My blog and I have been through some times. But since the advent of Facebook and Instagram and all of those corporate web things, the blog has been sort of neglected as of late. I used to post here daily, putting up whatever I had drawn that day, good bad, or indifferent. I still draw […]
Archive for the ‘pencil’ Category
January 21, 2020
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New Coloured Pencils
By Jack Ruttan in color, Coloured Pencils, men, pencil, Portraits, ruttan's place, sketches, womenA generous friend sent me a set of 168 wooden coloured pencils. (Is it “coloured” or “colour”? The last one sounds slightly illiterate.) I’ve taken them out of their packaging, where they were inaccessible, and put them into yogurt containers, where I can reach them and see what I’m drawing with. Some of the pencils […]
December 13, 2019
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Various Pages
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, color, Coloured Pencils, heads, machines, paintings, pencil, sketches, watercolor, watercolourIt’s hard thinking of witty titles for these things. I’m putting up more pages. Not the stuff I did the other night when I couldn’t sleep. That was weird and also messy.
December 10, 2019
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Neon Gel Pens
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, color, paintings, pencil, sketches, watercolor, watercolourOver the past couple of summers, a depanneur (convenience store, for you non-Montrealers) had a jar of gel pens for sale. When I was buying beer or cat food, if I was feeling flush, I’d pick one up. They are fun to play with, and I had a set of kid’s fluorescent paints to […]
June 29, 2018
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Knausgaarding
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, Book Reviews, pencil, Portraits, sketchesFinishing up the fifth volume so far of Mr. Karl Ove Knausgaard’s series “My Struggle.” My mind is a little blown, but his story stimulates me not to give up on my own journey. My pal is waiting for the final volume, coming out in September, but I will have to wait until she’s finished […]
January 17, 2018
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Comics People
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, heads, men, pencil, PortraitsDrawing some guy faces.
January 12, 2018
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Morning Faces, and off to the Races!
By Jack Ruttan in brush pen, heads, pencil, PortraitsEleanor Wachtel and Princess Di. What the hey! I don’t know who the guys are.
October 7, 2017
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Sketchbook People
By Jack Ruttan in heads, pencil, Portraits, sketchesPeople in the real world fly by, and it’s hard to catch them. So one uses imagination, and skills gained by practice to capture them. Then there’s drawing from a photograph, which is basically analyzing shapes, and not that creative for me. Still, it produces a convincing result, and I learn something in the […]
August 1, 2017
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By Jack Ruttan in black and white, color, heads, horses, men, pen and ink, pencil, Portraits, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women
This is sort of a test, in that I’m trying to post something via photos I took with the iPad. Sadly, there are a few things I haven’t figured out, but this is good enough for the time being.
May 2, 2017
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Page of Draw-rings
By Jack Ruttan in color, Coloured Pencils, pencil, sketchesI used to post here once a day. Now I’m guilty of drawing many drawings, even ones I think of as good ones, and not putting them up. Forgive me!
April 22, 2017
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Cat Drawings
By Jack Ruttan in cats, Coloured Pencils, pencil, sketchesColoured pencil.