This took me a bit of time, but taught me a lot about digital painting, and making clean lines in illustrator and photoshop. It started life as one of my silly little sketches, so it’s not a real kind of airplane. I’m experimenting with different lines to see which ones are the prettiest and fastest […]
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January 17, 2012
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Digital and Ballpoint Pen Critters (and folk)
By Jack Ruttan in cats, horses, paintings, sketches, womenStill playing with the digital painting. I think I get so carried away with the technical challenge I sometimes forget to make an interesting picture. Hence this horse, not doing much of anything. George Stubbs I am not! Actually, without the “ink” lines, this looks a lot like one of those paint by numbers kits. […]
Tags: Animals, ballpoint pen, black and white, cats, horses, paintings, sketches, women
January 4, 2012
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Blue Period
By Jack Ruttan in men, paintings, watercolour, womenHappy New Year’s, all three of you visiting this blog! It’s business as usual at Utopia Moment. I’m still playing with my Wacom Intuos, but I also enjoy the old school tools. These are a pile of faces, in gloomy watercolours. I’m very happy that my local art store has returned to stocking this paper […]
Tags: color, faces, men, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women
October 16, 2011
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Science Fiction Experiment
By Jack Ruttan in men, paintings, watercolour, womenGot carried away painting something in one of my books. The more complex you make it, it seems the more the flaws show up. Oh well, I enjoyed doing it. Trying to manage my lights and darks, my perspective, also my colour palette. The interesting thing about doing these is that they never quite get […]
Tags: colour, men, paintings, watercolour, women
August 17, 2011
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Cheerful Misanthropy Comic
By Jack Ruttan in paintings, watercolourI like children, but have seen a lot of complainers, and put-upon moms. This one wasn’t written as much as it sort of fell out of my subconscious. I’m uncomfortable about it (hence the title), but it’s just paint and paper. Painting comics like this seems to take about as long as drawing them in […]
Tags: colour, comics, paintings, watercolour
August 9, 2011
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Painting Away the Blues
By Jack Ruttan in cats, men, paintings, ruttan's place, sketches, womenPainting and drawing stuff makes me feel better. here’s are some things from yesterday and this morning! Above is Bamako the Black Cat, whom I’m taking care of for the moment, and an Evil Skwirl. Below, some sketches from my balcony I drew with a ballpoint pen I just bought. Can’t resist trying out a […]
Tags: Animals, ballpoint pen, cats, colour, men, paintings, ruttan's place, sketches, women
July 28, 2011
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Pretty Women
By Jack Ruttan in paintings, sketches, watercolour, womenI’m getting used to the idea that I’m not a particularly precise or careful painter, but the better pictures seem to be the ones I don’t fuss over too much. I’m not good at underdrawing and structure. When I try to use them, the results seem forced and stiff. I think these are nice, because […]
Tags: paintings, sketches, watercolour, women
June 30, 2011
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Today’s Page
By Jack Ruttan in cats, paintings, sketches, watercolour, womenIt’s awkward scanning things out of a ring-bound sketchbook. Pages are all “cockled” when it’s watercolour, and you can never get it to line up on the scanner. I also had to scan this page twice and “stitch” together, which also was a pain. Not to mention fixing that tree, which had a lot of […]
Tags: Animals, cats, colour, paintings, Plants, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women
June 27, 2011
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New Pug Dog
By Jack Ruttan in dogs, paintings, sketches, watercolourReading, and inspired by the comic Beasts of Burden, by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson. Working on some animal stories, I promise! Okay, you’ve heard that before. Drawing pug dogs is fun. Not sure about the dogs themselves. One once got loose in this apartment when I left the door open. Discombobulated the cats. I […]
Tags: Animals, colour, dogs, paintings, sketches, watercolour
June 19, 2011
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Leaping Car
By Jack Ruttan in paintings, sketches, watercolourThis is fun. Call it part of my Blue Period. Easy to add little colours here and there, and underneath. Unlike many people I know, I like painting and drawing machines, though don’t have a fondness for the ruler. I fancy this gives them more personality. I like objects with personality, and strive to put […]
Tags: paintings, sketches, wash, watercolour
June 18, 2011
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Aviator
By Jack Ruttan in men, paintings, watercolourBeen slacking off on the sketch-blogging, I’m afraid. Will have to get back into it. i.e. don’t give a darn about what I post!
Tags: men, paintings, planes, watercolour
June 11, 2011
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F1 Confusion
By Jack Ruttan in horses, montreal, paintings, sketches, watercolourYesterday, I went to check out the Formula 1 Festivities downtown in Montreal. Snapped a few photos, as above. Kind of tiring, the whole thing, so I took a pit stop in Dorchester Square, ate French Fries, and sketched the equestrian monument to the wildly popular Boer War.
Tags: Animals, colour, current events, horses, montreal, paintings, photos, sketches, watercolour
April 14, 2011
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Back After a Bit
By Jack Ruttan in cats, men, paintings, watercolour, womenDidn’t blog for a while. Cause I was sick, and busy, then wasn’t doing much that pleased me. Still could be happier, but at least I’m painting some things. Not horribly thrilled with how the paper’s working. Maybe it’s always absorbed and lightened paint, but I thought that was how it worked, until I painted […]
Tags: cats, colour, men, Nora the cat, paintings, watercolour, women
March 27, 2011
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A Couple of Critics
By Jack Ruttan in men, paintings, watercolourA couple of white crix, sitting around talking.
Tags: men, paintings, watercolour