Kevin Roeckl
Aug 11, 20221 min read
Portrait of Daisy Bleu
I’ve been laid up with an injury since April, unable to work, so I am sharing some of my earlier portraits with you. This is Daisy Bleu,...
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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
Jul 18, 20222 min read
Portrait of Jake
In March I had a serious injury and I haven’t been able to work for several months. See my July 16 post So I thought I would start...
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Kevin Roeckl
Jul 16, 20222 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 19
My studio has been closed for 3 months. I’ve been sharing progress on Remmy’s portrait with you since February. So I will also share...
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Kevin Roeckl
Jun 28, 20222 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 18
All that’s left to do is the river surface, which comprises most of the background of the 5 Remmys. The pics in this post were taken in...
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Kevin Roeckl
May 25, 20222 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 17
All 6 Remmys - including his reflection - are in. Next I start on the river surface. After seeing the recent "in progress" pictures,...
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Kevin Roeckl
May 24, 20221 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 16
The lower-right Remmy (the last one of 6) is finished. If you saw my previous posts, you know that this standing Remmy was from Walt’s...
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Kevin Roeckl
May 23, 20221 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 15
Working on the 6th and final Remmy, in the lower right. Walt wanted to include a full-body pic of Remmy standing, somewhere in the...
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Kevin Roeckl
May 14, 20223 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 14
I worked on “Mona Lisa Remmy’s” reflection for several days. These pictures show the progress. Day 1 The reflection of “Mona Lisa Remmy”...
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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
Apr 30, 20221 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 12
I’ve been laid up with health problems for several weeks so am behind on sharing Remmy’s portrait. Working on the 4th depiction of Remmy...
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Kevin Roeckl
Apr 8, 20222 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 11
The water splash is finished. That really gives a dynamic feel to Remmy charging joyfully through the river. Walt was right, that photo...
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Kevin Roeckl
Mar 31, 20221 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 10
The important “Mona Lisa” Remmy (the center figure) finished…with a great deal of concentration, and pleasure. Next, on to the water...
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Kevin Roeckl
Mar 29, 20221 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 9
Working on “Mona Lisa” Remmy, the central focus of Remmy’s portrait. This will capture all the joy of Remmy splashing through the water...
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Kevin Roeckl
Mar 25, 20221 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 8
Two days' work with Remmy’s upper-right head finished, and the background put in behind that head.... The head finished.... This shows...
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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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Kevin Roeckl
Mar 17, 20221 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 5
Here’s Remmy’s Pig, hidden in the bushes of the riverbank. Right where Remmy left it. Now I’m working my way across the river background...
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Kevin Roeckl
Mar 16, 20222 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 4
In the background of this portrait is something you didn’t see in my layout, but is very important to have in the portrait... Remmy’s Pig...
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Kevin Roeckl
Mar 15, 20221 min read
Remmy portrait in progress 3
The upper left head of Remmy is finished down to the collar. His shoulders and chest will fade out into the background scene. So I have...
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