Popeye portrait in progress 2
I am off and running with the first day's work on a Head Study of “Popeye” for Annie W. Prismacolor pencil on “Steel blue” Canson paper...
Kevin Roeckl
Feb 19, 20241 min read
Popeye portrait in progress 1 - A horse with a special story
Annie W. contacted me for a portrait of her 3 Dobermans but instead we’re starting on a portrait of her horse Popeye. I have loved horses...
Kevin Roeckl
Feb 17, 20241 min read
Rare portrait finished!
Finished grisaille portrait of Rare for Katie G. "RARE" CH Old Drum’s Vintage Whiskey Ridge CGC NAJ ROM WAC SCN SHDN March 2, 2011 - May...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 27, 20242 min read
Rare portrait in progress 6 - The intensity
If you’ve been following this portrait you know scent-work was Rare’s passion. I didn’t notice until I got to her face that her nose is...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 21, 20242 min read
Rare portrait in progress 5 - Five colors
I wanted to share this close-up since you don’t usually get to see the pencil strokes in small online pics of the whole artwork. This is...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 18, 20241 min read
Rare portrait in progress 4 - Floating
Just have Rare’s face to finish. Capturing the expression on her face is the most important part. If you have been reading my previous...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 16, 20241 min read
Rare portrait in progress 3
Continuing work on this grisaille portrait of red Doberman "Rare". Grisaille (pronounced greez-EYE) is a single-color artwork: dark and...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 13, 20241 min read
Rare portrait in progress 2 - The tracking harness
I'm working on the harness in this Grisaille (single-color) portrait of red Doberman "Rare". Katie and Rare had one of those truly rare...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 12, 20241 min read
Rare portrait in progress 1 - Starting a "grisaille"
I'm starting a new grisaille portrait of red Doberman “Rare” for Katie G. Grisaille (pronounced greez-EYE) is a single-color artwork:...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 10, 20241 min read
"Peace On Earth" finished!
Full-color painting inspired by the pen-and-ink Christmas card I created in 1994. (See previous post) The model for this artwork was my...
Kevin Roeckl
Dec 23, 20231 min read
"Peace On Earth" in progress 2
I’m sharing “work in progress” pics of my full-color painting of “Peace On Earth”, inspired by the pen-and-ink “Peace On Earth” holiday...
Kevin Roeckl
Dec 23, 20231 min read
"Peace On Earth" in progress 1
In my previous post I shared my “Peace On Earth” pen-and-ink Christmas card design that I created in 1994, and the hand-painted cards I...
Kevin Roeckl
Dec 22, 20231 min read
Lacy portrait finished!
I finished the memorial "double portrait" of Lacy for Betty K. Lacy lived in Tennessee with Betty near the Smoky Mountains, where they...
Kevin Roeckl
Dec 19, 20231 min read
Lacy portrait in progress 16 - The last corner
Getting down to the wire on Lacy's portrait. Working on the last rocks on the shoreline. (Lower right corner of the artwork.) I’ve...
Kevin Roeckl
Dec 13, 20231 min read
Lacy portrait in progress 15 - The rocks are killin' me
Have spent several days working on the rocks and pebbles at the bottom of Lacy's portrait. And adding the water lapping at the edge of...
Kevin Roeckl
Dec 11, 20231 min read
Lacy portrait in progress 14 - A hidden surprise
Now you can see the surprise hidden in Lacy‘s reflection! Betty requested that a dragonfly be included somewhere in the artwork. (see...
Kevin Roeckl
Dec 6, 20231 min read
Lacy portrait in progress 13
I finished the neck of Lacy’s head study, fading downward into the river. I had to put the ripples around and “behind” it before I could...
Kevin Roeckl
Dec 5, 20231 min read
Lacy portrait in progress 12 - A figure in four stages
Continuing to work on the second Lacy. My Blog has been down with technical glitches for a while, sorry about the delay! These pics show...
Kevin Roeckl
Dec 4, 20231 min read
Lacy portrait in progress 11 - the second Lacy...
I'm working on the “second Lacy”, standing in the river (which she loved) in this double-portrait of Lacy, a red Doberman. You can see...
Kevin Roeckl
Nov 22, 20231 min read
Lacy portrait in progress 10
I’ve added ripples on the upper part of the water…the reflection of the island and clouds. Now I’m starting on the second Lacy.... Double...
Kevin Roeckl
Nov 18, 20231 min read
