More from the sketchbook. “Tiny pict-chas,” as my sis used to refer to them, when she wanted to get my goat. I enjoy the line made when the black roller pen gets wet, and mixes a little with the colour.
Archive for the ‘cats’ Category
June 15, 2016
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Tiny Pict-chas
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, cats, color, dogs, heads, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
May 22, 2016
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Back Yard Sketches
By Jack Ruttan in cats, sketches, watercolor, watercolourMy friend has a nice back yard. Did some little paintings there the other day, featuring her cat.
April 13, 2016
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Tiger, Tiger
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, cats, color, digital, sketchesDrew a tiger while on the phone last night. And then coloured and textured it here.
January 18, 2016
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Mr. Boggedy in the Front Room
By Jack Ruttan in cats, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolourFrustration today with Canada Post website, with which the latest technology and biggest brains in the nation (I’m sure), won’t let me figure out how much it will cost to send a painting to the USA. But at least while rummaging through old envelopes I found a cool picture of Mr. Boggedy in my front […]
January 12, 2016
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Hard Cheese for Mister Boggedy
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, cats, pencil, sketchesIt’s been a pretty hard morning to be a gentle, senior cat. First, he tries to walk by the old girl cat. He is hissed at and then swatted for his trouble. He then goes out into the hallway, where he is sniffed and then thwacked by the small cat. Happily it’s all quiet now, […]
December 21, 2015
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Nora Small Cat
By Jack Ruttan in cats, color, Nora the cat, watercolor, watercolourDifferent kinds of paper lead to different results. This was a watercolour “block” which was slightly softer and “fluffier” than the paper I’ve been using.
November 3, 2015
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Bad Cattery
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, cats, color, Gouache, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
October 11, 2015
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Cat Drawings
By Jack Ruttan in cats, color, digital, sketchesOn the little computer.
September 23, 2015
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Pilgrims and Spies
By Jack Ruttan in cats, color, Coloured Pencils, heads, men, paintings, pencil, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolor, watercolourMorning sketches, to clear my head, and chase away the nightly terrors. I’m on my front balcony, the sun just peeping over the buildings and trees. These are just things I’ve done yesterday and today. The usual things I’ve seen, either real or on TV, and faces, of course. Out of my head, and from […]
September 2, 2015
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Hangin’ With Mr. B.
By Jack Ruttan in cats, Gouache, sketches, watercolor, watercolourIt’s Mr. Boggedy again!
May 13, 2015
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Big Gouache
By Jack Ruttan in cats, color, Gouache, sketches, watercolourUsually, my paintings are pretty tiny. So it’s nice to break out once in a while, and paint relatively big. (11×10 inches).
May 9, 2015
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It’s Mr. Boggedy!
By Jack Ruttan in cats, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, womenAnd a bonus cyclist!
May 1, 2015
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Morning Faces, and More
By Jack Ruttan in cats, color, Nora the cat, sketches, watercolour, womenSometimes I don’t trust the scanner to catch all the little subtleties in light watercolour tones. The colours on the palette look like little abstract comic panels.
March 24, 2015
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Pair o’ Cats
By Jack Ruttan in cats, color, paintings, watercolourI’m calling this a “warm-up,” since I’m really working on a much bigger job. Still, this taught me some things, and finishing it freed up a watercolour board.