As related in an earlier post on my tumblr blog, this year I built a light box, to trace drawings for watercolours. It was made out of a cardboard box my scanner came in, a couple of dollar store LED light bars, and a square of frosted glass I’d found in an alley. It was […]
Tags: Brush Pen, cartoons, cats, colour, ruttan's place, sketches
I’m not relating to Sundays much. Thought I’d get some time off, but I’ve got to prepare for a meeting and some work. Still, I found time to sketch these things. Small cat, and some dame. I don’t call them watercolours because they involve the brush pen, and aren’t pure. I like modelling things in […]
Tags: Animals, Brush Pen, cats, colour, Nora the cat, sketches, wash, women
Drew this in bed last night, after a hard day/busy night. Going to relax today. I’m still in this clipped mode of writing after doing too much twitter. Obviously I have to get out more. Feel as if I’m sending out telegrams. ….stop …. Anyhow, I think I rocked the SEO (Search Engine Optimization) on […]
Tags: black and white, Brush Pen, men, sketches, women
Painting more stuff tonight, after working hard. Tough days, actually, in various ways, though things aren’t bad. Getting stuff going, making decisions, dealing with things. Hope it all works out! It is February, though. One thing is from a photo, the other an elaboration of a quick sketch I made.
Tags: colour, men, montreal, paintings, watercolour
Painted this today, from a friend’s photo of a building (I think) near Turcot Yards. Should do a lot more of these sorts of things.
Tags: colour, montreal, paintings, watercolour
I’m getting back into my watercolour mode. Sometimes just splashing paint around works. At least it’s fun. Trying not so be so finicky, but not slapdash! Tricky rope to walk.
Tags: colour, men, sketches, watercolour
Had coffee the other day with Robert Smith, a writer and translator. He drew this great portrait of me!
Tags: sketches
…in colour, this time.
Tags: colour, men, sketches, watercolour, women
Cowboys, in ball-point pen, and roller pen.
Tags: Animals, ballpoint pen, black and white, horses, men, sketches, women
This is my black and white book, which doesn’t take colour all that well (except when it’s all I’ve got!). Still, it’s fun to draw in black and white with the brush pen, and various roller pens. Not as elite as the dip pen, however. But still pleasant to scratch back and forth, making those […]
Tags: ballpoint pen, black and white, Brush Pen, men, sketches, women
Something a little different. JM Ken Niimura shows off his sketchbook (actually, divided among 5 artists) at last night’s Montreal Comic Jam. Rick Gagnon is there in the background. You can follow along, and discover these artists’ websites. Thanks to JM they are (in order): Enrique Lorenzo: http://enriquelorenzo.blogspot.com/ JM Ken Niimura:http://niimurablog.blogspot.com/ Alfonso Salazar: http://alfonso-salazar.blogspot.com/ Christian […]
Tags: Montreal Comic Jam, sketches
Saw this pose on a poster for a play the other day, and drew my memory of it.
Tags: Burlesque, sketches, wash, watercolour, women
I’ve not been drawing tons. Trying to settle back into things, and relax. Cartoonists on Twitter are helping me do this, mainly through examples of their work. The figure in blue is mainly copied from a Love and Rockets comic panel. I think i like getting more into cartoony oddness, but enjoy trying to make […]
Tags: colour, sketches, watercolour, women