Reeve portrait in progress 3
Reeve is a red Border Collie with gold eyes. I have to get that eye color just right. Sheila and David guided me on adjusting the color...
Kevin Roeckl
Apr 6, 20231 min read
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Reeve portrait in progress 2
Red Border Collie “Reeve” begins to emerge from the blue paper. Her beautiful red coat will really pop on this color. It took me a while...
Kevin Roeckl
Apr 5, 20231 min read
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Reeve portrait in progress 1
Sheila Conant has been on my waiting list for a portrait of her red Border Collie “Reeve”. I’ve created 12 Border Collie portraits for...
Kevin Roeckl
Apr 1, 20232 min read
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Portrait of Daisy Bleu
I’ve been laid up with an injury since April, unable to work, so I am sharing some of my earlier portraits with you. This is Daisy Bleu,...
Kevin Roeckl
Aug 11, 20221 min read
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Storm portrait in progress - start to finish
March 10 Often my portrait clients are surprised how much is involved before I even touch a pencil to paper in the studio. This album...
Kevin Roeckl
Apr 10, 202110 min read
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Storm portrait finished
Finished the portrait of Storm (Conant’s Blizzard CD) for Cathy Nearman in Hawaii. March 8 - The portrait arrived and Cathy sent this pic...
Kevin Roeckl
Apr 9, 20212 min read
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Storm portrait in progress 7
Two days ago: this is how the portrait looked when I finished work in the studio for the day. All that’s left to do is Storm’s chest and...
Kevin Roeckl
Apr 5, 20211 min read
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Storm portrait in progress 6
This is how Storm's portrait looked when I finished work in the studio for the day. Just love that pink tongue! The first bit of pink...
Kevin Roeckl
Apr 3, 20211 min read
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Storm portrait in progress 5
The shadowed side of Storm’s muzzle shows how I put in the strokes of fur on the grey paper. Zoom in if you are on a small screen. If you...
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 29, 20211 min read
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Storm portrait in progress 4
Cathy really wants to capture Storm’s sweet personality in this portrait. What makes a kind eye? What puts kindness in an eye? I was...
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 26, 20211 min read
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Storm portrait in progress 3
THE EYE OF THE STORM: The challenge of Storm’s right eye. I paused my work in the studio for 3 days to address Storm's unusual right eye...
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 26, 20212 min read
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Storm portrait in progress 2
As usual, I start with the ears. Since I'm right-handed, I almost always start in the upper left and work down, so I don’t drag my hand...
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 23, 20211 min read
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Storm portrait in progress 1
Often my portrait clients are surprised how much is involved before I even touch a pencil to paper in the studio. This album describes...
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 19, 20214 min read
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