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Here’s how I did the crushed velvet that is draped on the podium. The last thing to do in this portrait. 1 Jerky, scribbley pencil...
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 8, 20231 min read
Nadia portrait in progress 15
Yesterday I shared the pic of Nadia holding her dish, the fifth and final figure in Nadia‘s portrait. But the portrait is not finished...
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 7, 20232 min read
Nadia portrait in progress 14
I’ve completed the final figure on Nadia’s portrait: Nadia holding her dish. But the portrait is not finished yet. I still need to put...
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 6, 20231 min read
Nadia portrait in progress 13
Now you can see how there is a diagonal row of pale figures. Julianna was pastel colors already (except she had a darker dress which I...
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 1, 20232 min read
Nadia portrait in progress 12
Julianna and her Junior Handler ribbon are finished. In the original photo Julianna was wearing a dress made from blue, black, and white...
Kevin Roeckl
Feb 27, 20231 min read
Nadia portrait in progress 10
Do you want to know how I get the colors so accurate doing human skin? To get accurate skin tones I have to know exactly what colors I’m...
Kevin Roeckl
Feb 21, 20232 min read
Nadia portrait in progress 11
Julianna’s face is finished. Building up the layers of color little by little.... Human skin is a very challenging thing to do with...
Kevin Roeckl
Feb 21, 20231 min read
Nadia portrait in progress 9
I finished Hernan’s tuxedo trousers and the top of the podium Nadia is standing on. Now I’m starting on Julianna. First, her hair.
Kevin Roeckl
Feb 16, 20231 min read
Nadia portrait in progress 8
See that darker square behind Nadia’s front feet? Canson, the company that makes this beautiful art paper, started putting bar-code...
Kevin Roeckl
Feb 13, 20232 min read
Nadia portrait in progress 7
There are a lot of shapes in a Doberman’s coat. In this picture you can see my sketch lines on Nadia’s body. All those strange,...
Kevin Roeckl
Feb 9, 20232 min read
Nadia portrait in progress 6
Working on stacked-Nadia’s face. Now you can start to see my strategy of keeping the other figures pale and lighter than normal, with...
Kevin Roeckl
Feb 3, 20231 min read
Nadia portrait in progress 5
Hernan’s elegant white tuxedo finished. Like the upper left Nadia figure, I’m making Hernan paler and lighter than normal. The black...
Kevin Roeckl
Feb 2, 20231 min read
Nadia portrait in progress 4
This post shows three days' work on Hernan's face, Hernan is Nadia's handler. Working my way across Hernan's face and down the right...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 30, 20231 min read
Cooper Addie, and Rio portrait in progress - start to finish
October 15 I’m working on a new portrait for Karen M. who has had 3 trained Search-and-Rescue dogs: Cooper, Addie, and Rio…all gone to...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 23, 202326 min read
Nadia portrait in progress 2
In my last post I presented the problem of how to put together Katherine’s three unrelated photos of Nadia. Free-stacked Nadia in the...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 23, 20231 min read
Nadia portrait in progress 1
Starting a new portrait, for Katherine Belzowski, of her Grand Champion, Top Twenty Doberman “Nadia”. GCHS CH Belz Catch My Breath WAC...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 20, 20232 min read
Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait finished!
My friend Jason braved rain, ice, and snow to deliver the finished portrait to Karen, 3 hours away. Karen wrote: “Kevin!!! I could not...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 18, 20231 min read
Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 19
The “Rio hugging” figures are finished. Now I have a lot of grass to do. And the shoulders of Cooper and Rio’s head studies where they...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 13, 20237 min read
Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 18
Continuing to work on the “Rio hugging” figures. Three days on Karen’s hands and arms. A lot of fine detail there. These are the pencil...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 12, 20231 min read
Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 17
These final figures, of the 6 figures in Karen’s triple portrait, are a work of art in themselves. Every body-part of these figures - in...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 11, 20231 min read
