Kevin Roeckl
- Jan 24
- 26 min
Cooper Addie, and Rio portrait in progress - start to finish
October 15 I’m working on a new portrait for Karen M. who has had 3 trained Search-and-Rescue dogs: Cooper, Addie, and Rio…all gone to...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jan 16
- 1 min
Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 20
The last thing I do before I consider an artwork finished, is tape it up on the wall, stand back at the distance the client will see it...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Nov 15, 2022
- 3 min
Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 2
Putting in the underpainting of the background scene, on a rainy day. The pine tree on the left was done first with colored pencils. Then...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Oct 6, 2022
- 29 min
Remmy portrait in progress - start to finish
February 28 I've been working for more than a month on just the preparation stages of a very complex, and very special portrait. For...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jul 27, 2022
- 5 min
Stephanie portrait in progress - start to finish
I’ve been laid up with an injury for several months and unable to work, so I decided to share some of my earlier portraits with you. This...
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Kevin Roeckl
- May 9, 2022
- 3 min
Remmy portrait in progress 13
The last post showed pics taken in the studio with my phone while I was working. But a phone camera doesn’t capture artwork very well....
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 23, 2022
- 2 min
Remmy portrait in progress 7
I've filled in the river background across the upper part of the portrait, and now working on the upper-right Remmy head. I need to do...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 22, 2022
- 3 min
Remmy portrait in progress 6
I’ve been working on the background river scene — the trees and sky. This post shows how I get a nice light-blue sky on darker grey paper...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Dec 29, 2021
- 9 min
Chloe portrait in progress - start to finish
November 11 Starting a portrait of red Doberman Chloe leaping into the Trinity River. It is a birthday gift from Doug Paul to his wife...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Dec 1, 2021
- 1 min
Chloe portrait in progress 8
All the pencil colors I’m going to use for Chloe, a red Doberman. Some of the brighter oranges will be for places where the bright...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Nov 26, 2021
- 1 min
Chloe portrait in progress 5
I’ve finished the rocks and cliffs. That took me a couple days longer than I expected it would. As I worked my way along the waterline I...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Nov 17, 2021
- 1 min
Chloe portrait in progress 3
Now you can see why I did the underpainting. This is a close-up of the upper left corner of the painting, where there is a forested...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Nov 15, 2021
- 2 min
Chloe portrait in progress 2
I masked off the figure of Chloe to add the base color of the river with a smooth watercolor wash. That gives me a nice green base on...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Nov 12, 2021
- 1 min
Chloe portrait in progress 1
Starting a portrait of red Doberman Chloe leaping into the Trinity River, a birthday gift from Doug Paul to his wife Cherie. You probably...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Sep 20, 2021
- 2 min
Louie portrait in progress 10
I finished the blanket today. I took this photo in the studio as I was getting down to the last part of the blanket, the lower left of...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jul 21, 2021
- 2 min
How to paint realistic eyes
People are so fascinated with how realistic eyes can look in artwork, I thought I’d share what makes them look so shiny and...
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