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Cooper portrait in progress - start to finish

Kevin Roeckl

Jun 12
10 min

Cooper portrait in progress - start to finish

April 2 I'm starting another portrait of a Doberman with a special story. Maura Reilly asked if she could get on my wait list for a...

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Kevin Roeckl

Apr 25
1 min

Cooper portrait finished!

This portrait was a surprise gift from Maura Reilly to Diane and Michael Schurman. On Facebook Diane wrote: “You’ve made Michael and I so...

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Cooper portrait in progress 8 - Tools of the artist's life

Kevin Roeckl

Apr 19
3 min

Cooper portrait in progress 8 - Tools of the artist's life

I wanted to share a few of the photos I took while working in the studio over the course of Cooper’s portrait. With some...

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Cooper portrait in progress 7 - Color swatches help the artist

Kevin Roeckl

Apr 15
2 min

Cooper portrait in progress 7 - Color swatches help the artist

I'm working my way down Cooper's body. This photo, taken in the studio while I was working, shows his body in progress with the pencil...

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Kevin Roeckl

Apr 12
1 min

Cooper portrait in progress 6

Cooper's blue collar added. I could have made the collar any color, but blue worked well with the colors in this portrait. To make these...

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Cooper portrait in progress 5 - Emerging...

Kevin Roeckl

Apr 12
1 min

Cooper portrait in progress 5 - Emerging...

1 Now that Cooper’s face is emerging, you can see why I wanted a background color that is a bit “wild”. 2 Cooper’s face completed. It was...

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Cooper portrait in progress 4 - The perfect color

Kevin Roeckl

Apr 9
1 min

Cooper portrait in progress 4 - The perfect color

Cooper’s face beginning to emerge. This was definitely the right background color for Cooper. He is starting to pop out nicely. Colored...

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Cooper portrait in progress 3 - Starting at the top...

Kevin Roeckl

Apr 6
1 min

Cooper portrait in progress 3 - Starting at the top...

In my last post I shared some of the unusual paper colors I was considering for Cooper’s portrait. It was fun to read your contrasting...

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Cooper portrait in progress 2 - Some wild colors

Kevin Roeckl

Apr 5
1 min

Cooper portrait in progress 2 - Some wild colors

I picked out some unusual paper colors to do Cooper’s portrait, a surprise gift from Maura Reilly to Diane and Michael Schurman. I felt...

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Cooper portrait in progress 1 - A surprise

Kevin Roeckl

Apr 5
4 min

Cooper portrait in progress 1 - A surprise

I'm starting another portrait of a Doberman with a special story. Maura Reilly asked if she could get on my wait list for a portrait of...

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Rare portrait in progress - start to finish

Kevin Roeckl

Jan 30
4 min

Rare portrait in progress - start to finish

January 5 I'm starting a new grisaille portrait of red Doberman “Rare” for Katie G. Grisaille (pronounced greez-EYE) is a single-color...

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Kevin Roeckl

Jan 27
2 min

Rare portrait finished!

Finished grisaille portrait of Rare for Katie G. "RARE" CH Old Drum’s Vintage Whiskey Ridge CGC NAJ ROM WAC SCN SHDN March 2, 2011 - May...

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Rare portrait in progress 6 - The intensity

Kevin Roeckl

Jan 22
2 min

Rare portrait in progress 6 - The intensity

If you’ve been following this portrait you know scent-work was Rare’s passion. I didn’t notice until I got to her face that her nose is...

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Rare portrait in progress 5 - Five colors

Kevin Roeckl

Jan 19
1 min

Rare portrait in progress 5 - Five colors

I wanted to share this close-up since you don’t usually get to see the pencil strokes in small online pics of the whole artwork. This is...

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Kevin Roeckl

Jan 16
1 min

Rare portrait in progress 4 - Floating

Just have Rare’s face to finish. Capturing the expression on her face is the most important part. If you have been reading my previous...

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Kevin Roeckl

Jan 13
1 min

Rare portrait in progress 3

Continuing work on this grisaille portrait of red Doberman "Rare". Grisaille (pronounced greez-EYE) is a single-color artwork: dark and...

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Rare portrait in progress 2 - The tracking harness

Kevin Roeckl

Jan 12
1 min

Rare portrait in progress 2 - The tracking harness

I'm working on the harness in this Grisaille (single-color) portrait of red Doberman "Rare". Katie and Rare had one of those truly rare...

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Rare portrait in progress 1 - Starting a "grisaille"

Kevin Roeckl

Jan 10
1 min

Rare portrait in progress 1 - Starting a "grisaille"

I'm starting a new grisaille portrait of red Doberman “Rare” for Katie G. Grisaille (pronounced greez-EYE) is a single-color artwork:...

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Lacy portrait in progress - start to finish

Kevin Roeckl

Jan 10
11 min

Lacy portrait in progress - start to finish

October 18 Started a new portrait of Lacy for Betty K. Here are 8 possible rough-draft layouts. Which is your favorite? Lacy loved the...

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Kevin Roeckl

Dec 27, 2023
1 min

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...

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