I have no idea what that backdrop means, but I’m happier with the painted characters.
March 6, 2015
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Colour studies
By Jack Ruttan in color, digital
This is me, working on colour and light in a purely digital format. I’m trying to limit my palette. And still keep it interesting.
March 4, 2015
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Rue Notre Dame
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, watercolor, watercolour
At least I think that’s where it is. I didn’t write down the name of the street when I snapped the photo I painted this from.
March 4, 2015
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Green Girl
By Jack Ruttan in color, digital
One of the nice things about digital painting, which I think I’ve said before, is that it’s infinitely workable. This picture was sitting around for a while, looking lousy, but came to life for me with the leather jacket and streak of purple.
March 3, 2015
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Floofy Cat to Adopt
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, cats, Gouache, pencil, sketches
You can adopt this floofy cat by going here on Facebook.
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
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 pencils and Richard Gagnon did the beautiful inks. The text, of course, is copyright by the poet.
Click this link to read the whole story:
February 5, 2015
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Further Landscapes
By Jack Ruttan in color, digital, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
In 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, watercolour
I 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.
