Archive for the ‘black and white’ Category
Pen People and Things
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, color, sketches, watercolor, watercolourHarpy
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, womenLooking at pictures by Peter de Seve. He draws scary ladies, which I sort of like. Ballpoint pen, with unapologetic blobs.
Two things I like to draw….
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, cats, sketchesCats are self-explanatory. But I’ve always liked airplanes, and especially the DeHavilland Mosquito. As a boy, my Dad picked up a scrap from the famous “F for Freddie,” a Mosquito that unfortunately crashed on an airfield in Southwest Calgary on VE day, 1945. (article here). I don’t know where that bit ended up….
Jump
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, brush pen, horsesI come from Alberta, and when I was younger, I spent a summer building jumps and painting fences at the Spruce Meadows Equestrian Centre. While I’m not a great rider (my sister was!), I loved seeing the horses. They liked seeing me, out in the fields. I think they mistook the paint cans for feed […]
News Extra
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, montreal, sketchesThis was such a fun freelance gig. I did illustrations and writing for NEWS EXTRA, a newspaper tabloid sold at supermarkets and gas stations. It pretended to come out of Florida, but was actually published from an office in the Notre Dame de Grace neighbourhood of Montreal. Every other week or so I brought in […]
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!
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.
Knausgaarding
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, Book Reviews, pencil, Portraits, sketchesFinishing 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 […]
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.
Comics People
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, heads, men, pencil, PortraitsDrawing some guy faces.
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.
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.