Raven portrait in progress 6 - A difficult passage
This was a difficult passage: Raven’s nose and the muzzle around the nose. It required careful attention to the reference photo because...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 101 min read
Raven portrait in progress 2 - What color are these eyes, really?
1 Working on Raven’s eyes - so important in a portrait. It’s particularly important to get the colors and values accurate in this one,...
Kevin Roeckl
Jun 242 min read
Happy Summer Solstice!
Prismacolor pencil on “Light Blue” Canson paper. In this piece I used the paper color as the primary color for the artwork. The sky is...
Kevin Roeckl
Jun 211 min read
Captain Jack portrait...p.s.
You remember Captain Jack, whose portrait I shared in April. Sindy sent me photos of the portrait framed. A set of notecards is included...
Kevin Roeckl
Jun 111 min read
Father's Day card to print and color
I’ve created a free download of my Father's Day card you can print and color yourself! ⭐️ It includes a list of the pencil colors,...
Kevin Roeckl
May 191 min read
"Summer Sky" - why I chose tan paper for a blue sky
Last Sunday I shared this as a “Happy Mother’s Day” greeting on social media. I thought you'd enjoy seeing the image on the full sheet of...
Kevin Roeckl
May 172 min read
A message for all Artists
A client just sent me this. What a nice message to wake up to on Sunday morning! “I was watching a documentary on Pope Francis called...
Kevin Roeckl
Apr 271 min read
Autumn - "Autumn Angel"
🍁 In honor of Fall, my favorite season, I’m sharing autumn artworks from my 40-year career. “Autumn Angel”.... the angel that spreads...
Kevin Roeckl
Oct 31, 20241 min read
Autumn - "Lakey"
🍁 In honor of Fall, I’m sharing autumn artworks from my 40-year career. This is a commissioned portrait of Lakey. Of course it made...
Kevin Roeckl
Oct 25, 20241 min read
Autumn - "Girl with Maple Leaves"
🍁 To celebrate Fall, I’m sharing autumn artworks from my 40-year career. Last week I shared my artwork of a Doberman splashing through a...
Kevin Roeckl
Oct 19, 20241 min read
Autumn - "Autumn Afternoon"
🍁 In honor of Fall, I’ve been sharing autumn artworks from my 40-year career. ...And finally we get to the Doberman autumn pic for all...
Kevin Roeckl
Oct 13, 20241 min read
Autumn - "Apple Tree Ridge"
🍁 In honor of Fall, my favorite season 🍁 I’m sharing autumn artworks from my 40-year career, over the next few weeks. Usually I add...
Kevin Roeckl
Oct 7, 20241 min read
Autumn - "Fast Prey"
🍁 Fall is my favorite season. 🍁 In honor of Autumn, I’m sharing autumn artworks from my entire 40+ year career, over the next few...
Kevin Roeckl
Oct 6, 20241 min read
Autumn - "The Tryst"
🍁 Fall is my favorite season. 🍁 In honor of Autumn, I’m going to be sharing autumn artworks from my entire 40 year career, over the...
Kevin Roeckl
Sep 29, 20241 min read
Happy Mother's Day!
Happy Mother’s Day to all the beautiful mothers. If you are a mother, this means ❤️ YOU ❤️ “Mother's Garden" Prismacolor pencil on...
Kevin Roeckl
May 12, 20241 min read
My Holiday Wish for you
Due to technical difficulties I was not able to publish this before Christmas! But it's just as relevant for a New Year's wish. My...
Kevin Roeckl
Dec 27, 20231 min read
Odie portrait in progress 10 - What color is a nose?
A red Doberman’s nose is an interesting color. Is it grey? Mauve? Brown? Actually it’s all of those…and more. See if you can pick out...
Kevin Roeckl
Aug 7, 20231 min read
An amazing resemblance
Ashley Skura shared a beautiful photo of her Dobergirl in a Doberman Group on Facebook when someone asked for examples of beautiful Dobe...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 18, 20231 min read
Happy Father's Day!
To “Dog Dads” and “Cat Dads” too! Thank you to all the Dads out there, for being who you are. I thought you might like to see the photo...
Kevin Roeckl
Jun 17, 20231 min read
Nadia portrait in progress 16
Here’s how I did the crushed velvet that is draped on the podium. The last thing to do in this portrait. 1 Jerky, scribbley pencil...
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 8, 20231 min read
