Finishing up the fifth volume so far of Mr. Karl Ove Knausgaard’s series “My Struggle.” My mind is a little blown, but his story stimulates me not to give up on my own journey. My pal is waiting for the final volume, coming out in September, but I will have to wait until she’s finished […]
Archive for the ‘black and white’ Category
June 29, 2018
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Knausgaarding
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, Book Reviews, pencil, Portraits, sketches
April 28, 2018
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Pages from One of My Sketchbooks.
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, cats, color, Coloured Pencils, Gouache, sketches, watercolourThere’s a lot that I draw that I don’t put up. Trying to remedy that a bit. It’s not all brilliance, but here it is. Pencil, coloured pencil, Gouache. I think that’s covered it, technique-wise.
January 17, 2018
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Comics People
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, heads, men, pencil, PortraitsDrawing some guy faces.
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.
August 1, 2017
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By Jack Ruttan in black and white, color, heads, horses, men, pen and ink, pencil, Portraits, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women
This is sort of a test, in that I’m trying to post something via photos I took with the iPad. Sadly, there are a few things I haven’t figured out, but this is good enough for the time being.
April 20, 2017
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Star Wars-ian Portraits
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, Gouache, heads, pen and ink, pencil, Portraits, sketches, womenOf characters whose names all begin with “L,” apparently.
April 8, 2017
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Black Watercolour Pencils
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, Coloured Pencils, sketches, womenSeems like a lot of variety in “black” in coloured pencils. The face on the left was drawn with an “Ivory Black,” which is quite different from the black of another, cheaper brand. I’m quite miffed, though, that the more expensive pencil just split in half while I was sharpening it. Maybe some crazy glue […]
March 19, 2017
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Eden Robinson
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, pencil, Portraits, sketches, womenPencil drawing from a photo in the Globe and Mail, done at a friend’s place.
March 8, 2017
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Pen & Ink
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, pen and ink, sketches, womenI got out my old Hunt #102 dip pen and drew a lot of little lines on this lady. Should have used a reference (she’s kind of scary). But at least I can cross-hatch!
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.
December 8, 2016
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Star Wars, etc.
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, color, heads, paintings, Portraits, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, womenPosting various sketches I’ve been doing. Mainly to do with the new “Star Wars” movie, which I finally saw, and “Emma” by Jane Austen. Star Wars had some pleasant new characters, but it was basically a rehash of the same old plot. I mean where did they find the time and materials to build a […]