Painted these guys when I was up late last night, watching Youtube. Very tired now, but I worked hard today and solved some problems. So, I’m happy. I don’t think the cats are happy, but maybe they’ll manage.
Archive for the ‘men’ Category
April 20, 2015
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Youtube Guys
By Jack Ruttan in color, heads, men, paintings, watercolor, watercolour
August 16, 2014
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Watercolour Man
By Jack Ruttan in color, men, paintings, watercolor, watercolourJust something I found on the computer; looked cool.
June 25, 2014
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Computer-Painted Characters
By Jack Ruttan in color, digital, heads, men, paintings, womenMy computer-painted characters are quicker and more satisfying to draw. I had to reach back into my experience mixing acrylic paints to think of the right kinds of shadows. Still, I feel more confident that I can paint in a pleasant way any subject that occurs to me. Backgrounds and bodies soon to come.
May 9, 2014
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Watercolour Pencils, and other Watercolour-y and Pencil-ly things.
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, color, Coloured Pencils, heads, men, montreal, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, womenA lot of little drawings here, so I’m trying a new feature on WordPress (new to me, anyhow). A “Gallery.” Enjoy! Actually, it’s kind of cool, having the random order. Wish there was a function for captions, however!
May 4, 2014
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Morning Pencil Faces
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, men, pencil, sketches, womenIn kind of a funk at the moment because of beginning of the month, raining all day blues. Drawing silly faces helps sublimate some of that. These are scanned, and I may try to do something with them.
May 3, 2014
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Crime Faces, Etc.
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, cats, men, pencil, sketchesDrawing some big things in pencil. Too big for the scanner, so I took some snaps! I used hair spray as fixative. It’s fruit-scented, so not as nasty (or expensive) as standard fixative, but you get tired of the smell after a while anyhow. Inspired a little by an art show I saw. Will post […]
April 6, 2014
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Watercolour Suit Man
By Jack Ruttan in men, sketches, watercolor, watercolourWatching this Youtube of a TV show featuring men throwing paint onto a giant piece of paper inspired me to paint this:
April 3, 2014
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Young Alec Guinness
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, heads, men, pencilApparently it was his birthday yesterday.
April 3, 2014
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Shatner
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, heads, men, pencilThe older, goofier William Shatner actually reminds me a bit of my dad. I’ll have to draw him, sometime. He actually rode in an elevator with Shatner and Brooke Shields, once, at the Banff Springs Hotel.
January 14, 2013
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Off the Record
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, men, ruttan's placeWhile meeting a contact at the Cagibi coffee house in Mile End, Montreal, I drew this gentleman. He was sitting across from me at his own table, giving furtive looks in my direction and at others around him. He wasn’t actually a customer, just seeking a warm place to eat his sandwich. Later on, my […]
January 7, 2013
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Digital Dallyance
By Jack Ruttan in color, digital, men, paintings, sketches, womenI’m happier now with how the digital painting has been going. As I’ve been writing there are a lot of controls and switches to master, plus the stylus has a different feeling than a pencil, and is less precise (at least in my hands). But practice is helping, plus the memory of colour mixing for […]
December 29, 2012
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Random Painting
By Jack Ruttan in color, machines, men, paintings, watercolour, womenLooking through a closet, I found a block of watercolour paper with a few sheets on it. Painted this, while watching a documentary on the late Gerry Anderson — whose shows and spaceships were all over my childhood. The paper was very strange and spongey — hard to get detail onto it. Also, one’s paintings, […]
November 27, 2012
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Steve Luxton at the Atwater Library
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, men, montreal, pen and ink, ruttan's place, sketches, women, writingYears ago, I had the notion that I would make a drawing of every author or poet I heard read, and make some sort of collection. That pledge went by the boards years ago, but I still enjoy drawing people at readings. Not even necessarily the reader. Also the people listening, if I can sit […]