Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 19
- 4 min
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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 14
- 2 min
Luca portrait in progress - start to finish
March 4 The past couple weeks I’ve been sharing a “Little Jewel” portrait. This is another portrait type I do, called a Grisaille...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 14
- 1 min
Luca portrait finished
Luca’s portrait is a Grisaille (single-color portrait) with a “surprise” in it: that one spot of color for Luca’s eye. It was done with...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 5
- 1 min
Luca portrait in progress 2
Here is the surprise that is in this portrait. This is a Grisaille - a single-color portrait - black, white, and grey. That is what the...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 5
- 1 min
Luca portrait in progress 1
The past couple weeks I’ve been sharing a “Little Jewel” portrait. This is another portrait type I do, called a Grisaille (pronounced...
2 views
Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 1
- 3 min
Phoenix & Luxx portrait in progress - start to finish
January 20 Leah Hamaluk has commissioned me to do a portrait of her Dobergirls Phoenix and Luxx, a mother and daughter. I begin a...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 1
- 8 min
Carly portrait in progress - start to finish
January 6 I’ve started a Head Study of Carly, beloved Service Dog of Phyllis Zaretzky. After discussing the photos Phyllis has, we...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 1
- 5 min
Gwen & Kent portrait in progress - start to finish
I’m starting on a portrait of a Doberman show dog and professional handler Gwen DeMilta. It was commissioned as a surprise gift for Gwen...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Feb 19
- 1 min
Phoenix and Luxx portrait finished
Finished the portrait of Leah Hamaluk's girls, Phoenix and Luxx, a mother and daughter. From a photo by Leah, an amazing shot where she...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Feb 11
- 1 min
Phoenix and Luxx portrait in progress 3
Today’s work in the studio, with Leah's reference photo in front of me on the monitor while I'm working. When a portrait is finished I...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Feb 11
- 1 min
Phoenix and Luxx portrait in progress 2
In the last post you saw the 9 gorgeous photos Leah Hamaluk sent for a portrait of her girls… A decision was made to use the shot of...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Feb 11
- 1 min
Phoenix and Luxx portrait in progress 1
Leah Hamaluk has commissioned me to do a portrait of her Dobergirls Phoenix and Luxx, a mother and daughter. I begin a portrait by asking...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jan 31
- 1 min
Carly portrait finished!
When I sent pictures of the finished portrait to Phyllis for her final approval, she wrote: “Kevin, you did such a fantastic job...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jan 31
- 1 min
Carly portrait in progress 6
I continued filling in the rest of Carly's face, then moved on to her tongue.... Her pink tongue involves a different set of pencil...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jan 27
- 1 min
Carly portrait in progress 5
Outlining the edge of Carly’s dark nose so I can do the left side of her pale peach muzzle up to the nose edge. I will work to that edge...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jan 22
- 5 min
Carly portrait in progress 4
I want you to know what I thought about when I worked on Carly’s eyes. When Phyllis first contacted me in 2019 to get on my waiting list...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jan 22
- 1 min
Carly portrait in progress 3
My monitor in front of me as I’m working. The main picture is the one I’m working from, but I have other reference photos of Carly’s eyes...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jan 22
- 1 min
Carly portrait in progress 2
Carly’s ears. It’s fun to do another breed besides Dobermans. Colored pencils are perfect for doing hair. Phyllis chose “Felt Grey” for...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jan 22
- 1 min
Carly portrait in progress 1
January 6 I’ve started a Head Study of Carly, beloved Service Dog of Phyllis Zaretzky. After discussing the photos Phyllis has, we...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jan 19
- 2 min
"Gwen & Kent" portrait finished!
A big thank-you to photographer Gay Glazbrook for a great reference photo to work from. In the original photo there were five tall, thin,...
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