Kevin Roeckl
10 hours ago1 min read
Zelda portrait in progress 6 - First the ears...
When I shared this in-progress picture with Diane today I wrote: “I started working on Zelda’s head today. I re-read what you wrote about...
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Kevin Roeckl
3 days ago1 min read
Zelda portrait in progress 5 - Keeping it correct
Continuing to build Zelda’s musculature and the shapes of her body, the muscles and bone — her structure. A correct Doberman should look...
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Kevin Roeckl
6 days ago2 min read
Zelda portrait in progress 4 - About pencil pressure...
Lots of colored pencil artists believe it’s necessary to build up lots of layers with light pressure to achieve a solid color. I don’t...
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Kevin Roeckl
Jan 152 min read
Zelda portrait in progress 3 - Attaching the muscles
Putting in Zelda's musculature. This has to be exactly precise to capture her structure…her beautifully correct structure. By working in...
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Kevin Roeckl
Jan 141 min read
Zelda portrait in progress 2 - All the colors
Continuing work on Zelda. Photo taken in the studio today. These are all the greys, black, brown, and blue pencils I’m using for her...
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Kevin Roeckl
Jan 122 min read
Zelda portrait in progress 1 - Decisions to be made
I’m starting a portrait of Zelda, a Top Twenty Doberman. Commissioned by Doberman breeder Susan R. as a gift to Zelda's owner Diane. ...
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Kevin Roeckl
Oct 13, 20241 min read
Autumn - "Autumn Afternoon"
🍁 In honor of Fall, I’ve been sharing autumn artworks from my 40-year career. ...And finally we get to the Doberman autumn pic for all...
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Kevin Roeckl
Jun 12, 202410 min read
Cooper portrait in progress - start to finish
April 2 I'm starting another portrait of a Doberman with a special story. Maura Reilly asked if she could get on my wait list for a...
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Kevin Roeckl
Apr 25, 20241 min read
Cooper portrait finished!
This portrait was a surprise gift from Maura Reilly to Diane and Michael Schurman. On Facebook Diane wrote: “You’ve made Michael and I so...
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Kevin Roeckl
Apr 19, 20243 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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Kevin Roeckl
Apr 15, 20242 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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Kevin Roeckl
Apr 12, 20241 min read
Cooper portrait in progress 6
Cooper's blue collar added. I could have made the collar any color, but blue worked well with the colors in this portrait. To make these...
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Kevin Roeckl
Apr 12, 20241 min read
Cooper portrait in progress 5 - Emerging...
1 Now that Cooper’s face is emerging, you can see why I wanted a background color that is a bit “wild”. 2 Cooper’s face completed. It was...
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Kevin Roeckl
Apr 9, 20241 min read
Cooper portrait in progress 4 - The perfect color
Cooper’s face beginning to emerge. This was definitely the right background color for Cooper. He is starting to pop out nicely. Colored...
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Kevin Roeckl
Apr 6, 20241 min read
Cooper portrait in progress 3 - Starting at the top...
In my last post I shared some of the unusual paper colors I was considering for Cooper’s portrait. It was fun to read your contrasting...
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Kevin Roeckl
Apr 5, 20241 min read
Cooper portrait in progress 2 - Some wild colors
I picked out some unusual paper colors to do Cooper’s portrait, a surprise gift from Maura Reilly to Diane and Michael Schurman. I felt...
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Kevin Roeckl
Apr 5, 20244 min read
Cooper portrait in progress 1 - A surprise
I'm starting another portrait of a Doberman with a special story. Maura Reilly asked if she could get on my wait list for a portrait of...
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Kevin Roeckl
Jan 30, 20244 min read
Rare portrait in progress - start to finish
January 5 I'm starting a new grisaille portrait of red Doberman “Rare” for Katie G. Grisaille (pronounced greez-EYE) is a single-color...
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Kevin Roeckl
Jan 27, 20242 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...
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Kevin Roeckl
Jan 22, 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...
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