Kevin Roeckl
- Jun 12
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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Kevin Roeckl
- Apr 10
- 10 min
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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Apr 9
- 2 min
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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Apr 5
- 1 min
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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Apr 3
- 1 min
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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 29
- 1 min
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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 26
- 1 min
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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 26
- 2 min
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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 23
- 1 min
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...
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