And a bonus cyclist!
May 9, 2015
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It’s Mr. Boggedy!
By Jack Ruttan in cats, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women
May 9, 2015
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Watercolour Graffiti
By Jack Ruttan in paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
I like the feeling of a painting taped to a stretching board. It feels solid, unlike the sketchbook paper. So, when I didn’t have to finish a stretched painting I started, I just used it as a place to practice things.
The result reminds me of the local “free graffiti wall” east of here on de Rouen. But this one’s private and just for Yours Truly.
May 1, 2015
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Morning Faces, and More
By Jack Ruttan in cats, color, Nora the cat, sketches, watercolour, women
Sometimes I don’t trust the scanner to catch all the little subtleties in light watercolour tones.
The colours on the palette look like little abstract comic panels.
April 30, 2015
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Sketchbook People
By Jack Ruttan in color, dogs, montreal, sketches, watercolor, watercolourFrom my second-floor deck. Also, the nearby dog run.
April 29, 2015
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Warm Day Sketches
By Jack Ruttan in color, montreal, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolor, watercolourHaven’t been able to write that much, lately. I’ve also got sketches and words from the Blue Met literary fest last weekend, but haven’t organised them. Overcome as I am by end-of-month nerves. Still, here are a couple of things from off my balcony.
The police van pulled away as I was sketching it. But I’ve been drawing a lot of these sorts of things lately, so it was easy enough to fake it.
I don’t know what kind of car this was. As a young man, this sort of thing would be important to me. And I’d know the make and year of most cars simply by the shape of their taillights.
Update: It’s a Toyota Corolla. Who’d have thunk it?
April 24, 2015
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Watercolour Oddness
By Jack Ruttan in color, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
Why am I painting between bouts of painting? Just on the brain, I suppose.
April 20, 2015
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Youtube Guys
By Jack Ruttan in color, heads, men, paintings, watercolor, watercolour
Painted these guys when I was up late last night, watching Youtube. Very tired now, but I worked hard today and solved some problems. So, I’m happy. I don’t think the cats are happy, but maybe they’ll manage.
April 18, 2015
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Stroller
By Jack Ruttan in paintings, watercolor, watercolour
Stroller woman. Not quite as charming as the ones in the sketches, but I’m not unhappy with how this turned out.
April 16, 2015
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Street Page
By Jack Ruttan in pencil, sketches
Sketches I did while listening on the phone, and watching moms take their kids back from daycare. Trying to capture shapes and action. Also a bit of personality.
April 14, 2015
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Value study
By Jack Ruttan in sketches
This is a value study of a character in a storyboard sequence I’ve been doing. I wanted to make sure I had the right colours for shadows on her yellow jacket. The jacket is an homage to “Kill Bill.”
I’m pretty lazy, and don’t usually do studies, because that’s extra work, and I usually like to wing it. But this character is appearing a lot in this story, and I wanted to be sure the colours I was using on her were ones I could live with. These are also fun drawings, I think.
March 26, 2015
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Characters
By Jack Ruttan in paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
Just sort of warming up, here.
March 24, 2015
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Pair o’ Cats
By Jack Ruttan in cats, color, paintings, watercolour
I’m calling this a “warm-up,” since I’m really working on a much bigger job. Still, this taught me some things, and finishing it freed up a watercolour board.
March 12, 2015
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Spring-like Sketches
By Jack Ruttan in color, montreal, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
It was actually possible, yesterday, to sit on the balcony and draw this little postal van, illegally parked across the street.
The above is a tiny little thing, but the colours are pretty.