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Kevin Roeckl

9 hours ago
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Baxter portrait finished!

I finished the portrait of Baxter for Brian C. and Frank A. While I was working on it Frank sent this cute story about Baxter: “I thought...

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Baxter portrait in progress 9 - Final decisions

Kevin Roeckl

3 days ago
1 min

Baxter portrait in progress 9 - Final decisions

Frank and Brian requested an 11 x 14 inch portrait. I always work on larger paper, and trim at the end. Usually I offer clients the...

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Baxter portrait in progress 8 - Too many spots

Kevin Roeckl

4 days ago
1 min

Baxter portrait in progress 8 - Too many spots

I finished Baxter’s white paws today. In the reference photo I was using I saw what looked like two brown spots on the top of Baxter’s...

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Baxter portrait in progress 7 - Colored pencils prevent illness

Kevin Roeckl

5 days ago
1 min

Baxter portrait in progress 7 - Colored pencils prevent illness

Working on Baxter’s white paws. The white paper covering the artwork is to protect the artwork while I’m working. Prismacolor pencil is...

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Baxter portrait in progress 6 - Pink-grey looks white?

Kevin Roeckl

6 days ago
1 min

Baxter portrait in progress 6 - Pink-grey looks white?

Baxter’s golden coat finished. Tomorrow I’ll do his white front paws. It’s funny, this is on “moonstone” paper, which is a pinkish grey —...

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Baxter portrait in progress 5 - Even more colors...

Kevin Roeckl

Sep 15
1 min

Baxter portrait in progress 5 - Even more colors...

Yesterday I shared a closeup of Baxter’s head with just a few of the many pencil colors I’m using to capture Baxter’s coat color. Here...

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Baxter portrait in progress 4 - So many interesting colors!

Kevin Roeckl

Sep 14
1 min

Baxter portrait in progress 4 - So many interesting colors!

Baxter has all kinds of interesting colors in his coat. Prismacolor pencil on “moonstone” Canson paper.

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Baxter portrait in progress 3 - Not flat any more

Kevin Roeckl

Sep 12
1 min

Baxter portrait in progress 3 - Not flat any more

Now you can see the difference colored pencil makes on the underpainting. It makes a flat image 3-dimensional. Baxter’s head done with...

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Kevin Roeckl

Sep 10
1 min

Odie arrived today!

The portrait of Odie arrived safely in Florida today. I always feel a wave of relief when a portrait I've worked on for weeks crosses...

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Baxter portrait in progress 2 - moonstone paper

Kevin Roeckl

Sep 7
1 min

Baxter portrait in progress 2 - moonstone paper

The gold underpainting for Baxter’s coat and purple underpainting for the blanket were done (see previous post), then I pressed the...

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Baxter portrait in progress 1 - The underpainting

Kevin Roeckl

Sep 5
2 min

Baxter portrait in progress 1 - The underpainting

I'm starting a new portrait of Baxter, who is 12 years old. Some interesting facts about Baxter: ❤️ His dad Brian has a “Surgery Center“...

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Jet portrait in progress - start to finish

Kevin Roeckl

Sep 2
8 min

Jet portrait in progress - start to finish

May 20 I’m starting a new Border Collie portrait. This will be the 3rd one I’ve done for Cathy N. Prismacolor pencil on "Felt Grey"...

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Kevin Roeckl

Aug 31
1 min

Parker and Layla

A memory from 2013.... "Parker and Layla" portrait in progress. Many fans of my pet portraits don't know that I do humans too. I started...

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Kevin Roeckl

Aug 23
2 min

"Reflection"

Recently I shared the first Doberman painting I ever created, “Self Portrait with Jake, 1991” along with Jake's amazing life story. This...

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Kevin Roeckl

Aug 15
3 min

Odie portrait finished!

When Robin was sharing photos of Odie with me for the portrait, she kept saying, “His eyes melt me” and “His face melts my heart”. I...

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Odie portrait in progress 13 - a special place

Kevin Roeckl

Aug 13
1 min

Odie portrait in progress 13 - a special place

Beach-grass and path finished. When we were designing the portrait and thinking about the background, Robin told me that she and her...

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Odie portrait in progress 12 - beach grass & sugar sand

Kevin Roeckl

Aug 11
1 min

Odie portrait in progress 12 - beach grass & sugar sand

I’m coming into the homestretch now. All that’s left to do is the beach grass and the path. Yesterday I shared a post showing how I made...

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Odie portrait in progress 11 - Thousands of pencil strokes

Kevin Roeckl

Aug 11
2 min

Odie portrait in progress 11 - Thousands of pencil strokes

Odie’s body is finished. It took thousands of pencil strokes to do all the hairs of a Doberman coat on this large area of his neck,...

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Odie portrait in progress 10 - What color is a nose?

Kevin Roeckl

Aug 7
1 min

Odie portrait in progress 10 - What color is a nose?

A red Doberman’s nose is an interesting color. Is it grey? Mauve? Brown? Actually it’s all of those…and more. See if you can pick out...

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Kevin Roeckl

Aug 5
1 min

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...

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