Kevin Roeckl
Feb 25, 20241 min read
Popeye portrait in progress 5 - What is a complement?
I added Popeye’s neck and am working on the halter, which has some blue sections in it. The blue ribbon, halter, and blue paper make a...
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Kevin Roeckl
Feb 22, 20241 min read
Popeye portrait in progress 4 - The eye
The eye is always so important in a portrait. And Popeye has such a sweet, intelligent eye. A close-up of the eye so you can see how it...
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Kevin Roeckl
Feb 21, 20241 min read
Popeye portrait in progress 3 - Judging pencil colors
Today’s work, with a scrap of paper with pencil colors on it to show me how they look on that light-blue paper. This “Steel blue” is a...
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Kevin Roeckl
Feb 19, 20241 min read
Popeye portrait in progress 2
I am off and running with the first day's work on a Head Study of “Popeye” for Annie W. Prismacolor pencil on “Steel blue” Canson paper...
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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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Kevin Roeckl
Jan 19, 20241 min read
Rare portrait in progress 5 - Five colors
I wanted to share this close-up since you don’t usually get to see the pencil strokes in small online pics of the whole artwork. This is...
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Kevin Roeckl
Jan 16, 20241 min read
Rare portrait in progress 4 - Floating
Just have Rare’s face to finish. Capturing the expression on her face is the most important part. If you have been reading my previous...
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Kevin Roeckl
Jan 13, 20241 min read
Rare portrait in progress 3
Continuing work on this grisaille portrait of red Doberman "Rare". Grisaille (pronounced greez-EYE) is a single-color artwork: dark and...
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Kevin Roeckl
Jan 12, 20241 min read
Rare portrait in progress 2 - The tracking harness
I'm working on the harness in this Grisaille (single-color) portrait of red Doberman "Rare". Katie and Rare had one of those truly rare...
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Kevin Roeckl
Jan 10, 20241 min read
Rare portrait in progress 1 - Starting a "grisaille"
I'm starting a new grisaille portrait of red Doberman “Rare” for Katie G. Grisaille (pronounced greez-EYE) is a single-color artwork:...
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Kevin Roeckl
Jan 10, 202411 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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Kevin Roeckl
Dec 27, 20231 min read
My Holiday Wish for you
Due to technical difficulties I was not able to publish this before Christmas! But it's just as relevant for a New Year's wish. My...
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Kevin Roeckl
Dec 23, 20231 min read
"Peace On Earth" finished!
Full-color painting inspired by the pen-and-ink Christmas card I created in 1994. (See previous post) The model for this artwork was my...
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Kevin Roeckl
Dec 23, 20231 min read
"Peace On Earth" in progress 2
I’m sharing “work in progress” pics of my full-color painting of “Peace On Earth”, inspired by the pen-and-ink “Peace On Earth” holiday...
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Kevin Roeckl
Dec 23, 20231 min read
"Peace On Earth" in progress 1
In my previous post I shared my “Peace On Earth” pen-and-ink Christmas card design that I created in 1994, and the hand-painted cards I...
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Kevin Roeckl
Dec 19, 20231 min read
Lacy portrait finished!
I finished the memorial "double portrait" of Lacy for Betty K. Lacy lived in Tennessee with Betty near the Smoky Mountains, where they...
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Kevin Roeckl
Dec 12, 20231 min read
Lacy portrait in progress 15 - The rocks are killin' me
Have spent several days working on the rocks and pebbles at the bottom of Lacy's portrait. And adding the water lapping at the edge of...
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Kevin Roeckl
Dec 7, 20231 min read
Lacy portrait in progress 14 - A hidden surprise
Now you can see the surprise hidden in Lacy‘s reflection! Betty requested that a dragonfly be included somewhere in the artwork. (see...
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