One 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.
Archive for the ‘montreal’ Category
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, watercolour
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.
April 29, 2015
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Warm Day Sketches
By Jack Ruttan in color, montreal, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolor, watercolourHaven’t been able to write that much, lately. I’ve also got sketches and words from the Blue Met literary fest last weekend, but haven’t organised them. Overcome as I am by end-of-month nerves. Still, here are a couple of things from off my balcony. The police van pulled away as I was sketching it. But […]
March 12, 2015
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Spring-like Sketches
By Jack Ruttan in color, montreal, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolourIt was actually possible, yesterday, to sit on the balcony and draw this little postal van, illegally parked across the street. The above is a tiny little thing, but the colours are pretty.
March 4, 2015
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Rue Notre Dame
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, watercolor, watercolourAt least I think that’s where it is. I didn’t write down the name of the street when I snapped the photo I painted this from.
August 26, 2014
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Scenes from Life
By Jack Ruttan in color, montreal, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolourSketch of my bike I drew in my friend’s back yard over the weekend. Can you find the cat? Sketch of some tables in a local park. This is a boy bike riding in the empty wading pool at that same park:
August 4, 2014
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Impression of parc Médéric-Martin
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, paintings, parks, sketches, watercolor, watercolourhttp://parcmedericmartin.com/
July 31, 2014
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Lachine Canal
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, paintings, watercolor, watercolourThis wasn’t working as a painting, so I decided to see if I could put little people along the front of it. That didn’t work perfectly, either: some “pentimenti” here — that’s because it’s transparent watercolour, except for the white. Still, fun to try, and I’m not so annoyed with it anymore.
June 4, 2014
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More Paintings in Parks
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, paintings, parks, watercolor, watercolourParc des Faubourgs. I painted this from the steps of the Latin American Church across the street (rue Ontario). That’s my bike on the right. Square Viger. Called “Square” in both English and French (not “Carré”) This is an odd little place, full of sculpture, but which has a bed reputation, because it’s isolated and […]