I was digging through what I laughingly call my “archives,” and this little painting fell out. It’s a portrait I did some years ago of our family’s childhood dog, Pimmy. He was a “Toy Terrier,” which meant he was a cross between a Jack Russell Terrier, and a beagle. Not the brightest dog in the […]
Archive for the ‘watercolor’ Category
January 5, 2025
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Last page of one of my last year’s (2024) sketchbooks.
By Jack Ruttan in color, men, paintings, watercolor
December 29, 2024
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Sassy Squirrel and Cat
By Jack Ruttan in cats, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour6″ x 9″ Gouache
December 25, 2024
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Watercolour Kitty
By Jack Ruttan in cats, paintings, watercolor, watercolourThis is a painting I did this morning. Not a masterpiece, and nothing to do with Christmas, but I learn by doing things, and painting makes me feel good. Dollarama Watercolour paper, about 5 x 7 inches.
December 17, 2024
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Firecat and Two Guys
By Jack Ruttan in brush pen, cats, color, heads, Jack's House of Cats, men, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
December 15, 2024
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Witch Lady with Cat
By Jack Ruttan in paintings, watercolorMy blog still seems to be working, but please bear with me as I upgrade it from the 1990’s version of WordPress. I’ll include links here to where this is officially going on the web, once I figure them out. This picture was more for Halloween, and was illustrating someone’s story. A much more famous […]
Tags: watercolour
November 28, 2024
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Roses and Wildflowers
By Jack Ruttan in collaboration, color, watercolor, watercolourHere’s “Cover Art” by Yours Truly, for the autumn issue of Roses and Wildflowers, “The Magazine of Mythopoeia and Fabulism.” That’s quite a mouthful, but I’m getting used to it. Please click on the link, and subscribe. Their heart is in the right place!
November 11, 2024
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Jeanne-Mance Park
By Jack Ruttan in color, sketches, watercolor, watercolourHere’s another oldie!
May 12, 2024
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Green Hair
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, heads, paintings, Portraits, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women
April 26, 2024
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April Blog
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, color, Coloured Pencils, heads, montreal, paintings, pencil, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolor, watercolourHere we are, in my old-fashioned editor, putting up pictures from my sketchbook into my old-fashioned blog. I used to know how to write CSS, and make pretty styles for text and paragraphs. Not to mention the tags for these illustrations. Haven’t done much of that for a long while! I listened to a […]
March 18, 2024
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Dinos
By Jack Ruttan in sketches, watercolor, watercolourI’m actually glad the more recent reconstructions of Tyrannosaurus Rex aren’t as feathery as they were a few years back, when I drew these things. Mainly I’m posting this because I noticed I hadn’t posted anything this year yet, so I wanted to keep the blog more or less fresh. I am paying for the […]
August 5, 2023
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Yelling People!
By Jack Ruttan in color, Coloured Pencils, heads, pencil, Portraits, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, womenI have to update my blog, template and all, to add new, modern things. I hope not a ton of pop-ups, etcetera. Still, this is a recent sketchbook page I actually worked on today! I’m setting up a Patreon link, and also have a cool illustration thing I’m going to share soon! Please stay tuned!
May 10, 2023
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Guest Cat and Random Bird
By Jack Ruttan in cats, color, Jack's House of Cats, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolourThings seen outside my friend’s back door window. Painted in watercolour in my cheap Dollarama sketchbook.