Archive for the ‘sketches’ Category

June 24, 2025 0

Front Window

By in Art Criticism, color, Gouache, montreal, paintings, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

The top one is my painting of the view from my front window. It was actually started some time ago, and I merely finished it today. But I took a snapshot of what the actual view looks like today, and you can see what matches up, and which bits I got wrong…. It’s all thanks […]

June 21, 2025 0

Another Nonce Cat Drawing

By in ballpoint pen, cats, color, paintings, self-promotion, sketches, watercolour

So it goes….

June 19, 2025 0

Digital Watermelon

By in color, digital, paintings, self-promotion, sketches

  This is digitally painted on my unassuming computer, with my $80 digital stylus….  But no AI was involved. It’s just me messing around, getting back into the “real” world, such as it’s been. No heartstopping realism, I’m afraid….

June 15, 2025 0

Pencil Cat

By in black and white, cats, Jack's House of Cats, pencil, self-promotion, sketches

Again, not too much effort, but it is a cat…..

June 13, 2025 0

Station Peeeeeel…………

By in ballpoint pen, children, color, men, montreal, paintings, Portraits, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women

June 10, 2025 0

Across the Street

By in brush pen, children, color, montreal, paintings, pen and ink, pencil, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

  Quick drawing of the view across the street. My side is blocked off. It rained a bit, but the sun came out, so it was pleasant to draw….

June 9, 2025 0

Thinking of Miyazaki….

By in ballpoint pen, color, digital, heads, men, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

  I was watching the Miyazaki movie THE BOY AND THE HERON recently, and it inspired me to draw this guy. The scary old man hiding inside the heron disguise. I’ll get away from drawing guys in yellow shirts soon, but this is what’s been coming up lately. So there you go….

June 6, 2025 0

Day in the Park

By in color, men, montreal, paintings, parks, pencil, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

Just a recent drawing I did while sitting in the park.

May 23, 2025 0

Coreopsis, and Roses and Wildflowers

By in brush pen, collaboration, color, digital, heads, machines, men, paintings, self-promotion, watercolor, watercolour, women, writing

So much scary stuff in the world today! Sometimes it feels like we’re living in a post-apocalyptic science fiction story. Well, one of the things I’ve been doing to help deal with that feeling has been doing work for the online journals of a few of my friends down south. Please visit the link below […]

May 19, 2025 0

Borzoi

By in color, digital, dogs, montreal, paintings, parks, pen and ink, self-promotion, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

  This critter ticks a lot of my boxes on the “Categories” section of my WordPress blog. It’s a rendering of a dog, and it’s in watercolours, and part digital….

May 17, 2025 0

A Very Good Day

By in color, paintings, self-promotion, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

  Today was a cool day, for some reasons I won’t go into here….. Here is my Dollarama sketchbook, and (coincidentally) Dollarama Watercolours. 24 perfectly decent tubes for $4.50 Canadian total (plus tax). Probably not as quality as Winsor & Newton, or even some of the other brands at Omer Des Serres, but what does […]

May 15, 2025 1

Parc Mederic Martin

By in black and white, brush pen, children, dogs, montreal, parks, pen and ink, ruttan's place, sketches, women

April 18, 2025 0

Old Watercolours

By in Book Reviews, color, comics, heads, montreal, Portraits, ruttan's place, self-promotion, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women

This sheet of paper happened to be lying around, and I don’t think I’ve put these up before, so here you go. It’s Good Friday, and I’m sitting in my front room and typing. I’m also reading Julie Doucet’s New York Diaries, and feeling pretty grateful I’m not going through what she did. Her work […]

April 17, 2025 0

Parc Mederic Martin Family

By in black and white, children, men, montreal, parks, pencil, ruttan's place, self-promotion, sketches, women

This family was very cute, and ignored me as I sat with my sketchbook and non-alcohol beer in an Adirondack chair that happened to be facing the big swinging bench outside the playground, and by the bike path and tennis courts. I had been visiting my friend in the Rosemont-Maisonneuve hospital, and was walking back […]

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