Lacy portrait in progress 5 - What a difference colored pencil makes!
After the underpainting was done and all the ripples pressed out of the paper, I'm now working with colored pencil for the rest of the...
Kevin Roeckl
Nov 3, 20231 min read
Lacy portrait in progress 4 - A challenge on grey
I’ve finished the underpainting on Lacy’s portrait. The Canson paper I chose for this artwork is called “Pearl”, a soft warm grey. My...
Kevin Roeckl
Oct 31, 20232 min read
Lacy portrait in progress 3 - A hard decision
Now that layout decisions have been made, I decided what color Canson paper I’m going to work on, and pulled the sheet of Canson out of...
Kevin Roeckl
Oct 28, 20232 min read
Lacy portrait in progress 2 - More layouts...
In my previous post I shared 8 rough layouts that I had created for Betty K. She chose her favorite, but that wasn't the final layout....
Kevin Roeckl
Oct 19, 20232 min read
Lacy portrait in progress 1 - Layouts: which is your favorite?
I’m starting a new portrait of Lacy for Betty K. Here are 8 possible rough-draft layouts. Which is your favorite one? Lacy loved the...
Kevin Roeckl
Oct 18, 20232 min read
