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...
Kevin Roeckl
Oct 5, 20245 min read
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...
Kevin Roeckl
Oct 5, 20241 min read
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...
Kevin Roeckl
Oct 2, 20241 min read
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...
Kevin Roeckl
Oct 1, 20242 min read
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...
Kevin Roeckl
Oct 1, 20241 min read
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...
Kevin Roeckl
Sep 29, 20241 min read
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....
Kevin Roeckl
Sep 27, 20242 min read
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...
Kevin Roeckl
Sep 21, 20242 min read
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...
Kevin Roeckl
Sep 13, 20241 min read
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...
Kevin Roeckl
Sep 9, 20242 min read
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...
Kevin Roeckl
Sep 5, 20243 min read
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...
Kevin Roeckl
Aug 31, 20242 min read
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...
Kevin Roeckl
May 12, 20241 min read
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...
Kevin Roeckl
Aug 30, 20231 min read
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”....
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 19, 20231 min read
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...
Kevin Roeckl
May 19, 20232 min read
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....
Kevin Roeckl
Apr 8, 20231 min read
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...
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 26, 202314 min read
Nadia portrait finished!
This portrait features Grand Champion, Top Twenty Doberman "Nadia", GCHS CH Belz Catch My Breath WAC with professional handler Hernan...
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 21, 20231 min read
"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....
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 11, 20231 min read
