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 […]
Archive for the ‘sketches’ Category
May 17, 2025
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A Very Good Day
By Jack Ruttan in color, paintings, self-promotion, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
May 15, 2025
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Parc Mederic Martin
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, brush pen, children, dogs, montreal, parks, pen and ink, ruttan's place, sketches, women
April 18, 2025
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Old Watercolours
By Jack Ruttan in Book Reviews, color, comics, heads, montreal, Portraits, ruttan's place, self-promotion, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, womenThis 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
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Parc Mederic Martin Family
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, children, men, montreal, parks, pencil, ruttan's place, self-promotion, sketches, womenThis 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 […]
April 12, 2025
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Pig and Man
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, brush pen, color, Coloured Pencils, heads, men, pen and ink, sketchesColoured pencil, ball point pen, and Pentel Brush Pen.
April 11, 2025
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Carre St. Louis
By Jack Ruttan in Art Criticism, ballpoint pen, black and white, montreal, parks, sketchesDidn’t have my paints with me, but this is a sketch of Carre St. Louis, looking towards the (dry) fountain, from the St. Denis side. Could be worse!
April 2, 2025
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Coen Bro.
By Jack Ruttan in cats, color, digital, men, paintings, Portraits, sketches, Uncategorized, watercolor, watercolourI’m watching my DVDs again. It helps take my mind off the news, and other things happening around here…..
March 25, 2025
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Train Doodles and More
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, brush pen, color, Coloured Pencils, digital, Gouache, heads, paintings, pen and ink, pencil, Portraits, self-promotion, sketches, Uncategorized, watercolor, watercolour, womenIt’s a new sketchbook! These things are expensive. I’m thinking I should be like Chester Brown, and not worry about my legacy. Because I’ll be gone, and then people can fight over the old books, if they want to….
March 23, 2025
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Sunday Cat
By Jack Ruttan in brush pen, cats, color, Coloured Pencils, Jack's House of Cats, paintings, pencil, self-promotion, sketches, watercolor, watercolourInaugurating a new sketchbook!
March 15, 2025
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March 15 Post
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, heads, machines, montreal, pencil, Portraits, ruttan's place, self-promotion, sketches, womenIt’s sometimes very spooky writing these. I drew this in my sketchbook yesterday, based on people I was sitting near, while I was riding on the train to go see my friend in her Care Centre. I scanned the drawing this morning, and retouched it in the other room. The car is still […]
March 12, 2025
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Cats and Comedy
By Jack Ruttan in brush pen, cats, color, Gouache, men, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
March 10, 2025
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Chrystia
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, color, digital, Gouache, heads, paintings, pen and ink, pencil, Portraits, self-promotion, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, womenInstead of doing important drawings for which there is a firm deadline, I watched politics on my big TV instead. Lots of long speeches. I liked Chrystia Freeland’s face, so I drew that in my Dollarama sketchbook, with my amazing Winsor and Newton Series 150 Chinese brush. I don’t know if it’s actually a Chinese […]
March 9, 2025
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Red Gothic Guy in Gouache
By Jack Ruttan in Gouache, heads, men, paintings, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolourI’m happy that this is posting, because I’m not too thrilled with my digital painting program at the moment. Maybe it’s calmed down now, and recognizes me. I also put my thumb drive in the pocket of my fuzzy sweater, because I wanted to print something at the library. But the library printer only prints […]
March 2, 2025
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Anne Hathaway
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, Gouache, heads, paintings, Portraits, self-promotion, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, womenThis is supposed to be Anne Hathaway from The Devil Wears Prada. It looks a little like her….