Raven portrait in progress 7 - Seeing with the heart
Raven's pink tongue is finished. Every time I share “in progress” pics with Cathy, she tells me a bit more about Raven. When I first...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 11, 20251 min read
Raven portrait in progress 6 - A difficult passage
This was a difficult passage: Raven’s nose and the muzzle around the nose. It required careful attention to the reference photo because...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 10, 20251 min read
Raven portrait in progress 5 - The importance of multiple reference photos
Raven has such a beautifully symmetrical face, and I have been portraying him symmetrical – with a lot of attention on getting that...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 9, 20252 min read
Raven portrait in progress 4 - The importance of landmarks
1 Raven's forehead and around the eye-socket on the left side are finished. I’ve put in Raven’s center white stripe down his nose as a...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 3, 20252 min read
Two artist friends
Yesterday I had a debate on my Facebook page with Michael Joseph about whether copying a reference photo but changing things...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 2, 20251 min read
