Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait finished!
My friend Jason braved rain, ice, and snow to deliver the finished portrait to Karen, 3 hours away. Karen wrote: “Kevin!!! I could not...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 18, 20231 min read
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Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 19
The “Rio hugging” figures are finished. Now I have a lot of grass to do. And the shoulders of Cooper and Rio’s head studies where they...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 14, 20237 min read
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Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 18
Continuing to work on the “Rio hugging” figures. Three days on Karen’s hands and arms. A lot of fine detail there. These are the pencil...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 12, 20231 min read
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Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 17
These final figures, of the 6 figures in Karen’s triple portrait, are a work of art in themselves. Every body-part of these figures - in...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 11, 20231 min read
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Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 16
Working on "hugging Rio's" face. I’m spending a lot of time on the details of his face, as I did on Karen’s. Although neither of their...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 6, 20237 min read
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Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 15
Spent a while on Karen‘s face. Although it doesn’t have the challenge of two eyes and eyebrows, all the features of a typical portrait...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 3, 20232 min read
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Cooper, Addie, and Rio portrait in progress 14
I'm working on the "Rio and Karen hugging" figures.The photo that I'm working from was taken years ago. Karen had a different hairstyle...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 2, 20231 min read
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Gwen & Kent portrait in progress - start to finish
I’m starting on a portrait of a Doberman show dog and professional handler Gwen DeMilta. It was commissioned as a surprise gift for Gwen...
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 1, 20215 min read
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"Gwen & Kent" portrait finished!
A big thank-you to photographer Gay Glazbrook for a great reference photo to work from. In the original photo there were five tall, thin,...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 19, 20212 min read
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"Gwen & Kent" portrait in progress 10
Putting in a few more flowers and leaves around Gwen. I have to work carefully around her outline and Kent’s head. Then I’ll go fast n’...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 19, 20212 min read
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"Gwen & Kent" portrait in progress 9
Laying in the background scene. Normally I start in the upper left and work down, so I’m not dragging my hand (right hand) through what...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 19, 20211 min read
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"Gwen & Kent" portrait in progress 8
Figures finished. Tomorrow I’ll start on the background scene. I always enjoy this stage, where the figures are finished and just...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 19, 20211 min read
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"Gwen & Kent" portrait in progress 7
In progress in the studio. You can now see that this is a portrait of Gwen gaiting Kent straight at you.
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 15, 20211 min read
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"Gwen & Kent" portrait in progress 6
You’ve been watching me develop Gwen (handler)… Now I’m working on Kent.
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 15, 20211 min read
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"Gwen & Kent" portrait in progress 5
Finished Gwen’s suit, and now starting on Kent. It was kind of interesting doing a pale-grey suit on pale-grey paper. The suit, as you...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 15, 20211 min read
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"Gwen & Kent" portrait in progress 4
Now putting in Gwen’s gray suit…. On the monitor I’ve blocked out the background of where the photo was taken so I can get a clear sense...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 15, 20211 min read
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"Gwen & Kent" portrait in progress 3
In this portrait, Gwen’s skin tones are very close to the paper color in value. In art terms, “value” = lightness/darkness. Except for a...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 12, 20211 min read
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"Gwen & Kent" portrait in progress 2
Here are the Prismacolor pencil colors I'm using for Gwen's face. In the upper right you can see I've made swatches of those colors on a...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 10, 20211 min read
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"Gwen & Kent" portrait in progress 1
I’m starting on a portrait of a Doberman show dog and professional handler Gwen DeMilta. It was commissioned as a surprise gift for Gwen...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 10, 20211 min read
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