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Archive for July, 2009
July 29, 2009
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Some More Sketches…
By Jack Ruttan in sketches, watercolourThese have been piling up! I have no idea why I named the truck “Wibberly.” It’s the name of an old British SF author. And another picture. “So What” girl visits Star Wars:
Tags: black and white, colour, sketches, watercolour
July 28, 2009
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Old Soldiers Never Die…
By Jack Ruttan in montrealThe Staue of Maisonneuve was coming down (or going back up! – I don’t know) at Place d’Armes in Montreal. I was zipping by on my bike, back from a meeting, when I saw these statues being wrapped up and ported around. Interesting! (I hope!) Anyhow, here they are for your delectation. More in the […]
July 28, 2009
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Street Gardening Part Deux
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, ruttan's placeMore done on the back alley garden, behind my place (okay, it’s rue de Rouen between rues Shepherd and Chapleau). Art stuff, and decoration this time. I got roped in to help. My neighbour, pictured up above, got into trying to fasten his tableau to a brick wall. Me, I would have tried to drill […]
Tags: montreal, photos, Plants, Ruelle Verte, ruttan's place
July 19, 2009
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Street Gardening, Woot!
By Jack Ruttan in cats, montreal, ruttan's place, womenThe local Eco Quartier (a little neighbourhood org. that does recycling, gardening, and ecologically-oriented projects) visited the lane behind my apartment, which was generally a down at the heels place, full of burdock and junk. They instigated a project of planting a garden back there. It’s part of an initiative called ruelle verte. Notice these […]
Tags: cats, montreal, photos, Plants, Ruelle Verte, ruttan's place, women
July 18, 2009
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My Beautiful (former) Laundrette
By Jack Ruttan in montrealI’m only getting around to this now (I have a lot of blog posts — mainly stories and photos, backed up. Well, at least one more!) Above is yours truly, along with Sradj Mohamed, a true gentleman. He was the most recent owner of the Laundromat I’ve been going to for 20 years, down the […]
July 17, 2009
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Back to Bangkok
By Jack Ruttan in montrealWish I was there, actually. Maybe not at the moment, because it’s the rainy season. But my friends over there tell me I have a place to stay if I want to drop in. Can also pick up my sketchbook full of Bangkok drawings I left over there. But I was going through old disks, […]
Tags: Bangkok, comics, montreal, visual art, workshop
July 15, 2009
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Yarg
By Jack Ruttan in cats, sketches, watercolourYarg
Tags: Animals, cats, colour, Nora the cat, sketches, watercolour
July 14, 2009
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Odds and ends
By Jack Ruttan in men, montreal, sketchesHe’s supposed to be a cheery little guy with a twinkle in his eye. Meanwhile, Walter Matthau is being uncharacteristically menacing (and cryptic): And this is just an old sketch, made in the lobby of the Musée des Beaux Arts:
Tags: black and white, men, montreal, sketches
July 12, 2009
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Easy and Hard Watercolour
By Jack Ruttan in men, watercolourThe one above, based on an image in one of my “how to draw” books, took me 2 hours. The one below, about 15 minutes. Which one do I like more? That’s easy.
Tags: men, watercolour
July 11, 2009
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Birthday and Back on the Balcony
By Jack Ruttan in men, sketches, womenMy browser wasn’t cooperating, and I wasn’t going to be able to post these pictures. But something shook loose. Leading off above is a B-Day card for a friend, who likes military things. Below, a walking girl: And a woman director: Random guys on a page:
Tags: black and white, men, planes, sketches, women
July 7, 2009
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More Awkward Watercolour
By Jack Ruttan in sketches, watercolourI kind of enjoy trying things out, and possibly failing, rather than doing one perfect picture after another of something I know I can do. Hence these. Guy in a slightly Middle Ages hood. These “backwashes” or “cauliflowers” are accidents. I could paint them out with another layer. But they’re interesting, so they stay. On […]
Tags: colour, sketches, watercolour
July 6, 2009
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Art in the Street
By Jack Ruttan in montrealIt was a nice day, finally, last Sunday, so I went to rue Ste. Catherine East between Papineau and Berri to take in the FIMA, or Festival Montreal des Arts. Basically, the street is blocked off, and a lot of artists set up there in tents, to display and hawk their wares. I myself did […]
Tags: montreal, photos, visual art
July 3, 2009
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Running out of Sketchbook Pages
By Jack Ruttan in sketchesWill have to buy new books, or draw on the walls. You can’t stop me. These were outside walkers, and a ball player. I see ball players often, because there’s a diamond in the park around the corner.
Tags: black and white, sketches