Found this sheet of sort of cardboard-y paper in my files. After my recent 1941 Whatman experience, I wondered whether this was one of my better types of paper (it was stored away, and did have “deckled” (ie. neatly torn) edges). It might have been Arches Cold Rolled, or some such thing. So I stretched […]
Archive for the ‘montreal’ Category
March 4, 2016
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Iffy Paper
By Jack Ruttan in color, Jack's House of Cats, montreal, paintings, ruttan's place, watercolor, watercolour
February 15, 2016
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New Animation Studio
By Jack Ruttan in color, Coloured Pencils, heads, men, montreal, pencil, Portraits, self-promotion, sketchesThrilled by the news that a new animation studio is opening up in Montreal (a side-effect, I think, of the low dollar making it more tempting for foreign operations to invest here. Not to mention the high number of talented artistic types in this city). In honour of that fact, I’ve done this amazing, highly-detailed […]
October 7, 2015
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Blue Metropolis
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, writingGene Luen Yang Finally getting around to this. The Blue Metropolis Book Fest is Montreal’s premiere English language lit bash, taking place in April. This year I attended a couple of events, mainly centred around graphic novels and their creators. It was great seeing Gene Luen Yang, who gave a workshop on graphic storytelling, and […]
September 30, 2015
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Buildings
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, pencil, sketchesPencil sketches from old photos of mine of architecture. One is the Frank Lloyd Wright-styled fire station on Notre Dame Street East (now covered in scaffolding), and the other is on Sherbrooke Street E., near the old Library. I can go on Google street view and find out exactly, which is interesting.
September 24, 2015
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Centre Sportif Jean-Claude Malepart
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, montreal, paintings, parks, pencil, sketches, watercolor, watercolourThis is pronounced “Mallapar,” (actually, more like Maly-par, sez a franco friend) for you non French-speakers. (I am almost a non-French speaker, by the way, despite spending all this time in Montreal). But in my anglo heart, I still see it as “Male-Part.” I’m sure he was a worthy gentleman, but I’m happy they didn’t […]
September 9, 2015
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The Great Antonio
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, pen and ink, ruttan's place, sketchesToday, a park in Montreal got a bench in it dedicated to the Great Antonio. He’s a former Montreal strongman you can read about here. Meanwhile, here are some items from my flickr feed to do with him. A drawing I did of him, the way he looked sitting in the Metro in the 1980s-2000s […]
August 26, 2015
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Parc Médéric-Martin Wading Pool
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, paintings, parks, sketches, watercolor, watercolourI hope I haven’t already put this up. It’s from last year, and the pool has been totally renovated, so it doesn’t look like this anymore.
August 13, 2015
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Men at Work
By Jack Ruttan in machines, men, montreal, pen and ink, pencil, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolor, watercolourOne woman, too. They’ve been tearing up the schoolyard across the street from me. I’m being driven a little snakey by the roaring of trucks, the constant beep-beep-beep, and the dust. So, I’m consoling myself by drawing the occasional picture of things. They’ll be here all August, so there is probably more to come.
August 10, 2015
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Prefontaine Metro Station, Montréal
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
June 25, 2015
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Digital Painting of a Building
By Jack Ruttan in digital, montreal, sketchesI assure you, these are hard for me to do. Trying to retain a bit of the handmade charm of the drawing, while the machine wants everything straight and boring. Also, choosing colours is difficult in this medium. In watercolours there are only a few tints, which you get used to. Still, even though this […]
May 27, 2015
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Two Paintings of Montreal
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, paintings, watercolor, watercolourI need to take better notes, because it would be nice to know exactly where these places are. One is Ave Laval, I think. The one below is a converted firehall on rue Notre Dame West. Or, I could be way off.
May 23, 2015
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Some Paintings
By Jack Ruttan in color, montreal, paintings, parks, sketches, watercolor, watercolourDoing a lot of paintings at the moment. Up there is the control building for the revolving bridge that no longer works. It’s from a 2012 photo, and the graffiti is old, and the bike path doesn’t even go by it at the moment. These two pictures are painted on terrible paper. Sort of like […]
April 30, 2015
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Sketchbook People
By Jack Ruttan in color, dogs, montreal, sketches, watercolor, watercolourFrom my second-floor deck. Also, the nearby dog run.