Kevin Roeckl
- 4 days ago
- 14 min
Nadia portrait in progress - start to finish
January 20 Starting a new portrait, for Katherine Belzowski, of her Grand Champion, Top Twenty Doberman “Nadia”. GCHS CH Belz Catch My...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 22
- 1 min
Nadia portrait finished!
This portrait features Grand Champion, Top Twenty Doberman "Nadia", GCHS CH Belz Catch My Breath WAC with professional handler Hernan...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 8
- 1 min
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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 7
- 2 min
Nadia portrait in progress 15
Yesterday I shared the pic of Nadia holding her dish, the fifth and final figure in Nadia‘s portrait. But the portrait is not finished...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 7
- 1 min
Nadia portrait in progress 14
I’ve completed the final figure on Nadia’s portrait: Nadia holding her dish. But the portrait is not finished yet. I still need to put...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 2
- 2 min
Nadia portrait in progress 13
Now you can see how there is a diagonal row of pale figures. Julianna was pastel colors already (except she had a darker dress which I...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Feb 28
- 1 min
Nadia portrait in progress 12
Julianna and her Junior Handler ribbon are finished. In the original photo Julianna was wearing a dress made from blue, black, and white...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Feb 21
- 2 min
Nadia portrait in progress 10
Do you want to know how I get the colors so accurate doing human skin? To get accurate skin tones I have to know exactly what colors I’m...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Feb 21
- 1 min
Nadia portrait in progress 11
Julianna’s face is finished. Building up the layers of color little by little.... Human skin is a very challenging thing to do with...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Feb 17
- 1 min
Nadia portrait in progress 9
I finished Hernan’s tuxedo trousers and the top of the podium Nadia is standing on. Now I’m starting on Julianna. First, her hair.
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Kevin Roeckl
- Feb 14
- 2 min
Nadia portrait in progress 8
See that darker square behind Nadia’s front feet? Canson, the company that makes this beautiful art paper, started putting bar-code...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Feb 10
- 2 min
Nadia portrait in progress 7
There are a lot of shapes in a Doberman’s coat. In this picture you can see my sketch lines on Nadia’s body. All those strange,...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Feb 4
- 1 min
Nadia portrait in progress 6
Working on stacked-Nadia’s face. Now you can start to see my strategy of keeping the other figures pale and lighter than normal, with...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Feb 3
- 1 min
Nadia portrait in progress 5
Hernan’s elegant white tuxedo finished. Like the upper left Nadia figure, I’m making Hernan paler and lighter than normal. The black...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jan 28
- 2 min
Nadia portrait in progress 3
Yesterday I described why this first figure was done in softer colors, not true black. [See previous post.] Since I made Nadia’s rust...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jan 24
- 26 min
Cooper Addie, and Rio portrait in progress - start to finish
October 15 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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jan 24
- 1 min
Nadia portrait in progress 2
In my last post I presented the problem of how to put together Katherine’s three unrelated photos of Nadia. Free-stacked Nadia in the...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jan 21
- 2 min
Nadia portrait in progress 1
Starting a new portrait, for Katherine Belzowski, of her Grand Champion, Top Twenty Doberman “Nadia”. GCHS CH Belz Catch My Breath WAC...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jan 18
- 1 min
Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait finished!
My friend Jason braved rain, ice, and snow to deliver the finished portrait to Karen, 3 hours away. Karen wrote: “Kevin!!! I could not...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jan 16
- 1 min
Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 20
The last thing I do before I consider an artwork finished, is tape it up on the wall, stand back at the distance the client will see it...
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