Kevin Roeckl
Mar 8, 20222 min read
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
Mar 6, 20225 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 1
I've been working for more than a month on just the preparation stages of a very complex, and very special portrait. For Walter Da Ponte...
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Kevin Roeckl
Dec 29, 20219 min read
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, 20211 min read
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
Dec 14, 20211 min read
Chloe portrait in progress 12
Took this pic at the end of my workday today. My studio shots usually have most of the artwork covered up with white paper to protect it...
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Kevin Roeckl
Dec 11, 20211 min read
Chloe portrait in progress 11
Working on the sky reflections in the lower right of the portrait. The part I was working on when I took this shot is below and to the...
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Kevin Roeckl
Dec 6, 20211 min read
Chloe portrait in progress 10
In full swing with all my pencil colors out for pale-blue sky reflections on the river, the river-water colors and reflections of the...
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Kevin Roeckl
Dec 3, 20211 min read
Chloe portrait in progress 9
The portrait with Chloe and the ball-splash finished. Now all I have to do is the surface of the river. After seeing the latest updates,...
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Kevin Roeckl
Dec 1, 20211 min read
Chloe portrait in progress 8
All the pencil colors I’m going to use for Chloe, a red Doberman. Some of the brighter oranges will be for places where the bright...
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Kevin Roeckl
Dec 1, 20211 min read
Chloe portrait in progress 7
This is the ball-splash from an orange ball entering the water. There are two very important elements in this portrait of Chloe leaping...
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Kevin Roeckl
Nov 30, 20211 min read
Chloe portrait in progress 6
I’m adding the amazing turquoise color the rivers have in Humboldt County, in northern California. Fishermen call that color "steelhead...
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Kevin Roeckl
Nov 26, 20211 min read
Chloe portrait in progress 5
I’ve finished the rocks and cliffs. That took me a couple days longer than I expected it would. As I worked my way along the waterline I...
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Kevin Roeckl
Nov 18, 20211 min read
Chloe portrait in progress 4
Today I added details to the rock on the left side of the river, and started working my way across the right-side rocks and cliffs,...
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Kevin Roeckl
Nov 17, 20211 min read
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, 20212 min read
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
Nov 12, 20211 min read
Chloe portrait in progress 1
Starting a portrait of red Doberman Chloe leaping into the Trinity River, a birthday gift from Doug Paul to his wife Cherie. You probably...
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Kevin Roeckl
Oct 19, 202115 min read
Louie portrait in progress - start to finish
August 23 I’ve started a new portrait for Dean Jalava. It’s been a long process to decide among the thousands of photos Dean has of Louie...
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Kevin Roeckl
Oct 19, 20219 min read
Moto and Candy portrait in progress - start to finish
July 28 As always, I start with the ears. This will be a double head-study of Candy (black girl) and Moto (red boy) for James Barron....
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Kevin Roeckl
Sep 28, 20213 min read
Louie portrait finished!
Finished portrait of Louie for Dean Jalava. Louie is still alive and well at age 9. After Dean got on my portrait waiting list, we talked...
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Kevin Roeckl
Sep 24, 20211 min read
Louie portrait in progress 12
The slats of the lattice behind Louie are similar and repetitious, but they are not all the same. To keep track of which one I’m working...
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