When 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, […]
Archive for the ‘women’ Category
October 4, 2012
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Another New Sketchbook
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, brush pen, men, pencil, sketches, women
October 1, 2012
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Spike Milligan & Maggie Smith
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, men, pencil, sketches, women
September 28, 2012
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Back 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 […]
September 27, 2012
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Etcetera….
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, color, digital, horses, pencil, womenStill drawing. Feeling a little burnt out, however.
September 14, 2012
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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 […]
September 12, 2012
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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 […]
July 25, 2012
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Mad Flower Man, and Watercolour Women
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, color, sketches, watercolour, women
July 20, 2012
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Walter Colours
By Jack Ruttan in cats, color, horses, men, sketches, watercolour, womenDespite the punning title of this post, this isn’t Walt Disney. He’s actually the cartoonist who designed Porky Pig. I’ve forgotten his name at the moment, but watched a bio about him on youtube, where a number of these interesting documentaries can be found, if you know where to look for them. UPDATE: Augh. Okay, […]
July 8, 2012
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More Watercolour Things
By Jack Ruttan in cats, dinosaurs, men, Nora the cat, watercolour, women
July 6, 2012
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Pen Mischief
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, men, womenI’ve been drawing and painting a lot, but not blogging much. Will try to remedy that today. So here are some pen drawings with the amazing erasable gel pen in different colours. La la. Need to practice my landscapes. Well, that’s what this is for! Everyone should draw, everyday. But I don’t want to sound […]
June 14, 2012
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Another New Sketchbook
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, black and white, cats, dogs, men, sketches, womenThat’s about the size of it. This one is cheaper, and fits not too badly into the scanner. I’ve been away drawing things, so I thought I may as well put up everything I’ve been doing until now in one blow. These were drawn with a pilot frixion gel pen, which has the virtue of […]
June 8, 2012
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I’m Not Dead!
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, men, pencil, womenJust away from the scanner for a bit. Please don’t send search parties after me. You can see me lurking in Verdun!
May 29, 2012
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Women, Faces, and Horses
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, horses, men, pencil, watercolour, womenI like drawing wreckage, also pretty women. They don’t really go together, except perhaps in a fashion mag.