Wishes portrait in progress 1 - A very challenging piece
Wishes' portrait will be a challenging artwork. It’s not a complex piece, but it is a challenging one because of the values. (How light...
Kevin Roeckl
23 hours ago8 min read
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Odie portrait in progress 2 - watercolor techniques
Odie will be in a beach scene that is meaningful to clients Robin and Mike, a favorite vacation spot. He is not allowed on the beach so...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 22, 20232 min read
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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 24, 202326 min read
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Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 4
Now that the underpainting is in, and I’ve peeled off the masking material protecting the figures (leaving me nice virgin grey Canson...
Kevin Roeckl
Nov 18, 20221 min read
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Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 3
A couple days ago I shared the steps of masking off the dogs’ heads and the left figure, and doing the underpainting of mountain, lake,...
Kevin Roeckl
Nov 17, 20221 min read
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Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 2
Putting in the underpainting of the background scene, on a rainy day. The pine tree on the left was done first with colored pencils. Then...
Kevin Roeckl
Nov 15, 20223 min read
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Remmy portrait in progress - start to finish
February 28 I've been working for more than a month on just the preparation stages of a very complex, and very special portrait. For...
Kevin Roeckl
Oct 6, 202229 min read
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Remmy portrait in progress 13
The last post showed pics taken in the studio with my phone while I was working. But a phone camera doesn’t capture artwork very well....
Kevin Roeckl
May 9, 20223 min read
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Remmy portrait in progress 2
This portrait has 5 depictions of Remmy (two head studies and 3 full-body) on a river scene, with the center Remmy splashing joyfully...
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 8, 20222 min read
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Chloe portrait in progress - start to finish
November 11 Starting a portrait of red Doberman Chloe leaping into the Trinity River. It is a birthday gift from Doug Paul to his wife...
Kevin Roeckl
Dec 29, 20219 min read
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Chloe portrait in progress 8
All the pencil colors I’m going to use for Chloe, a red Doberman. Some of the brighter oranges will be for places where the bright...
Kevin Roeckl
Dec 1, 20211 min read
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Chloe portrait in progress 2
I masked off the figure of Chloe to add the base color of the river with a smooth watercolor wash. That gives me a nice green base on...
Kevin Roeckl
Nov 15, 20212 min read
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