Odie portrait in progress 9
Making Odie’s pink tongue with colored pencils. Prismacolor pencil over watercolor underpainting, on ivory Canson paper. See the first...
Kevin Roeckl
Aug 5, 20231 min read
Odie portrait in progress 8 - The nose knows
Odie’s nose is finished. Today I’m working on the mouth. The swatches show some of the pencil colors I’m using, on a scrap of the same...
Kevin Roeckl
Aug 4, 20231 min read
Odie portrait in progress 7 - "The windows to the soul"
After two days of work I finished Odie’s eyes. That took a lot of concentration. I’m happy with it so far. I think I captured his sweet...
Kevin Roeckl
Aug 2, 20233 min read
Odie portrait in progress 6 - those "Odie eyes"
In the studio today: All those Odie eyes looking at me from the monitor! 😄 I’ve been working on Odie’s eyes for the past two days. The...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 28, 20231 min read
Odie portrait in progress 5
In the last two posts I showed you my watercolor underpainting, first on the background, then on the figure of Odie. The underpainting...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 26, 20231 min read
A special memory of Louie
In 2021 I created a portrait of Louie for Dean J. in 2021. Today Dean sent this photo of the portrait with sad news about Louie’s...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 26, 20231 min read
Odie portrait in progress 4
I’ve put in an underpainting on Odie to give him a nice “red Dobe” base color to work on top of. I chose cream Canson paper for this...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 25, 20231 min read
Odie portrait in progress 3
I shared with you my process for doing the underpainting of the background scene, in my last post. I will also do an underpainting over...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 24, 20231 min read
Odie portrait in progress 2 - watercolor techniques
Odie will be in a beach scene that is meaningful to clients Robin and Mike, a favorite vacation spot. He is not allowed on the beach so...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 22, 20232 min read
The story of Jake, my heart dog
I promised I would share some of my earlier art. This is the very first Doberman painting I ever did. “Self Portrait with Jake, 1991”....
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 19, 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
Odie portrait in progress 1 - gathering the photos
My next portrait is Odin (“Odie man”) for Robin B. As Robin was gathering photos and sending them to me, she kept saying, “His face melts...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 13, 20231 min read
Happy Summer Solstice
Happy First Day of Summer! This artwork is a portrait of Doberman “Party” that I created for Emily M. in 2020. Several flower species...
Kevin Roeckl
Jun 21, 20232 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
Oliver portrait in progress - start to finish
May 2 Making a good start on a new Doberman portrait, for Carolyn M., Gloria K, and Tammy C. This is the 9th portrait I’ve done for this...
Kevin Roeckl
May 27, 20232 min read
A Blast from the Past
Well-known Doberman photographer Cheri McNealy, who brought my artwork to the attention of the Doberman community in 1991, recently...
Kevin Roeckl
May 17, 20231 min read
Oliver portrait finished!
When I sent a jpg of the finished portrait to the clients for final approval, Carolyn wrote: “Beautiful!!! That’s our boy! Makes me miss...
Kevin Roeckl
May 15, 20231 min read
Oliver portrait in progress 4
Oliver’s head is finished and working my way down his neck. Next, his plaid bow-tie! Prismacolor pencil on grey Canson paper, 18 x 23...
Kevin Roeckl
May 8, 20231 min read
Oliver portrait in progress 3
Working on the rust-colored area of Oliver’s face. Nose and lips finished. These are all the pencil colors I’m using. Prismacolor pencil...
Kevin Roeckl
May 6, 20231 min read
Oliver portrait in progress 2
Working on Oliver’s eye. The next 4 pics are close-ups showing the progression of how the eye was developed. 1 The eye in progress... My...
Kevin Roeckl
May 6, 20231 min read
