Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 4
Now that the underpainting is in, and I’ve peeled off the masking material protecting the figures (leaving me nice virgin grey Canson...
Kevin Roeckl
Nov 18, 20221 min read
Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 3
A couple days ago I shared the steps of masking off the dogs’ heads and the left figure, and doing the underpainting of mountain, lake,...
Kevin Roeckl
Nov 17, 20221 min read
Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 2
Putting in the underpainting of the background scene, on a rainy day. The pine tree on the left was done first with colored pencils. Then...
Kevin Roeckl
Nov 15, 20223 min read
Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 1
I’m working on a new portrait for Karen M. who has had 3 trained Search-and-Rescue dogs: Cooper, Addie, and Rio…all gone to the Bridge...
Kevin Roeckl
Nov 5, 20222 min read
An Autumn mystery...
Paula B. sent this photo and said, “I was wondering if you could tell me the story behind this gorgeous picture, which I have been lucky...
Kevin Roeckl
Oct 26, 20222 min read
Remmy portrait in progress - start to finish
February 28 I've been working for more than a month on just the preparation stages of a very complex, and very special portrait. For...
Kevin Roeckl
Oct 6, 202229 min read
"Autumn River" (print available)
In honor of Fall, I’d like to share my watercolor, “Autumn River”. The original painting was displayed at the 1992 Doberman Pinscher Club...
Kevin Roeckl
Oct 3, 20221 min read
Remmy portrait finished!
Remmy came into Walt and Frann’s life at the age of 8, a rescue who had lived a very hard life. It took months of patience and dedication...
Kevin Roeckl
Sep 30, 20222 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 23
I’m at the final stage of Remmy’s portrait, where I tape it up on the wall of my studio and stand back to see if anything needs to be...
Kevin Roeckl
Sep 23, 20222 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 22
Yesterday’s work and today’s.... Adding the grass under lower-right Remmy. It’s slow going since I can only work short periods of time....
Kevin Roeckl
Sep 21, 20221 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 21
I'm adding the grass under the two lower Remmys. “Red-ball Remmy” (in the lower left corner) is finished. The patch of grass under...
Kevin Roeckl
Sep 17, 20221 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 20
You may remember the portrait of Remmy I was working on through Feb and March. After an injury in March I had to close down my studio...
Kevin Roeckl
Sep 15, 20221 min read
Portrait of Jake
In March I had a serious injury and I haven’t been able to work for several months. See my July 16 post So I thought I would start...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 18, 20222 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 19
My studio has been closed for 3 months. I’ve been sharing progress on Remmy’s portrait with you since February. So I will also share...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 16, 20222 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 18
All that’s left to do is the river surface, which comprises most of the background of the 5 Remmys. The pics in this post were taken in...
Kevin Roeckl
Jun 27, 20222 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 17
All 6 Remmys - including his reflection - are in. Next I start on the river surface. After seeing the recent "in progress" pictures,...
Kevin Roeckl
May 25, 20222 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 16
The lower-right Remmy (the last one of 6) is finished. If you saw my previous posts, you know that this standing Remmy was from Walt’s...
Kevin Roeckl
May 24, 20221 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 15
Working on the 6th and final Remmy, in the lower right. Walt wanted to include a full-body pic of Remmy standing, somewhere in the...
Kevin Roeckl
May 22, 20221 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 14
I worked on “Mona Lisa Remmy’s” reflection for several days. These pictures show the progress. Day 1 The reflection of “Mona Lisa Remmy”...
Kevin Roeckl
May 14, 20223 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 13
The last post showed pics taken in the studio with my phone while I was working. But a phone camera doesn’t capture artwork very well....
Kevin Roeckl
May 9, 20223 min read
