Archive for the ‘color’ Category

May 23, 2025 0

Coreopsis, and Roses and Wildflowers

By in brush pen, collaboration, color, digital, heads, machines, men, paintings, self-promotion, watercolor, watercolour, women, writing

So much scary stuff in the world today! Sometimes it feels like we’re living in a post-apocalyptic science fiction story. Well, one of the things I’ve been doing to help deal with that feeling has been doing work for the online journals of a few of my friends down south. Please visit the link below […]

May 19, 2025 0

Borzoi

By in color, digital, dogs, montreal, paintings, parks, pen and ink, self-promotion, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

  This critter ticks a lot of my boxes on the “Categories” section of my WordPress blog. It’s a rendering of a dog, and it’s in watercolours, and part digital….

May 17, 2025 0

A Very Good Day

By in color, paintings, self-promotion, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

  Today was a cool day, for some reasons I won’t go into here….. Here is my Dollarama sketchbook, and (coincidentally) Dollarama Watercolours. 24 perfectly decent tubes for $4.50 Canadian total (plus tax). Probably not as quality as Winsor & Newton, or even some of the other brands at Omer Des Serres, but what does […]

April 18, 2025 0

Old Watercolours

By in Book Reviews, color, comics, heads, montreal, Portraits, ruttan's place, self-promotion, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women

This sheet of paper happened to be lying around, and I don’t think I’ve put these up before, so here you go. It’s Good Friday, and I’m sitting in my front room and typing. I’m also reading Julie Doucet’s New York Diaries, and feeling pretty grateful I’m not going through what she did. Her work […]

April 12, 2025 0

Pig and Man

By in ballpoint pen, brush pen, color, Coloured Pencils, heads, men, pen and ink, sketches

Coloured pencil, ball point pen, and Pentel Brush Pen.

April 2, 2025 0

Coen Bro.

By in cats, color, digital, men, paintings, Portraits, sketches, Uncategorized, watercolor, watercolour

I’m watching my DVDs again. It helps take my mind off the news, and other things happening around here…..

March 25, 2025 0

Train Doodles and More

By in ballpoint pen, black and white, brush pen, color, Coloured Pencils, digital, Gouache, heads, paintings, pen and ink, pencil, Portraits, self-promotion, sketches, Uncategorized, watercolor, watercolour, women

It’s a new sketchbook! These things are expensive. I’m thinking I should be like Chester Brown, and not worry about my legacy. Because I’ll be gone, and then people can fight over the old books, if they want to….

March 23, 2025 0

Sunday Cat

By in brush pen, cats, color, Coloured Pencils, Jack's House of Cats, paintings, pencil, self-promotion, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

Inaugurating a new sketchbook!

March 12, 2025 0

Cats and Comedy

By in brush pen, cats, color, Gouache, men, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

Was watching comedy last night on CBC TV. I’m afraid I feel a little like the squirrel in this drawing….

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March 10, 2025 0

Chrystia

By in ballpoint pen, color, digital, Gouache, heads, paintings, pen and ink, pencil, Portraits, self-promotion, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women

Instead of doing important drawings for which there is a firm deadline, I watched politics on my big TV instead. Lots of long speeches. I liked Chrystia Freeland’s face, so I drew that in my Dollarama sketchbook, with my amazing Winsor and Newton Series 150 Chinese brush. I don’t know if it’s actually a Chinese […]

February 28, 2025 0

Clip Studio Trees

By in color, digital, ruttan's place, self-promotion, sketches, Uncategorized

Here’s a painting I made in Clip Studio Paint, with my $80 Huion Tablet, which I bought years ago. I’m just trying stuff out. I like the “Add Texture” feature of the program, which makes it look like you’ve used real paper.

February 20, 2025 0

Sketchbooks and word balloons

By in color, Coloured Pencils, comics, digital, heads, men, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

Not totally sure about the angry guy face, but that’s what’s happening at the moment in my sketchbooks. The person in the snow suit was real. No penguin, though. That was in honour of Matthew Brown, who sent me a hard copy of his book this week. Penguin Detective — The Case of No Case.

February 18, 2025 0

Amazon

By in cats, color, Jack's House of Cats, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

Here’s another painting from about 2014, of my friend’s cat, Amazon, in her back garden.

February 15, 2025 0

February Front Window

By in color, Coloured Pencils, Jack's House of Cats, paintings, pencil, ruttan's place, self-promotion, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

Watercolour 5″x7″  Nicer paper this time….