This is from my Mom’s copy of The Joy of Cooking (sadly the copyright page and front cover are missing):
But I prefer this one below, which she enclosed. A version of this chili is keeping me warm at the moment!
January 30, 2025
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Papineau Metro
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, sketches, women
This lady was sitting across from me as I was riding the Montreal Metro. She was actually flashier than this, and possibly indigenous. I didn’t sketch her on the spot, but I drew my impression of her later, and scanned it for here. Mainly to prove I could do it….
January 26, 2025
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Space Lady
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint pen, color, sketches, watercolor, women
This is a drawing out of an old sketchbook. I’m getting back into comics and things, I promise…..
January 23, 2025
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Costumed Grouch
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, heads, men, pencil, Portraits, sketches
This guy’s photo went by quickly on my iPhone, and I tried to sketch him as quickly as I could. He’s 6×9 inches, in graphite on crappy dollar store paper.
January 19, 2025
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Childhood Dog
By Jack Ruttan in dogs, paintings, watercolor, watercolour
I was digging through what I laughingly call my “archives,” and this little painting fell out. It’s a portrait I did some years ago of our family’s childhood dog, Pimmy. He was a “Toy Terrier,” which meant he was a cross between a Jack Russell Terrier, and a beagle.
Not the brightest dog in the world, but I have fond memories of him.
January 11, 2025
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January 11th
By Jack Ruttan in men, montreal, sketches, women
Mostly drawn today, on the Montreal Metro.
January 5, 2025
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Last page of one of my last year’s (2024) sketchbooks.
By Jack Ruttan in color, men, paintings, watercolor
Last page of one of my last year’s sketchbooks. I guess I’ll have to type “Copyright 2025” onto all my pages on the web! Not that that’s going to do much, these days….
December 29, 2024
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Sassy Squirrel and Cat
By Jack Ruttan in cats, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
6″ x 9″ Gouache
December 25, 2024
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Watercolour Kitty
By Jack Ruttan in cats, paintings, watercolor, watercolour
This is a painting I did this morning. Not a masterpiece, and nothing to do with Christmas, but I learn by doing things, and painting makes me feel good.
Dollarama Watercolour paper, about 5 x 7 inches.
December 17, 2024
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Firecat and Two Guys
By Jack Ruttan in brush pen, cats, color, heads, Jack's House of Cats, men, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
December 15, 2024
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Witch Lady with Cat
By Jack Ruttan in paintings, watercolor
My blog still seems to be working, but please bear with me as I upgrade it from the 1990’s version of WordPress. I’ll include links here to where this is officially going on the web, once I figure them out.
This picture was more for Halloween, and was illustrating someone’s story. A much more famous artist did a drawing on this subject for the cover of the New Yorker, and that’s what was coming up on the image search the publication was doing for the story. This picture above is all my own work, however. Though I’ve not set up any anti AI software!
I’m a little curious what it would say if I asked it to “Do an illustration in the style of Jack Ruttan.” I think would respond, “Are you joking? Are you trying to be funny?”
Tags: watercolour
December 12, 2024
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Trees and Kid
By Jack Ruttan in heads, men, paintings, Portraits, sketches, watercolour
I’m watercolouring again. Using the cheap paper, but still, it’s good to get into things. I did the kid separately, and then digitally pasted him in.
So, it’s a combination digital/watercolour work, if you want to be technical about it.
December 8, 2024
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Lunch with Friends
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, brush pen, heads, montreal, pen and ink, Portraits, Rick Gagnon, sketches
Had lunch with a couple of cartoonist friends. Richard Gagnon, Éric Theriault, and Kurt Beaulieu. Got them to draw things in one of my old sketchbooks. Whee! Almost like the good old days, except what’s older are us three….
This was done with my Pentel Brush Pen, which I promptly lost later in the day. RIP!