Kevin Roeckl
- Oct 14
- 6 min
Baxter portrait in progress - start to finish
September 1 I started a new portrait of Baxter, who is 12 years old. Some interesting facts about Baxter: ❤️ His dad Brian has a...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Sep 24
- 1 min
Baxter portrait finished!
I finished the portrait of Baxter for Brian C. and Frank A. While I was working on it Frank sent this cute story about Baxter: “I thought...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Sep 21
- 1 min
Baxter portrait in progress 9 - Final decisions
Frank and Brian requested an 11 x 14 inch portrait. I always work on larger paper, and trim at the end. Usually I offer clients the...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Sep 21
- 1 min
Baxter portrait in progress 8 - Too many spots
I finished Baxter’s white paws today. In the reference photo I was using I saw what looked like two brown spots on the top of Baxter’s...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Sep 19
- 1 min
Baxter portrait in progress 7 - Colored pencils prevent illness
Working on Baxter’s white paws. The white paper covering the artwork is to protect the artwork while I’m working. Prismacolor pencil is...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Sep 18
- 1 min
Baxter portrait in progress 6 - Pink-grey looks white?
Baxter’s golden coat finished. Tomorrow I’ll do his white front paws. It’s funny, this is on “moonstone” paper, which is a pinkish grey —...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Sep 15
- 1 min
Baxter portrait in progress 5 - Even more colors...
Yesterday I shared a closeup of Baxter’s head with just a few of the many pencil colors I’m using to capture Baxter’s coat color. Here...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Sep 14
- 1 min
Baxter portrait in progress 4 - So many interesting colors!
Baxter has all kinds of interesting colors in his coat. Prismacolor pencil on “moonstone” Canson paper.
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Kevin Roeckl
- Sep 12
- 1 min
Baxter portrait in progress 3 - Not flat any more
Now you can see the difference colored pencil makes on the underpainting. It makes a flat image 3-dimensional. Baxter’s head done with...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Sep 7
- 1 min
Baxter portrait in progress 2 - moonstone paper
The gold underpainting for Baxter’s coat and purple underpainting for the blanket were done (see previous post), then I pressed the...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Aug 31
- 1 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
- May 20
- 2 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
- Mar 26
- 14 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
- 1 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 8
- 1 min
Nadia portrait in progress 16
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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 7
- 2 min
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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 7
- 1 min
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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 2
- 2 min
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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Feb 28
- 1 min
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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Feb 21
- 2 min
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...
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