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
- Jan 24
- 26 min
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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Oct 6, 2022
- 29 min
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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Sep 18, 2022
- 1 min
Remmy portrait in progress 21
I'm adding the grass under the two lower Remmys. “Red-ball Remmy” (in the lower left corner) is finished. The patch of grass under...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Sep 16, 2022
- 1 min
Remmy portrait in progress 20
You may remember the portrait of Remmy I was working on through Feb and March. After an injury in March I had to close down my studio...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jul 27, 2022
- 5 min
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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- May 24, 2022
- 1 min
Remmy portrait in progress 16
The lower-right Remmy (the last one of 6) is finished. If you saw my previous posts, you know that this standing Remmy was from Walt’s...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Mar 8, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Dec 29, 2021
- 9 min
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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Dec 21, 2021
- 1 min
Chloe portrait finished!
Finished the portrait of Chloe today. This portrait is a birthday gift from Doug Paul to his wife Cherie. It shows their “crazy redhead”...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Nov 17, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Nov 15, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- Jun 4, 2021
- 9 min
"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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- May 28, 2021
- 2 min
"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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- May 24, 2021
- 2 min
"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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- May 17, 2021
- 1 min
"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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- May 14, 2021
- 1 min
"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...
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Kevin Roeckl
- May 12, 2021
- 3 min
"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...
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