Drawing this morning on the balcony, before the rains came. People walking by, mainly moms and dads back from delivering kids to the nearby day care. Bonus: a sensitive portrait of my foot.
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May 16, 2012
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People and Feet
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, men, montreal, pen and ink, sketches, women
May 15, 2012
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Back of the Book
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, color, machines, pen and ink, pencil, sketchesThe coarse cardboard at the back of the sketchbook is nice for drawing with certain types of tools. Here I used colour pencils, and also colour ballpoint pens. Then, a more normal drawing (in execution at least) from the middle of the book, based on one of Big Daddy Roth’s dragster-driving monsters. I used to […]
May 10, 2012
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Brown Studies
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, cats, dinosaurs, machines, men, sketches, womenBought some fun new pens (called “Pilot FriXion Ball” gel pens, in brown, .5 mm and .7mm respectively, plus a new sketchbook, because those were on sale at the art store). So I decided to sketch with them using brown pencils to embellish, as necessary. “Brown Studies” is not what the name really means, which […]
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May 8, 2012
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Maurice Sendak
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, men, sketchesHere’s my impression of the late Maurice Sendak, from a documentary I’m watching about him on youtube at the moment. UPDATE: Link is down, too bad. Here’re some salient things from it, on another blog: [link].
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