Kevin Roeckl
- Dec 23, 2022
- 3 min
My Custom Christmas cards - 12 favorites
From 2000 to 2009 I created custom Christmas cards for clients from their own photos of their pets, with Photoshop. For the 12 days 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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Kevin Roeckl
- Jun 24, 2021
- 6 min
Tanner portrait in progress - start to finish
June 2 Started a new portrait of Tanner, an orange cat, for loving owner Tammie Wolf. First I created a detailed sketch on a very special...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jun 19, 2021
- 1 min
Tanner portrait finished!
Finished portrait of Tanner for Tammie Wolf. Tanner is a 3 year old rescue who loves to curl up and sleep with his big brother Doberman,...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jun 16, 2021
- 1 min
Tanner portrait in progress 6
Now I’m adding the blue and white blanket over Tanner. Today’s work was to do the fold that is to the left of his face. It was slow going...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jun 12, 2021
- 1 min
Tanner portrait in progress 5
If you’ve been following this portrait from the beginning, you know that my concept for this portrait is to do the bedding very loose and...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jun 9, 2021
- 1 min
Tanner portrait in progress 4
Continuing on Tanner’s face. The eyes are in now. Finishing the eyes always brings a portrait to life more than anything else. Here’s a...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jun 7, 2021
- 1 min
Tanner portrait in progress 3
Working on Tanner’s face. You can see how nice the golds and oranges look on that mauve-grey paper. Tanner really "pops" on that color....
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jun 4, 2021
- 2 min
Tanner portrait in progress 2
My concept for Tanner’s portrait is to do the bedding in big, loose, gestural strokes, and Tanner’s face in tight detail. I chose this...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jun 4, 2021
- 2 min
Tanner portrait in progress 1
Started a new portrait of Tanner, an orange cat, for loving owner Tammie Wolf. First I created a detailed sketch on a very special sheet...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jun 4, 2021
- 9 min
"Mini" portrait in progress - start to finish
April 20 Started a portrait of Mini, a beautiful black cat with gold eyes, for Emily Moren, DVM. Emily wants the portrait to include...
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Kevin Roeckl
- May 28, 2021
- 2 min
"Mini" portrait finished!
Today I finished the portrait of Mini, beloved cat of Emily Moren, DVM. She is surrounded by hellebores, the flower that was planted in...
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Kevin Roeckl
- May 24, 2021
- 2 min
"Mini" portrait in progress 5
Working on Mini’s eyes, the most critical part of the portrait. I started out this morning before I went in the studio, by reading the...
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Kevin Roeckl
- May 17, 2021
- 1 min
"Mini" portrait in progress 4
Now working on the black hellebore flowers. I'm adding colored pencil over the flat black watercolor wash I did in a previous step. The...
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Kevin Roeckl
- May 14, 2021
- 1 min
"Mini" portrait in progress 3
The plant foliage is finished. I may add a few more leaves and stems…I want to see how the balance looks when I get the black flowers...
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Kevin Roeckl
- May 12, 2021
- 3 min
"Mini" portrait in progress 2
All the outlines of Mini and the flowers have been drawn out in detail on a sheet of Canson “moonstone” paper, a beautiful art paper with...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Apr 21, 2021
- 2 min
"Mini" portrait in progress 1
Starting a portrait of Mini, a beautiful black cat with gold eyes, for Emily Moren, DVM. Emily wants the portrait to include hellebore, a...
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