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Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 11 - Creating luminous skin

Kevin Roeckl

Oct 55 min read

Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 11 - Creating luminous skin

A man’s skin is darker and redder than a woman’s (typically) . So I am putting in some darker colors on Larry’s forehead. Continuing work...

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Cooper portrait in progress 8 - Tools of the artist's life

Kevin Roeckl

Apr 193 min read

Cooper portrait in progress 8 - Tools of the artist's life

I wanted to share a few of the photos I took while working in the studio over the course of Cooper’s portrait. With some...

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Cooper portrait in progress 7 - Color swatches help the artist

Kevin Roeckl

Apr 152 min read

Cooper portrait in progress 7 - Color swatches help the artist

I'm working my way down Cooper's body. This photo, taken in the studio while I was working, shows his body in progress with the pencil...

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Lacy portrait in progress - start to finish

Kevin Roeckl

Jan 1011 min read

Lacy portrait in progress - start to finish

October 18 Started a new portrait of Lacy for Betty K. Here are 8 possible rough-draft layouts. Which is your favorite? Lacy loved the...

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Lacy portrait in progress 4 - A challenge on grey

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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Odie portrait in progress - start to finish

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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Baxter portrait in progress 1 - The underpainting

Kevin Roeckl

Sep 5, 20232 min read

Baxter portrait in progress 1 - The underpainting

I'm starting a new portrait of Baxter, who is 12 years old. Some interesting facts about Baxter: ❤️ His dad Brian has a “Surgery Center“...

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Odie portrait in progress 10 - What color is a nose?

Kevin Roeckl

Aug 7, 20231 min read

Odie portrait in progress 10 - What color is a nose?

A red Doberman’s nose is an interesting color. Is it grey? Mauve? Brown? Actually it’s all of those…and more. See if you can pick out...

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Odie portrait in progress 2 - watercolor techniques

Kevin Roeckl

Jul 22, 20232 min read

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...

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Kevin Roeckl

Jun 22, 20232 min read

Happy Summer Solstice

Happy First Day of Summer! This artwork is a portrait of Doberman “Party” that I created for Emily M. in 2020. Several flower species...

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Nadia portrait in progress - start to finish

Kevin Roeckl

Mar 26, 202314 min read

Nadia portrait in progress - start to finish

January 20 Starting a new portrait, for Katherine Belzowski, of her Grand Champion, Top Twenty Doberman “Nadia”. GCHS CH Belz Catch My...

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Kevin Roeckl

Mar 12, 20231 min read

"Prayer for Racial Harmony"

Michael G. contacted me to ask if I have prints of this angel painting. (I do.) it's part of my angel series I created in the 1990's....

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Cooper Addie, and Rio portrait in progress - start to finish

Kevin Roeckl

Jan 24, 202326 min read

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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Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 20

Kevin Roeckl

Jan 16, 20231 min read

Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 20

The last thing I do before I consider an artwork finished, is tape it up on the wall, stand back at the distance the client will see it...

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Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 2

Kevin Roeckl

Nov 15, 20223 min read

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...

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Remmy portrait in progress - start to finish

Kevin Roeckl

Oct 6, 202229 min read

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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Stephanie portrait in progress - start to finish

Kevin Roeckl

Jul 27, 20225 min read

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 9, 20223 min read

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....

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Kevin Roeckl

Mar 23, 20222 min read

Remmy portrait in progress 7

I've filled in the river background across the upper part of the portrait, and now working on the upper-right Remmy head. I need to do...

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Kevin Roeckl

Mar 22, 20223 min read

Remmy portrait in progress 6

I’ve been working on the background river scene — the trees and sky. This post shows how I get a nice light-blue sky on darker grey paper...

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