Scout portrait in progress 3 - How I made an eye
How I made an eye... 1 I usually start an eyeball by creating the eye structures that are around it - eyebrow, corner of eye, eyelids,...
Kevin Roeckl
Aug 252 min read
Scout portrait in progress 2 - The first pencil strokes
The first day’s colored pencil work on Scout’s head study. Today I worked on his ear and started across the top of his head. Tomorrow I...
Kevin Roeckl
Aug 231 min read
Scout portrait in progress 1 - Designing a complex triple portrait
I'm starting a triple portrait of a Border collie, “Scout”. This album show how I go about designing a complex portrait with multiple...
Kevin Roeckl
Aug 216 min read
Daisy portrait in progress - start to finish
April 25 This is Daisy, a 2-year-old mixed breed rescue, owned by Kathy and Mark H. For Christmas 2024 Mark gifted Kathy with the promise...
Kevin Roeckl
Aug 114 min read
Daisy portrait finished!
Daisy is a two year old rescue from our local Humane Society. It’s unusual for me to work for a local client and be able to meet and...
Kevin Roeckl
Aug 112 min read
Daisy portrait in progress 3 - Using the paper color
The choice of paper color makes such a difference in colored pencil art. 1 In my last post I showed all the many pencil colors I’m using...
Kevin Roeckl
Aug 71 min read
Daisy portrait in progress 2 - Iris interruptus
I was going to finish both of Daisy’s eyes today but my yard guys showed up unexpectedly (2 hours early). I can’t concentrate when there...
Kevin Roeckl
Aug 42 min read
Daisy portrait in progress 1
I fell so far behind posting Wishes’ and Raven’s portraits that I didn’t get a chance to show you another one I finished in the meantime....
Kevin Roeckl
Aug 22 min read
Raven portrait in progress - start to finish
June 20 I’m starting a new portrait, of Raven. This is the 4th Border Collie portrait I’ve done for Cathy Nearman. Soon I’ll share more...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 2814 min read
Captain Jack portrait in progress - start to finish
April 9 Starting a portrait of Captain Jack, a black and white Pomeranian, for Sindy B. This shows the detailed outlines I start with. ...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 289 min read
Wishes portrait in progress - start to finish
Wishes' portrait will be a challenging artwork. It’s not a complex piece, but it is a challenging one because of the values. (Value = how...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 2828 min read
Raven portrait - more to the story
The portrait arrived in Hawaii! Handsome Raven, 10 years old, with his portrait not yet opened, along with “little sister” Wynter, the...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 241 min read
Raven portrait finished!
I always love what clients write when we start working together and I ask them to tell me about their loved one. People who say they...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 222 min read
Raven portrait in progress 10 - Life in a mirror
When I finish a portrait I tape it up on the wall of my studio, stand back and look at it, make an adjustment, stand back and look again,...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 182 min read
Raven portrait in progress 9 - a symmetrical fade-out
In a previous post I showed how I created a center-line with white chalk pencil (easy to erase later) up the center of Raven’s muzzle, so...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 161 min read
Raven portrait in progress 8 - Raven has a wrinkly tongue!
Every dog is an individual, even down to the characteristics of their tongue. I noticed in Raven’s reference photo that his tongue has...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 121 min read
Raven portrait in progress 7 - Seeing with the heart
Raven's pink tongue is finished. Every time I share “in progress” pics with Cathy, she tells me a bit more about Raven. When I first...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 111 min read
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 5 - The importance of multiple reference photos
Raven has such a beautifully symmetrical face, and I have been portraying him symmetrical – with a lot of attention on getting that...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 92 min read
Raven portrait in progress 4 - The importance of landmarks
1 Raven's forehead and around the eye-socket on the left side are finished. I’ve put in Raven’s center white stripe down his nose as a...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 32 min read
