Kevin Roeckl
- 2 days ago
- 3 min
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”...
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Kevin Roeckl
- 7 days ago
- 3 min
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....
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Kevin Roeckl
- Apr 30
- 1 min
Remmy portrait in progress 12
I’ve been laid up with health problems for several weeks so am behind on sharing Remmy’s portrait. Working on the 4th depiction of Remmy...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Apr 8
- 2 min
Remmy portrait in progress 11
The water splash is finished. That really gives a dynamic feel to Remmy charging joyfully through the river. Walt was right, that photo...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 31
- 1 min
Remmy portrait in progress 10
The important “Mona Lisa” Remmy (the center figure) finished…with a great deal of concentration, and pleasure. Next, on to the water...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Remmy portrait in progress 9
Working on “Mona Lisa” Remmy, the central focus of Remmy’s portrait. This will capture all the joy of Remmy splashing through the water...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 25
- 1 min
Remmy portrait in progress 8
Two days' work with Remmy’s upper-right head finished, and the background put in behind that head.... The head finished.... This shows...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 23
- 2 min
Remmy portrait in progress 7
I've filled in the river background across the upper part of the portrait, and now working on the upper-right Remmy head. I need to do...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 22
- 3 min
Remmy portrait in progress 6
I’ve been working on the background river scene — the trees and sky. This post shows how I get a nice light-blue sky on darker grey paper...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 17
- 1 min
Remmy portrait in progress 5
Here’s Remmy’s Pig, hidden in the bushes of the riverbank. Right where Remmy left it. Now I’m working my way across the river background...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 16
- 2 min
Remmy portrait in progress 4
In the background of this portrait is something you didn’t see in my layout, but is very important to have in the portrait... Remmy’s Pig...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 15
- 1 min
Remmy portrait in progress 3
The upper left head of Remmy is finished down to the collar. His shoulders and chest will fade out into the background scene. So I have...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 8
- 2 min
Remmy portrait in progress 2
This portrait has 5 depictions of Remmy (two head studies and 3 full-body) on a river scene, with the center Remmy splashing joyfully...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 6
- 5 min
Remmy portrait in progress 1
I've been working for more than a month on just the preparation stages of a very complex, and very special portrait. For Walter Da Ponte...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jan 7
- 1 min
"Beribboned Hat"
When I began painting my beautiful Doberman Jake in 1991, I had already had a successful gallery career for 15 years, doing human...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Dec 29, 2021
- 9 min
Chloe portrait in progress - start to finish
November 11 Starting a portrait of red Doberman Chloe leaping into the Trinity River. It is a birthday gift from Doug Paul to his wife...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Dec 21, 2021
- 1 min
Chloe portrait finished!
Finished the portrait of Chloe today. This portrait is a birthday gift from Doug Paul to his wife Cherie. It shows their “crazy redhead”...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Dec 14, 2021
- 1 min
Chloe portrait in progress 12
Took this pic at the end of my workday today. My studio shots usually have most of the artwork covered up with white paper to protect it...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Dec 11, 2021
- 1 min
Chloe portrait in progress 11
Working on the sky reflections in the lower right of the portrait. The part I was working on when I took this shot is below and to the...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Dec 6, 2021
- 1 min
Chloe portrait in progress 10
In full swing with all my pencil colors out for pale-blue sky reflections on the river, the river-water colors and reflections of the...
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