Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 16
Working on "hugging Rio's" face. I’m spending a lot of time on the details of his face, as I did on Karen’s. Although neither of their...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 6, 20237 min read
Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 15
Spent a while on Karen‘s face. Although it doesn’t have the challenge of two eyes and eyebrows, all the features of a typical portrait...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 3, 20232 min read
Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 14
I'm working on the "Rio and Karen hugging" figures.The photo that I'm working from was taken years ago. Karen had a different hairstyle...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 2, 20231 min read
"Grandma's Mirror"
This is a portrait from 2009. I was visiting Anne O. while her 3-year old grandson Maddox was there. I had come to photograph Anne’s...
Kevin Roeckl
Aug 16, 20221 min read
Stephanie portrait in progress - start to finish
I’ve been laid up with an injury for several months and unable to work, so I decided to share some of my earlier portraits with you. This...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 27, 20225 min read
Happy Valentine's Day!
This painting, "From The Heart", is one of a series of angel paintings I created in the 1990's. The paintings were licensed by giftware...
Kevin Roeckl
Feb 14, 20221 min read
"Watching Over You" guardian angel print
A client contacted me and asked if my painting of a guardian angel, “Watching Over You” is available. The original is hanging above my...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 27, 20221 min read
"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...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 7, 20221 min read
Happy 4th of July!
This original artwork "American Bears" was made with Prismacolor pencils on orange Canson paper. Here's the story behind "American...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 5, 20212 min read
Gwen & Kent portrait in progress - start to finish
I’m starting on a portrait of a Doberman show dog and professional handler Gwen DeMilta. It was commissioned as a surprise gift for Gwen...
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 1, 20215 min read
"Gwen & Kent" portrait finished!
A big thank-you to photographer Gay Glazbrook for a great reference photo to work from. In the original photo there were five tall, thin,...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 18, 20212 min read
"Gwen & Kent" portrait in progress 10
Putting in a few more flowers and leaves around Gwen. I have to work carefully around her outline and Kent’s head. Then I’ll go fast n’...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 18, 20212 min read
"Gwen & Kent" portrait in progress 9
Laying in the background scene. Normally I start in the upper left and work down, so I’m not dragging my hand (right hand) through what...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 18, 20211 min read
"Gwen & Kent" portrait in progress 8
Figures finished. Tomorrow I’ll start on the background scene. I always enjoy this stage, where the figures are finished and just...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 18, 20211 min read
"Gwen & Kent" portrait in progress 7
In progress in the studio. You can now see that this is a portrait of Gwen gaiting Kent straight at you.
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 14, 20211 min read
"Gwen & Kent" portrait in progress 6
You’ve been watching me develop Gwen (handler)… Now I’m working on Kent.
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 14, 20211 min read
"Gwen & Kent" portrait in progress 5
Finished Gwen’s suit, and now starting on Kent. It was kind of interesting doing a pale-grey suit on pale-grey paper. The suit, as you...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 14, 20211 min read
"Gwen & Kent" portrait in progress 4
Now putting in Gwen’s gray suit…. On the monitor I’ve blocked out the background of where the photo was taken so I can get a clear sense...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 14, 20211 min read
"Gwen & Kent" portrait in progress 3
In this portrait, Gwen’s skin tones are very close to the paper color in value. In art terms, “value” = lightness/darkness. Except for a...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 11, 20211 min read
"Gwen & Kent" portrait in progress 2
Here are the Prismacolor pencil colors I'm using for Gwen's face. In the upper right you can see I've made swatches of those colors on a...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 9, 20211 min read
