Here’s another landscape. My family has a lot of landscape painters in it. Don’t know if I’m really keeping up the tradition, but it’s fun to smear paint around sometimes.
Archive for the ‘paintings’ Category
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 […]
May 22, 2015
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These Faces in a Crowd
By Jack Ruttan in brush pen, color, heads, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolourPetals on a wet, black bough. Seriously, yesterday I went to the Sartec mixer. That’s the Quebec union or group or whatever for French-speaking screenwriters. Got a couple of wires crossed. The meeting was taking place in the reserved salon, three stories up, and I was waiting downstairs in the bar. Met a nice couple […]
May 20, 2015
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Dollarama Book
By Jack Ruttan in color, Coloured Pencils, men, paintings, pencil, sketches, watercolor, watercolourMany watercolour types have to spend a lot on sketchbooks, with the proper paper and all. I found these black spiral-bound books at Dollarama, and they’re pretty good for watercolour. I worry about the paper, since it probably isn’t acid-free. Also, it tends to break free from the perforations along the side rather easily. But […]
May 19, 2015
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Swamps Designed by Accident
By Jack Ruttan in paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolourPainted pictures of “swamps” today, using various random methods. Got paint in my eye. That stung a bit. Above is “wax resist,” which means drawing on the blank paper with a white china marker. I really can’t tell where it goes beforehand. This is China Marker, also my dragging the tail of the brush on […]
May 9, 2015
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It’s Mr. Boggedy!
By Jack Ruttan in cats, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, womenAnd a bonus cyclist!
May 9, 2015
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Watercolour Graffiti
By Jack Ruttan in paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolourI like the feeling of a painting taped to a stretching board. It feels solid, unlike the sketchbook paper. So, when I didn’t have to finish a stretched painting I started, I just used it as a place to practice things. The result reminds me of the local “free graffiti wall” east of here on […]
April 20, 2015
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Youtube Guys
By Jack Ruttan in color, heads, men, paintings, watercolor, watercolourPainted 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.
April 18, 2015
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Stroller
By Jack Ruttan in paintings, watercolor, watercolourStroller woman. Not quite as charming as the ones in the sketches, but I’m not unhappy with how this turned out.
March 26, 2015
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Characters
By Jack Ruttan in paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolourJust sort of warming up, here.
March 24, 2015
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Pair o’ Cats
By Jack Ruttan in cats, color, paintings, watercolourI’m calling this a “warm-up,” since I’m really working on a much bigger job. Still, this taught me some things, and finishing it freed up a watercolour board.
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.
February 4, 2015
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Landscapes
By Jack Ruttan in color, Coloured Pencils, paintings, sketches, watercolourI drew 4 tiny landscapes with watercolour pencils, basically as quickly as I could, without thinking about them. This I call the “I can do nothing wrong” style of painting, because I tell myself that as I do it.