Popeye portrait in progress 4 - The eye
The eye is always so important in a portrait. And Popeye has such a sweet, intelligent eye. A close-up of the eye so you can see how it...
Kevin Roeckl
Feb 21, 20241 min read
Popeye portrait in progress 3 - Judging pencil colors
Today’s work, with a scrap of paper with pencil colors on it to show me how they look on that light-blue paper. This “Steel blue” is a...
Kevin Roeckl
Feb 20, 20241 min read
Popeye portrait in progress 2
I am off and running with the first day's work on a Head Study of “Popeye” for Annie W. Prismacolor pencil on “Steel blue” Canson paper...
Kevin Roeckl
Feb 19, 20241 min read
Popeye portrait in progress 1 - A horse with a special story
Annie W. contacted me for a portrait of her 3 Dobermans but instead we’re starting on a portrait of her horse Popeye. I have loved horses...
Kevin Roeckl
Feb 17, 20241 min read
Rare portrait in progress - start to finish
January 5 I'm starting a new grisaille portrait of red Doberman “Rare” for Katie G. Grisaille (pronounced greez-EYE) is a single-color...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 30, 20244 min read
