Archive for the ‘sketches’ Category

June 10, 2009 0

Cats and Guys

By in cats, sketches, watercolour

That’s what we’ve got today. Mr. Street Black Cat better be careful. We don’t want him to become black cat pizza! And a final hat guy:

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June 8, 2009 0

Another weekend

By in sketches, watercolour

Just some stuff I drew over the weekend. “Gagnon Fridays” are on hiatus for a bit, as we figure out a new place to meet. I liked the old one, but it takes two to get together. Hope something happens. I enjoyed those. Rough pic of a P-38 lightning above. Below, these drawings are separate, […]

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June 6, 2009 0

Drama

By in cats, sketches

A dramatic sketch of Nora the kitty. None of the cats are very dramatic at the moment. They’re lying around like plague victims, and it’s not even all that hot. A harbinger of things to come this summer? Below, another drawing. Kind of an office scene:

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June 5, 2009 0

Out on the Street

By in montreal, sketches, watercolour

More quick sketches of people and things out on the street.

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June 4, 2009 0

Nice Weather Again

By in montreal, sketches, watercolour

Had fun riding my bike the other day. Saw plenty of BIXI rental bicycle stands (there are two within a couple of blocks of me, so there must be a lot — at least here and on the plateau, which is one of Montreal’s more trendy neighbourhoods). And forgot to wear my sunscreen, so got […]

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June 3, 2009 0

The Wonderful Engine…

By in cats, sketches, watercolour

This thing looks a little like the power turbines I was writing about in the Power Quest Episode of “What’s That About?” I talk about the show on my site, here: http://mruttan.ca/television.html Have to get busy and finish the links! More new sketches: This is what my work chair looks like in the morning:

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June 2, 2009 0

Ballpoint Sketches

By in sketches, watercolour

I like the feel of a smooth ballpoint in the book. Not the most respected of media, but you can make nice gradated tones with it. I even like them when they blob, but not when they are sluggish, or don’t work so you start carving little ruts in the paper. This one’s more just […]

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May 29, 2009 0

Sketch Paintings

By in sketches, watercolour

Couple of half-sketch half paintings. Gal and gorilla. And long haired villain guy below: Tried to get out to the comic jam tonight, but was driven back by the big rain, and a sore knee. Somehow conspiring to be as rotten as possible, when I wanted to get out. I guess that’s called story irony. […]

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May 26, 2009 0

Dreads and Garters

By in montreal, sketches

Saw this girl this afternoon, walking by. Not so apparent from my brilliant sketch, but she’s wearing thigh-high legwarmers with “Sally Jupiter” garters.

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May 25, 2009 0

Painting at the old port

By in cats, montreal, sketches, watercolour

Thought the above would be rather larger. Maybe I’ll upload it with more detail. It was me painting at the Old Port yesterday, with people on Bixis going by, and old boats. Below, Nora small cat gets avant-garde:

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May 24, 2009 0

Funny Faces

By in cats, sketches, watercolour

As I wrote in Twitter, it’s fun painting funny faces early in the morning. I snapped these with the camera rather than scanning them. Below is the purple lady from a couple of posts back. I guess that would be called a “second state” if I were printmaking. Little Nora wanted her picture taken, too! […]

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May 23, 2009 0

Back to Gagnon Fridays

By in sketches

After hiatus of a couple of weeks, met with my friend Rick Gagnon, but at a different bar this time. Different vibe, too. Above are his inks over an old man I drew. Below is a whiffle jet of mine, which I drew in pencil on the back of a printed sheet of paper (because […]

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May 22, 2009 0

UFO

By in sketches, watercolour

Pretty busy with work, which is mainly finding work. Did this sketch this morning, in tribute to one of the purple-haired ladies in UFO, the old British TV series. Will try to do a better one, sometime.

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May 20, 2009 0

Faces, Mostly

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Sorry. Between twittering, reading, and work, I haven’t had much time to draw and blog. Here are some faces; partly for a project. Hope it gets off the ground!

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