Willows
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, Book Reviews, colorI’m finishing off The Wind in the Willows. Very curious book. I remember it being read to me in class when I was tiny, and at that age I didn’t always get all of what was being read or shown to me. Such as when I was watching the movie Mary Poppins, which I loved. […]
February 22, 2018
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Creepy Politicians
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, Gouache, men, paintingsSome creepy American politicians I drew from the New York Times, in Gouache and ballpoint pen.
January 16, 2018
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Housing Clinic
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, montreal, pen and ink, sketchesSketches taken during a visit to Arnold Bennett’s housing clinic in Montreal. He does good work with people who have apartment problems.
January 3, 2018
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Magical Neon
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, color, pen and ink, sketches, watercolor, watercolourThis is a page I drew this summer with the help of magical neon gel pens I collected at the depanneur over the weeks, at a dollar a pop. I still haven’t figured out how to incorporate them into serious drawings (if that’s what I do), or know if they are archival quality.
July 29, 2017
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Morning Squirrel
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, color, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolourAngry chitterer.
February 22, 2017
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Small Faces
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, digital, heads, pencil, PortraitsDigital guy based on a scanned-in pencil drawing, and a ballpoint pen Gollum.
January 16, 2017
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Blue Doodles
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint penSome doodles done at my friend’s place, with her blue roller pen. Horsies! Kitties! A dude!
August 15, 2016
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Off-Model George Jetson
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, sketchesBernie Mireault and his Jetsonian efforts inspired me to make a doodle of George Jetson, unencumbered by reference to the real thing.
August 15, 2016
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Dig Pigs
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, comics, montreal, watercolor, watercolourThis morning I was annoyed at all the construction noise outside, so drawing this felt like a good way to get rid of my frustrations. The title “Dig Pigs” is from graffiti I saw on one of this city’s ubiquitous “ROAD CLOSED” signs. It made me laugh.
August 4, 2016
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Goths
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, brush pen, heads, pen and ink, sketchesSome strange types, on a loose sheet of typing paper. Do they even call it “typing paper,” now? Copy paper, I guess. I still like drawing on it with pens.