Sorry for the absence, but I’ve been playing with a new toy. A Wacom Intuous 4 stylus. Still working with it. I’ve used a Bamboo Pen stylus for a while, but though i liked it, the lines were jiggly and I couldn’t really draw with it the way I could with pencils, pens and brushes. […]
Posts Tagged ‘men’
December 14, 2011
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F-F-f-faces!
By Jack Ruttan in cats, men, sketches, watercolour, womenStill painting random faces, from DVDs, and my squirming imagination. Kind of enjoying it at the moment. Some bonus kitty-cats as well.
Tags: Animals, cats, men, Nora the cat, sketches, watercolour, women
December 12, 2011
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What’s New in the Sketchbook?
By Jack Ruttan in horses, men, sketches, watercolour, women
November 22, 2011
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Out of My Head….
By Jack Ruttan in horses, men, sketches, womenThat’s where these drawings are from. When winter sets in it’s less practicable to draw things out on the street. So I sit around looking at books, watching DVDs, also drawing anything that tickles my fancy. Hate drawing directly from photographs, but those give you different ideas, and also keeps one closer to reality. So […]
Tags: Animals, ballpoint pen, black and white, Brush Pen, horses, men, sketches, women
November 21, 2011
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A Kelpie, a Vampire; other things.
By Jack Ruttan in horses, men, sketches, women
November 18, 2011
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Comic Colour and Nasty Horsemen
By Jack Ruttan in horses, men, sketchesI’ve finally learned a comic colouring technique that’s relatively fast, and that I’m happy with. Check this series of youtube videos from the Overground Comic Company, if you want to find out more. Meanwhile, I’ve been drawing a stack of things. Here are a couple of angry guys on horses a la Frank Frazetta for […]
Tags: Animals, ballpoint pen, black and white, Brush Pen, colour, digital, horses, men, sketches
November 13, 2011
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Arrr…. Ulllg….
By Jack Ruttan in men, sketches, watercolourThis guy is vaguely based on John Cusack from the movie “Say Anything,” but I was too lazy to draw a portrait. So he becomes “random guy,” because it’s too cold to go out on the balcony and draw people.
Tags: colour, men, sketches, watercolour
November 6, 2011
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Fast and Slow Watercolours
By Jack Ruttan in men, sketches, watercolour, womenOne of these was painted very quickly, the other very slowly. Which is which? Do you care?
Tags: colour, men, sketches, watercolour, women
November 3, 2011
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Pencil Portraits
By Jack Ruttan in men, sketchesMahler I’m working on my portraiture chops, by drawing some faces out of an old “New York Times Book Review.” Tough to be technically good, and still contain a hint of personality. But that’s why we practice with these kinds of things, isn’t it? Young Orson Welles Hal Holbrook
Tags: black and white, men, pencil, sketches
October 28, 2011
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Pen and Ink Cats, etc.
By Jack Ruttan in cats, men, sketches, watercolour, womenMr. Boggedy only WISHES he could catch rats! It’s a pain thinking up clever titles for these posts of sketches, so I’m just going for the search engines! Here’s my old pal, Howard Shore (with a random DVD lady): Bonus! A woman pointing! Is she actually wearing anything, or am I just lazy? Could have […]
Tags: Animals, cats, men, Pen & Ink, sketches, watercolour, women
October 26, 2011
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Drawings of Thugs and Women
By Jack Ruttan in men, sketches, watercolour, womenSorry, they’re not together. Some other time! The guy here is my trying to recapture impressions of this character I saw on the street, who could have been a thug ordered by Central Casting. Don’t think I caught the exact look of malice on his face which unsettled me, though! Women in pencil, and colour:
Tags: ballpoint pen, black and white, men, pencil, sketches, watercolour, women
October 22, 2011
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A Utopian Moment
By Jack Ruttan in men, sketches, watercolour, womenSomebody asked me where the name “Utopia Moment” came from. It’s something I made up, when I was in a Brian Eno type of mood (he likes to give enigmatic titles to his pieces). I think it refers to the instant when everything feels perfect; but it’s so fleeting it’s hard to grab onto and […]
Tags: black and white, colour, men, Pen & Ink, sketches, watercolour, women
October 16, 2011
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Science Fiction Experiment
By Jack Ruttan in men, paintings, watercolour, womenGot carried away painting something in one of my books. The more complex you make it, it seems the more the flaws show up. Oh well, I enjoyed doing it. Trying to manage my lights and darks, my perspective, also my colour palette. The interesting thing about doing these is that they never quite get […]
Tags: colour, men, paintings, watercolour, women