This is my T-shirt design for the 2014 Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Quebec Garlic Festival. That event will happen next week, August 23, 2014. Finally saw the design in print last night at the get-together for volunteers. This happened at a pretty little place called the Coop du Grand Orme. Snaps of things are below. The band is […]
Archive for the ‘sketches’ Category
August 15, 2014
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The 2014 Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec Garlic Festival is Coming
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, color, Coloured Pencils, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women
August 8, 2014
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More Morning Painting
By Jack Ruttan in color, paintings, watercolor, watercolourActually, working on things I started earlier. Just trying things.
August 4, 2014
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Impression of parc Médéric-Martin
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, paintings, parks, sketches, watercolor, watercolourhttp://parcmedericmartin.com/
July 31, 2014
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Lachine Canal
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, paintings, watercolor, watercolourThis wasn’t working as a painting, so I decided to see if I could put little people along the front of it. That didn’t work perfectly, either: some “pentimenti” here — that’s because it’s transparent watercolour, except for the white. Still, fun to try, and I’m not so annoyed with it anymore.
July 28, 2014
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Nora the Tuxling
By Jack Ruttan in cats, color, Nora the cat, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
July 25, 2014
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Inspired by George Stubbs
By Jack Ruttan in dogs, horses, sketches, watercolorGeorge Stubbs is one of my favourite painters. Not just because of his horses and dogs, (though those are great, too), but his wonderful, very sober, 18th-century people.
June 22, 2014
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It’s Everyone’s Prehistoric Pal
By Jack Ruttan in dinosaurs, watercolor, watercolourThis is eryops. He’s everyone’s prehistoric pal.
June 19, 2014
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Morning Paintings
By Jack Ruttan in color, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolourMorning paintings, on my deck. I’m aware that one of the cars is on the sidewalk, but I didn’t plan this one very well. Still, I like it.
June 4, 2014
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Backyard Sketches
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, brush pen, color, sketches, watercolor, watercolourThese are sketches from the backyard garden of my cherished friend. Above is a gingko tree, though it’s hard to tell. Below, a hair in the scanner, darn it. But I’m too lazy to erase it. The spindly-looking thing is a catalpa tree, which apparently takes a while to “leaf out.” I was using Asian […]
June 4, 2014
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More Paintings in Parks
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, paintings, parks, watercolor, watercolourParc des Faubourgs. I painted this from the steps of the Latin American Church across the street (rue Ontario). That’s my bike on the right. Square Viger. Called “Square” in both English and French (not “Carré”) This is an odd little place, full of sculpture, but which has a bed reputation, because it’s isolated and […]
May 22, 2014
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Watercolours of Montreal Parks
By Jack Ruttan in color, paintings, watercolor, watercolourParc du Portugal Parc Edmond-Hamilton A park dog
May 16, 2014
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Imagined States of America
By Jack Ruttan in sketchesAnother article for Roverarts.com. This time, it’s the first film review I’ve written in a long while. Read it here.
May 14, 2014
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More Splashy Painting
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolourHere’s a picture of that odd building by the “Peel Basin” along the bike path in Montreal. I can’t find the reference picture I took, so there’s a lot of interesting graffiti missing here. I may put it in later. Below, I was sitting in a park watching kids playing flag football. In our day, […]