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Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 11 - Creating luminous skin

Kevin Roeckl

3 days ago5 min

Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 11 - Creating luminous skin

A man’s skin is darker and redder than a woman’s (typically) . So I am putting in some darker colors on Larry’s forehead. Continuing work...

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Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 10 - An ear is a funny thing

Kevin Roeckl

3 days ago1 min

Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 10 - An ear is a funny thing

Continuing work on the double portrait of Cheri and Larry. Working on Larry’s face now. An ear is a funny-looking thing. But it’s just a...

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Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 9 - Capturing a life

Kevin Roeckl

6 days ago1 min

Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 9 - Capturing a life

This is how “Cheri and Larry” looks now, as I start working on Larry. To help me capture his essence, Cheri shared many memories of Larry...

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Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 8 - The right color hair

Kevin Roeckl

7 days ago2 min

Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 8 - The right color hair

Continuing work on “Cheri and Larry”.... I'm starting on Larry now, beginning with his brown hair. Like Cheri’s hair, that part of the...

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Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 7 - The importance of reflected light

Kevin Roeckl

Oct 11 min

Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 7 - The importance of reflected light

Finished Cheri’s face and neck. Reflected light is important. These blue and grey colors on her jaw and side of her neck were caused by...

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Kevin Roeckl

Sep 291 min

Autumn - "The Tryst"

🍁 Fall is my favorite season. 🍁 In honor of Autumn, I’m going to be sharing autumn artworks from my entire 40 year career, over the...

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Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 6 - "Jellied baseballs"

Kevin Roeckl

Sep 272 min

Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 6 - "Jellied baseballs"

I should have done this in one day, but I stretched it into two.... Day 1 Cheri's lips are finished and I'm ready to start on the teeth....

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Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 5 - Blending skin colors

Kevin Roeckl

Sep 212 min

Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 5 - Blending skin colors

Continuing work on Cheri's face in the “Cheri and Larry” portrait. (Prismacolor pencils on grey Canson paper.) FOR ARTISTS: Lots of...

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Kevin Roeckl

Sep 131 min

Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 4

I’m making good progress on Cheri’s face. I have known Cheri for 33 years. She was instrumental in introducing my artwork to the Doberman...

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Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 3 - What color is skin?

Kevin Roeckl

Sep 102 min

Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 3 - What color is skin?

What color is skin color? How does an artist know which colored pencils to use when portraying a human face? This post shows the method...

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Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 2 - Creating a curly hairstyle

Kevin Roeckl

Sep 53 min

Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 2 - Creating a curly hairstyle

This album explains how I created Cheri’s curly “Afro-shaped” hairstyle….from a reference photo where the hair was not visible. 1 This is...

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Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 1 - 57 years together

Kevin Roeckl

Aug 312 min

Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 1 - 57 years together

The last portrait I shared (a dog in a forest scene) was very complex. This one will be straightforward: a double Head Study of two...

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Kevin Roeckl

May 121 min

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the beautiful mothers. If you are a mother, this means ❤️ YOU ❤️ “Mother's Garden" Prismacolor pencil on...

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Kevin Roeckl

Aug 31, 20231 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

Jul 20, 20231 min

The story of Jake, my heart dog

I promised I would share some of my earlier art. This is the very first Doberman painting I ever did. “Self Portrait with Jake, 1991”....

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Kevin Roeckl

May 20, 20232 min

The 13 Portraits of Sheila C.

Two weeks ago I shared my portrait of red Border Collie “Reeve”, the 13th Border Collie portrait I’ve done for Sheila Conant. Here are...

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Kevin Roeckl

Apr 8, 20231 min

Happy Easter!

After a busy Spring morning searching for Easter eggs, a little girl settles down to a Sunday afternoon tea party with her teddy bears....

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Nadia portrait in progress - start to finish

Kevin Roeckl

Mar 26, 202314 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, 20231 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 12, 20231 min

"Prayer for Racial Harmony"

Michael G. contacted me to ask if I have prints of this angel painting. (I do.) it's part of my angel series I created in the 1990's....

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