Archive for the ‘Gouache’ Category

June 30, 2025 0

Today’s Watercolour

By in Cars, color, Gouache, men, paintings, pencil, self-promotion, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

I’m getting back into this. It takes a while to “ramp up” with watercolour, if you want to take it seriously. Still a ways to go, however!

June 30, 2025 0

Late June Montreal Metro Drawings

By in ballpoint pen, children, color, digital, Gouache, heads, Jack's House of Cats, pen and ink, Portraits, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women

I’m lying just a bit. Because only the guy on the upper right was drawn while I was waiting for the train. The rest are from my imagination, and I coloured them at home, and scanned the drawing in. Oh, okay … I adjusted a few things with my drawing software, but purely by hand. […]

June 24, 2025 0

Front Window

By in Art Criticism, color, Gouache, montreal, paintings, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

The top one is my painting of the view from my front window. It was actually started some time ago, and I merely finished it today. But I took a snapshot of what the actual view looks like today, and you can see what matches up, and which bits I got wrong…. It’s all thanks […]

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 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 […]

March 9, 2025 0

Red Gothic Guy in Gouache

By in Gouache, heads, men, paintings, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolour

I’m happy that this is posting, because I’m not too thrilled with my digital painting program at the moment. Maybe it’s calmed down now, and recognizes me. I also put my thumb drive in the pocket of my fuzzy sweater, because I wanted to print something at the library. But the library printer only prints […]

March 2, 2025 0

Anne Hathaway

By in black and white, Gouache, heads, paintings, Portraits, self-promotion, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women

This is supposed to be Anne Hathaway from The Devil Wears Prada. It looks a little like her….

May 17, 2024 0

Watercolour Faces

By in color, Gouache, heads, Jack's House of Cats, men, montreal, paintings, Portraits, self-promotion, sketches, watercolour

I’m just putting this up to see how big the graphic is….  Not too impressive, eh? It’s relaxing sitting on the front balcony doodling faces and the passing scene outside. People go by, things go by, as James Agee put it… Watercolour takes a lot of work to get back to one’s level. Haven’t sold […]

June 29, 2023 0

Old Me

By in Gouache, heads, men, self-promotion, sketches

Old old self-portrait. Mid 2000’s, I think.

March 28, 2022 0

Eastern

By in color, Gouache, heads, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

I 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.

December 5, 2019 0

Blatant Sketchbookery

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

For some reason I’m back into the blog. I don’t think anyone goes here, and the “Blogoshphere” has become a little like one of those abandoned theme parks adventurers like to seek out. Anyhow, I’m baaaaaakk. Not posting as much as I used to, just cool stuff out of the sketchbooks, which are taking too […]

April 28, 2018 0

Pages from One of My Sketchbooks.

By in black and white, cats, color, Coloured Pencils, Gouache, sketches, watercolour

There’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.

February 22, 2018 0

Creepy Politicians

By in ballpoint pen, Gouache, men, paintings

Some creepy American politicians I drew from the New York Times, in Gouache and ballpoint pen.

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