Kevin Roeckl
- May 27
- 2 min
Oliver portrait in progress - start to finish
May 2 Making a good start on a new Doberman portrait, for Carolyn M., Gloria K, and Tammy C. This is the 9th portrait I’ve done for this...
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Kevin Roeckl
- May 16
- 9 min
Reeve portrait in progress - start to finish
March 25 Sheila Conant has been on my waiting list for a portrait of her red Border Collie “Reeve”. I’ve created 12 Border Collie...
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Kevin Roeckl
- May 15
- 1 min
Oliver portrait finished!
When I sent a jpg of the finished portrait to the clients for final approval, Carolyn wrote: “Beautiful!!! That’s our boy! Makes me miss...
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Kevin Roeckl
- May 8
- 1 min
Oliver portrait in progress 4
Oliver’s head is finished and working my way down his neck. Next, his plaid bow-tie! Prismacolor pencil on grey Canson paper, 18 x 23...
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Kevin Roeckl
- May 7
- 1 min
Oliver portrait in progress 3
Working on the rust-colored area of Oliver’s face. Nose and lips finished. These are all the pencil colors I’m using. Prismacolor pencil...
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Kevin Roeckl
- May 6
- 1 min
Oliver portrait in progress 2
Working on Oliver’s eye. The next 4 pics are close-ups showing the progression of how the eye was developed. 1 The eye in progress... My...
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Kevin Roeckl
- May 4
- 1 min
Oliver portrait in progress 1
Making a good start on a new Doberman portrait, for Carolyn M., Gloria K, and Tammy C. This is the 9th portrait I’ve done for this...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Apr 29
- 2 min
Reeve portrait finished!
The portrait of Reeve is finally finished. You may remember what I thought was the finished portrait, her people said looked too orange....
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Kevin Roeckl
- Apr 19
- 2 min
Reeve portrait in progress 8 - Back to the drawing board
In my last post I shared the “finished” portrait. It wasn’t finished, because Sheila and David said Reeve looked too light and too...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Apr 19
- 1 min
Reeve portrait in progress 7 - Finished or not?
Reeve portrait....finished? I always send the client a large, high-resolution jpg of the finished portrait so they can zoom in and check...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Apr 17
- 1 min
Reeve portrait in progress 6 - Final steps
Final steps.... Tape it up on the wall of my studio and stand back to see if anything needs to be adjusted. When I’m working on it, I’m...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Apr 13
- 1 min
Reeve portrait in progress 5 - The magic of a smile
Her smile really brought Reeve’s expression to life. Working on the smile… Her pink tongue adds a nice spot of color in the portrait....
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Kevin Roeckl
- Apr 10
- 1 min
Reeve portrait in progress 4
In the last pic I shared, Reeve’s eyes and upper half of her head were finished. She is a red Border Collie. Here’s what Sheila wrote:...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Apr 6
- 1 min
Reeve portrait in progress 3
Reeve is a red Border Collie with gold eyes. I have to get that eye color just right. Sheila and David guided me on adjusting the color...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Apr 5
- 1 min
Reeve portrait in progress 2
Red Border Collie “Reeve” begins to emerge from the blue paper. Her beautiful red coat will really pop on this color. It took me a while...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Apr 1
- 2 min
Reeve portrait in progress 1
Sheila Conant has been on my waiting list for a portrait of her red Border Collie “Reeve”. I’ve created 12 Border Collie portraits for...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 26
- 14 min
Nadia portrait in progress - start to finish
January 20 Starting a new portrait, for Katherine Belzowski, of her Grand Champion, Top Twenty Doberman “Nadia”. GCHS CH Belz Catch My...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 22
- 1 min
Nadia portrait finished!
This portrait features Grand Champion, Top Twenty Doberman "Nadia", GCHS CH Belz Catch My Breath WAC with professional handler Hernan...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 8
- 1 min
Nadia portrait in progress 16
Here’s how I did the crushed velvet that is draped on the podium. The last thing to do in this portrait. 1 Jerky, scribbley pencil...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 7
- 2 min
Nadia portrait in progress 15
Yesterday I shared the pic of Nadia holding her dish, the fifth and final figure in Nadia‘s portrait. But the portrait is not finished...
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