Archive for the ‘sketches’ Category
Pen and ink, etc.
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, horses, pen and ink, pencil, sketches, womenMaisonneuve Library
By Jack Ruttan in color, montreal, paintings, watercolourThis is a gift for a friend. A little painting of the Maisonneuve Library, in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Montreal.
Guys, and a Dancer
By Jack Ruttan in color, heads, men, paintings, watercolour, womenAbove was copied from an old photo. I feel they get too tight when done that way. Want to loosen up some. And all the people below are looking in the same direction. Watercolour is more unforgiving than pencil (big discovery!) Still, I enjoy doing all the shading. Strong darks and lights help a lot.
Further Watercolour Heads
By Jack Ruttan in color, heads, men, sketches, watercolour, womenMaybe I should be doing other things, but I enjoy doing these. Looks like Sophia Loren and the Gangnam Style guy:
Warmer Times
By Jack Ruttan in color, men, paintings, sketches, watercolour, womenThe above was sketched on my friend’s verandah, when it was warmer, and possible to do such things. Below is more stuff from my head, and out of one of my books.
Alien Attack
By Jack Ruttan in paintings, watercolour, womenThis is a fun painting I did on a theme I was thinking about earlier.
Another New Sketchbook
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, brush pen, men, pencil, sketches, womenWhen I feel down, unlike people who buy a pair of shoes, I sometimes get one of these babies. Doesn’t take long to fill those rather small pages. The black Koh-i-Noor stick is nice, too. Hooray for seasonal sales at the art or stationery store! Terrible stuff to watch, last night, on the “Tube” (Youtube, […]
Spike Milligan & Maggie Smith
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, men, pencil, sketches, womenBack to Watercolour
By Jack Ruttan in color, dogs, horses, men, sketches, watercolour, womenFeels so relaxing painting in watercolours after all this digital staring into the screen thing. I also enjoy painting animals and backgrounds, not to mention plants. So maybe that means some real painting at last. It’s hard to find time for that, though. This sketching I do is mainly therapeutic. Beats punching a wall and […]
More heads, literary and otherwise.
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, digital, heads, pencil, sketchesBeen drawing a lot of heads, mainly in pencil, for digital painting. It’s a process. I don’t feel as if these are terribly ready, but I wanted to share the process.
More Heads, and Trees
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, cats, color, dogs, heads, men, pen and ink, ruttan's place, sketches, womenI’m getting back into the thing of posting what I drew lately, as long as it’s not too dreadful. It’s been hard for me lately, because I’ve been trying new things, and am not totally comfortable with them. Or even convinced that I should be trying them and not doing things more useful. But life […]
Where Have You Been?
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, men, pencil, sketches, womenMainly drawing heads, in pencil: Haven’t felt much like sharing. I’ve been working on things like digital painting in Photoshop, creating websites with Dreamweaver, and also studying a method created by Andrew Loomis in the 1940s for drawing heads accurately. Using guidelines always makes my work stiffer and more wooden, and I’ve been working on […]
Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Garlic Festival
By Jack Ruttan in color, montreal, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolourGarlic is fun stuff, and good for you too, they say. A friend of mine is co-organizing a festival devoted to it in the Quebec riverside town of Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue. Read about it here: http://steannegarlicfestival.wordpress.com My connection is that I drew the bulb which made it on the festival T-Shirt: Another friend said it looked like […]