Baxter portrait in progress 6 - Pink-grey looks white?
Baxter’s golden coat finished. Tomorrow I’ll do his white front paws. It’s funny, this is on “moonstone” paper, which is a pinkish grey —...
Kevin Roeckl
Sep 18, 20231 min read
Baxter portrait in progress 5 - Even more colors...
Yesterday I shared a closeup of Baxter’s head with just a few of the many pencil colors I’m using to capture Baxter’s coat color. Here...
Kevin Roeckl
Sep 15, 20231 min read
Baxter portrait in progress 4 - So many interesting colors!
Baxter has all kinds of interesting colors in his coat. Prismacolor pencil on “moonstone” Canson paper.
Kevin Roeckl
Sep 14, 20231 min read
Baxter portrait in progress 3 - Not flat any more
Now you can see the difference colored pencil makes on the underpainting. It makes a flat image 3-dimensional. Baxter’s head done with...
Kevin Roeckl
Sep 12, 20231 min read
Odie arrived today!
The portrait of Odie arrived safely in Florida today. I always feel a wave of relief when a portrait I've worked on for weeks crosses...
Kevin Roeckl
Sep 9, 20231 min read
