Things seen outside my friend’s back door window. Painted in watercolour in my cheap Dollarama sketchbook.
Archive for the ‘color’ Category
May 10, 2023
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Guest Cat and Random Bird
By Jack Ruttan in cats, color, Jack's House of Cats, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
March 7, 2023
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Watercolour Therapy
By Jack Ruttan in color, sketches, watercolor, watercolourGot a ton of thick, good quality watercolour paper lately. So, I’m just trying to paint, without worrying about ruining good paper. Not all of these are masterpieces, or will go on walls. But they feel good to do. Watching the paint dry, as Jill Thompson put it. I wonder what she’s doing, these days? […]
June 22, 2022
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You-Know-Who Saves…..
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, color, sketchesBallpoint pen, and highlighter!
June 15, 2022
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Pen People and Things
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, color, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
June 12, 2022
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Anthropomorpic Rabbit and Bike.
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, color, sketches, watercolor, watercolourWatercolour and black ballpoint. I think this character is my “Rabbit” from the comic strips I used to do.
March 28, 2022
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Eastern
By Jack Ruttan in color, Gouache, heads, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolourI really hope that the little art shop in Chinatown near Clarke Street has survived. I like independent shops more than the big chains. Found cool stuff there, such as this book, and that brush. This is actually a face I did years ago, in black gouache, and just added colour to, today.
October 30, 2020
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Watercolour Boy
By Jack Ruttan in color, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolourI saved my blog today. It’s a little bit dated, and I’ve got to go through and prune the links on the left hand side. But I’m still carrying on!
February 5, 2020
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Digital Cattery
By Jack Ruttan in cats, color, digital, sketchesI’m getting more cosy with the digital tools; painting on the computer. Still, I want to be more disciplined, and paint things that would look good in a portfolio. That means doing things with an eye towards pleasing people, rather than whatever strangeness comes out of my head. It’s difficult to explain. I can draw […]
January 23, 2020
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Spiky Hair
By Jack Ruttan in color, digital, menI’m afraid I’m avoiding watercolours by drawing things such as this. He’s sort of true to this drawing software, which started life out as “Manga Studio.”
January 21, 2020
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New Coloured Pencils
By Jack Ruttan in color, Coloured Pencils, men, pencil, Portraits, ruttan's place, sketches, womenA generous friend sent me a set of 168 wooden coloured pencils. (Is it “coloured” or “colour”? The last one sounds slightly illiterate.) I’ve taken them out of their packaging, where they were inaccessible, and put them into yogurt containers, where I can reach them and see what I’m drawing with. Some of the pencils […]
December 13, 2019
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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.
December 10, 2019
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Neon Gel Pens
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, color, paintings, pencil, sketches, watercolor, watercolourOver the past couple of summers, a depanneur (convenience store, for you non-Montrealers) had a jar of gel pens for sale. When I was buying beer or cat food, if I was feeling flush, I’d pick one up. They are fun to play with, and I had a set of kid’s fluorescent paints to […]