Kevin Roeckl
Nov 14, 20231 min read
Lacy portrait in progress 8 - More than just grey
It was a little trickier than I thought to do the “single-color” head study. I planned it as being in shades of grey, for which I’d use 5...
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Kevin Roeckl
Nov 11, 20231 min read
Lacy portrait in progress 7 - Lacy in the sky
Now I’m starting on Lacy’s head in the beautiful sky. This shows part of the whole portrait, which is a double portrait with Lacy...
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Kevin Roeckl
Nov 9, 20231 min read
Lacy portrait in progress 6 - Important clouds
The clouds are finished. They are a very important part of this piece. An important part of what makes the colors and the scene. A...
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Kevin Roeckl
Nov 3, 20231 min read
Lacy portrait in progress 5 - What a difference colored pencil makes!
After the underpainting was done and all the ripples pressed out of the paper, I'm now working with colored pencil for the rest of the...
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Kevin Roeckl
Nov 1, 20232 min read
Lacy portrait in progress 4 - A challenge on grey
I’ve finished the underpainting on Lacy’s portrait. The Canson paper I chose for this artwork is called “Pearl”, a soft warm grey. My...
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Kevin Roeckl
Oct 28, 20232 min read
Lacy portrait in progress 3 - A hard decision
Now that layout decisions have been made, I decided what color Canson paper I’m going to work on, and pulled the sheet of Canson out of...
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Kevin Roeckl
Oct 19, 20232 min read
Lacy portrait in progress 2 - More layouts...
In my previous post I shared 8 rough layouts that I had created for Betty K. She chose her favorite, but that wasn't the final layout....
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Kevin Roeckl
Oct 19, 20232 min read
Lacy portrait in progress 1 - Layouts: which is your favorite?
I’m starting a new portrait of Lacy for Betty K. Here are 8 possible rough-draft layouts. Which is your favorite one? Lacy loved the...
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Kevin Roeckl
Oct 14, 20236 min read
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 28, 202311 min read
Odie portrait in progress - start to finish
July 8 My next portrait is Odin (“Odie man”) for Robin B. As Robin was gathering photos and sending them to me, she kept saying, “His...
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Kevin Roeckl
Sep 24, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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 10, 20231 min read
Odie arrived today!
The portrait of Odie arrived safely in Florida today. I always feel a wave of relief when a portrait I've worked on for weeks crosses...
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Kevin Roeckl
Sep 7, 20231 min read
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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