Morning sketches, to clear my head, and chase away the nightly terrors. I’m on my front balcony, the sun just peeping over the buildings and trees. These are just things I’ve done yesterday and today. The usual things I’ve seen, either real or on TV, and faces, of course. Out of my head, and from […]
Archive for the ‘sketches’ Category
September 23, 2015
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Pilgrims and Spies
By Jack Ruttan in cats, color, Coloured Pencils, heads, men, paintings, pencil, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
September 9, 2015
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The Great Antonio
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, pen and ink, ruttan's place, sketchesToday, a park in Montreal got a bench in it dedicated to the Great Antonio. He’s a former Montreal strongman you can read about here. Meanwhile, here are some items from my flickr feed to do with him. A drawing I did of him, the way he looked sitting in the Metro in the 1980s-2000s […]
September 2, 2015
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Hangin’ With Mr. B.
By Jack Ruttan in cats, Gouache, sketches, watercolor, watercolourIt’s Mr. Boggedy again!
September 2, 2015
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Wednesday Sketches
By Jack Ruttan in color, horses, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
August 28, 2015
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Léon and Emma
By Jack Ruttan in color, heads, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, womenThis is Léon and Emma from MADAME BOVARY. Plus, a lot of attempts at watercolour “colour wheels,” and a Big Suit man.
August 26, 2015
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Parc Médéric-Martin Wading Pool
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, paintings, parks, sketches, watercolor, watercolourI hope I haven’t already put this up. It’s from last year, and the pool has been totally renovated, so it doesn’t look like this anymore.
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, watercolourOne 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.
August 10, 2015
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Prefontaine Metro Station, Montréal
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
July 29, 2015
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Back at the Comic Jam
By Jack Ruttan in collaboration, color, pen and ink, Rick Gagnon, sketches, watercolor, watercolourHadn’t been to the Montreal Monthly Comic Jam for a while. My pal Rick Gagnon invited me over, so I decided to make the effort. Pleasant seeing Rick again. He embellished a couple of drawings of mine. The watercolour is especially great, because he did this (using my paints) in very low light, where it’s […]
July 26, 2015
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Watercolour Clematis
By Jack Ruttan in color, sketches, watercolor, watercolourPainted clematis spilling over the newel post, while sitting on my friend’s porch.
July 21, 2015
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Morning Face
By Jack Ruttan in sketchesJust some anonymous imaginary person, painted on the little computer.
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 […]
June 15, 2015
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Peggy and Stan
By Jack Ruttan in heads, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, womenDid a picture of Stan, who is Peggy’s hairy friend on the “Mad Men” TV show, when I realised I had space on the paper, and should probably do Peggy too. She was much harder to draw, and I spent most of the morning on that. Oh well. I like this paper.
June 9, 2015
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Something New
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, color, sketches, watercolor, watercolourIn a bit of a mood. So, these people are appropriate. I still love drawing with the ballpoint pen, no matter how unarchival it may be.