Chloe portrait in progress 3
Now you can see why I did the underpainting. This is a close-up of the upper left corner of the painting, where there is a forested...
Kevin Roeckl
Nov 17, 20211 min read
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
Chloe portrait in progress 1
Starting a portrait of red Doberman Chloe leaping into the Trinity River, a birthday gift from Doug Paul to his wife Cherie. You probably...
Kevin Roeckl
Nov 12, 20211 min read
"Mini" portrait in progress - start to finish
April 20 Started a portrait of Mini, a beautiful black cat with gold eyes, for Emily Moren, DVM. Emily wants the portrait to include...
Kevin Roeckl
Jun 4, 20219 min read
"Mini" portrait finished!
Today I finished the portrait of Mini, beloved cat of Emily Moren, DVM. She is surrounded by hellebores, the flower that was planted in...
Kevin Roeckl
May 28, 20212 min read
"Mini" portrait in progress 5
Working on Mini’s eyes, the most critical part of the portrait. I started out this morning before I went in the studio, by reading the...
Kevin Roeckl
May 24, 20212 min read
"Mini" portrait in progress 4
Now working on the black hellebore flowers. I'm adding colored pencil over the flat black watercolor wash I did in a previous step. The...
Kevin Roeckl
May 17, 20211 min read
"Mini" portrait in progress 3
The plant foliage is finished. I may add a few more leaves and stems…I want to see how the balance looks when I get the black flowers...
Kevin Roeckl
May 14, 20211 min read
"Mini" portrait in progress 2
All the outlines of Mini and the flowers have been drawn out in detail on a sheet of Canson “moonstone” paper, a beautiful art paper with...
Kevin Roeckl
May 12, 20213 min read
