

Shasta portrait in progress 3 - The forests of Vancouver
The forest trees are finished. In my last post I shared an explanation of how I’m using the grey of the paper for most of the color in...
Kevin Roeckl
Jun 25, 20241 min read


Shasta portrait in progress 2 - In a sunlit forest
The first 3 days work on Shasta’s portrait. I’m working on a sheet of “Felt Grey” Canson paper, my favorite background color to work on....
Kevin Roeckl
Jun 21, 20242 min read


Shasta portrait in progress 1 - The foundation
I'm starting a portrait of Shasta, an Australian Shepherd. It’s a gift from Diane Barnes to her son Takeshi. Takeshi’s girlfriend Cheryl...
Kevin Roeckl
Jun 17, 20244 min read


Briscoe portrait in progress - start to finish
March 10 Starting a portrait of Briscoe, a Border Collie and the heart dog of Gloria K. The first thing I saw when I began working on...
Kevin Roeckl
Jun 14, 20242 min read


Cooper portrait in progress - start to finish
April 2 I'm starting another portrait of a Doberman with a special story. Maura Reilly asked if she could get on my wait list for a...
Kevin Roeckl
Jun 12, 202410 min read



