This family was very cute, and ignored me as I sat with my sketchbook and non-alcohol beer in an Adirondack chair that happened to be facing the big swinging bench outside the playground, and by the bike path and tennis courts. I had been visiting my friend in the Rosemont-Maisonneuve hospital, and was walking back […]
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April 17, 2025
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Parc Mederic Martin Family
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, children, men, montreal, parks, pencil, ruttan's place, self-promotion, sketches, women
April 12, 2025
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Pig and Man
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, brush pen, color, Coloured Pencils, heads, men, pen and ink, sketchesColoured pencil, ball point pen, and Pentel Brush Pen.
April 2, 2025
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Coen Bro.
By Jack Ruttan in cats, color, digital, men, paintings, Portraits, sketches, Uncategorized, watercolor, watercolourI’m watching my DVDs again. It helps take my mind off the news, and other things happening around here…..
March 12, 2025
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Cats and Comedy
By Jack Ruttan in brush pen, cats, color, Gouache, men, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
March 9, 2025
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Red Gothic Guy in Gouache
By Jack Ruttan in Gouache, heads, men, paintings, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolourI’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 […]
February 24, 2025
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Garlic People
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, brush pen, heads, Jack's House of Cats, men, old comics, pen and ink, ruttan's place, self-promotion, sketches, womenHere are some garlic people for Patti, my former showrunner turned chef, and a little R. Crumb-like drawing.
February 20, 2025
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Sketchbooks and word balloons
By Jack Ruttan in color, Coloured Pencils, comics, digital, heads, men, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolor, watercolourNot 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.
January 23, 2025
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Costumed Grouch
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, heads, men, pencil, Portraits, sketchesThis guy’s photo went by quickly on my iPhone, and I tried to sketch him as quickly as I could. He’s 6×9 inches, in graphite on crappy dollar store paper.
January 11, 2025
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January 11th
By Jack Ruttan in men, montreal, sketches, womenMostly drawn today, on the Montreal Metro.
January 5, 2025
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Last page of one of my last year’s (2024) sketchbooks.
By Jack Ruttan in color, men, paintings, watercolor
December 17, 2024
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Firecat and Two Guys
By Jack Ruttan in brush pen, cats, color, heads, Jack's House of Cats, men, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
December 12, 2024
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Trees and Kid
By Jack Ruttan in heads, men, paintings, Portraits, sketches, watercolourI’m watercolouring again. Using the cheap paper, but still, it’s good to get into things. I did the kid separately, and then digitally pasted him in. So, it’s a combination digital/watercolour work, if you want to be technical about it.
May 17, 2024
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Watercolour Faces
By Jack Ruttan in color, Gouache, heads, Jack's House of Cats, men, montreal, paintings, Portraits, self-promotion, sketches, watercolourI’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 […]
July 19, 2023
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Newish Pages
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, brush pen, color, horses, men, pencil, sketchesNewish sketchbook pages. You know, I used to put up a drawing every day, and felt unhappy if I didn’t. But these days, while I’m still drawing a lot, I’m not blogging as much. Social Media is strange. I loved Twitter, but they seem to be doing as much as they can to ruin it. […]