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
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Briscoe portrait finished!
This is the 10th portrait I’ve done for this household since 1996. Two Border Collies, five Dobermans, two Old English Sheepdogs, and a...
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 31, 20241 min read
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Briscoe portrait in progress 7 - Portrait addiction
Continuing work on Briscoe’s portrait. His face finished and now adding the fringes of hair at the sides with about a dozen shades of...
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 23, 20241 min read
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Briscoe portrait in progress 6 - The surprising colors of a tongue
With the mouth and chin finished, Briscoe’s smiling face has really come to life. There were some tricky colors in the tongue. You might...
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 23, 20241 min read
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Briscoe portrait in progress 5 - Smile emerging...
Briscoe's smile emerging out of the grey. This photo taken in the studio with my colored pencils gives a sense of how large Briscoe is in...
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 20, 20241 min read
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Briscoe portrait in progress 4
The next thing to emerge is Briscoe’s nose…. Then I continue filling in his white muzzle around it - lots of little white hairs on the...
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 19, 20241 min read
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Briscoe portrait in progress 3 - How to make an eye
People are always amazed at how lifelike the eyes look in my artwork... They are just shapes and colors. If an artist can copy those...
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 19, 20241 min read
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Briscoe portrait in progress 2 - Eyes bring life
Now working on Briscoe's eyes…. Eyes bring life to a portrait. Prismacolor pencil on grey Canson paper 18 x 23 inches
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 16, 20241 min read
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Briscoe portrait in progress 1
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 Briscoe was...
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 15, 20241 min read
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Jet portrait in progress - start to finish
May 20 I’m starting a new Border Collie portrait. This will be the 3rd one I’ve done for Cathy N. Prismacolor pencil on "Felt Grey"...
Kevin Roeckl
Sep 2, 20238 min read
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The final step...(really)
"Jet" portrait delivered today to Cathy in Hawaii. This is why I pack my portraits really well with at least 4 inches of fill on all...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 12, 20231 min read
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Jet portrait finished!
The client, Cathy, chose a reference photo that is personally very meaningful to her. Before I show you the finished portrait of Jet, I...
Kevin Roeckl
Jun 30, 20234 min read
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The 13 Portraits of Sheila C.
Two weeks ago I shared my portrait of red Border Collie “Reeve”, the 13th Border Collie portrait I’ve done for Sheila Conant. Here are...
Kevin Roeckl
May 20, 20232 min read
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Reeve portrait in progress - start to finish
March 25 Sheila Conant has been on my waiting list for a portrait of her red Border Collie “Reeve”. I’ve created 12 Border Collie...
Kevin Roeckl
May 16, 20239 min read
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Reeve portrait finished!
The portrait of Reeve is finally finished. You may remember what I thought was the finished portrait, her people said looked too orange....
Kevin Roeckl
Apr 29, 20232 min read
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Reeve portrait in progress 8 - Back to the drawing board
In my last post I shared the “finished” portrait. It wasn’t finished, because Sheila and David said Reeve looked too light and too...
Kevin Roeckl
Apr 19, 20232 min read
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Reeve portrait in progress 7 - Finished or not?
Reeve portrait....finished? I always send the client a large, high-resolution jpg of the finished portrait so they can zoom in and check...
Kevin Roeckl
Apr 19, 20231 min read
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Reeve portrait in progress 6 - Final steps
Final steps.... Tape it up on the wall of my studio and stand back to see if anything needs to be adjusted. When I’m working on it, I’m...
Kevin Roeckl
Apr 17, 20231 min read
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Reeve portrait in progress 5 - The magic of a smile
Her smile really brought Reeve’s expression to life. Working on the smile… Her pink tongue adds a nice spot of color in the portrait....
Kevin Roeckl
Apr 13, 20231 min read
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Reeve portrait in progress 4
In the last pic I shared, Reeve’s eyes and upper half of her head were finished. She is a red Border Collie. Here’s what Sheila wrote:...
Kevin Roeckl
Apr 10, 20231 min read
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