Kevin Roeckl
Sep 291 min read
Autumn - "The Tryst"
🍁 Fall is my favorite season. 🍁 In honor of Autumn, I’m going to be sharing autumn artworks from my entire 40 year career, over the...
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Kevin Roeckl
Apr 44 min read
Popeye portrait in progress - start to finish
February 17 Annie W. contacted me for a portrait of her three Dobermans but instead we’re starting on a portrait of her horse Popeye. I...
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Kevin Roeckl
Mar 61 min read
Popeye portrait finished!
Popeye is a horse with a special story. When Annie contacted me about a portrait she wanted to portray her Dobermans, but we ended up...
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Kevin Roeckl
Mar 11 min read
Popeye portrait in progress 7 - A color surprise...
Even with my trained eye, sometimes colors surprise me. In Annie’s photo it looks like a pink patch inside Popeye’s nostril. But want to...
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Kevin Roeckl
Feb 281 min read
Popeye portrait in progress 6 - I begged my parents for a horse
I think one more day’s work will finish this portrait. I have loved horses all my life. All through my childhood I begged my parents for...
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Kevin Roeckl
Feb 251 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 221 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 211 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 191 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
Feb 181 min read
Popeye portrait in progress 1 - A horse with a special story
Annie W. contacted me for a portrait of her 3 Dobermans but instead we’re starting on a portrait of her horse Popeye. I have loved horses...
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