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, […]
Tags: black and white, colour, planes, sketches, watercolour
More quick sketches of people and things out on the street.
Tags: colour, 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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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:
Tags: black and white, cats, colour, Nora the cat, photos, 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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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. […]
Tags: Animals, colour, sketches, wash, 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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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.
Tags: colour, Film & TV, sketches, watercolour
A little scattered, and nervous, but getting things done. I think these reflect my state of mind. I think everything will be okay, but have no idea at the moment how that will come about.
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“Old Yeller?” I like drawing in the morning, and I like being spontaneous, but it has its disadvantages. Certain things make me go “darn!” but I wonder if anyone will notice them, or cares. Could be a dog with ears of different length. Or maybe he’s just a dog who looks like that, and it’s […]
Tags: Animals, colour, dogs, Safety Sign, sketches, watercolour
What’s a little depressing is when you go a “Graphic Image Search” (GIS for those in the know) for “pigeon,” you get a larger than usual number of dead and messed up pigeons. It’s not the main thing I think of when watching pigeons out my front door, but there are a lot of them […]
Tags: Animals, colour, dogs, watercolour
Kind of like what a complete page in my sketchbook sometimes looks like, rather than a nice drawing excerpted and isolated to show you. Again, the usual paints on a thin, sketchbook paper. I’m a little bit torn up this morning, because a pro illustrator (more successful than I, at least) looked over my website […]
On chintzy paper, no less! Probably a reaction to trying to be so neat and precise the last time, and crying over a misplaced dot of green paint. These are at least more fun to do!
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