The passing of Rod McKuen the other month reminded me of this comic a friend of mine and I did, based on a spoken word recording made by this famous (maybe in-famous) poet. The “official” beats hated these, as sort of climbing onto the bandwagon, but I think they’re funny and unpretentious. I did the […]
Archive for February, 2015
February 26, 2015
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Rod McKuen’s Co-Existence Bagel Shop Blues
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, collaboration, comics, Rick Gagnon, sketches
February 5, 2015
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Further Landscapes
By Jack Ruttan in color, digital, sketches, watercolor, watercolourIn pure watercolours, and digital. These are more like blots. But I promise to pay attention to lighting, and colour, and make them more illusionistic.
February 4, 2015
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Landscapes
By Jack Ruttan in color, Coloured Pencils, paintings, sketches, watercolourI drew 4 tiny landscapes with watercolour pencils, basically as quickly as I could, without thinking about them. This I call the “I can do nothing wrong” style of painting, because I tell myself that as I do it.