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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Kevin Roeckl
Sep 21, 20212 min read
Louie portrait in progress 11
Coming into the home stretch on Louie’s portrait. I’m working on the wooden lattice behind Louie. In this photo is a tool you don’t...
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Kevin Roeckl
Sep 20, 20212 min read
Louie portrait in progress 10
I finished the blanket today. I took this photo in the studio as I was getting down to the last part of the blanket, the lower left of...
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Kevin Roeckl
Sep 17, 20211 min read
Louie portrait in progress 9
Filling in the squares of the blanket. It’s not going as quickly as I thought it would... I hadn’t really focused on the fact that every...
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Kevin Roeckl
Sep 16, 20211 min read
Louie portrait in progress 8
I’m putting in the blanket colors. Notice I have yellows and oranges and browns on my “active pencils” sheet of paper and in the swatches...
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Kevin Roeckl
Sep 14, 20211 min read
Louie portrait in progress 7
Louie is finished and I’ve drawn the outlines of his blanket. You may remember that this will capture the golden morning light of Dean...
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Kevin Roeckl
Sep 10, 20213 min read
Louie portrait in progress 6
Sometimes these “in progress” posts are photos I take with my phone while working. Other times I scan the artwork to make a jpg. The...
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Kevin Roeckl
Sep 9, 20212 min read
Louie portrait in progress 5
Today I’m putting in the shapes of Louie’s chest. I start by doing the black/shadowed areas first, to help guide me on the other shapes....
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Kevin Roeckl
Sep 8, 20211 min read
Louie portrait in progress 4
Two pictures... I scanned the artwork before I started work this morning, and again when I finished. Continuing work on Louie’s...
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Kevin Roeckl
Sep 8, 20211 min read
Louie portrait in progress 3
Putting Louie’s body in, working down from the neck. These four photos taken in the studio show the progression as I'm working. There is...
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Kevin Roeckl
Sep 4, 20212 min read
Louie portrait in progress 2
This picture shows what Louie’s portrait looked like when I started work in the studio this morning. When I quit work yesterday I had...
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Kevin Roeckl
Aug 30, 20212 min read
Louie portrait in progress 1
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 (Louie is...
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Kevin Roeckl
Aug 25, 20212 min read
Moto and Candy portrait finished!
I finished the double head-study portrait of Moto and Candy for James Barron. GCHB. Marienburg's Arm Candy GCH. Caryola's Major Dickason...
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Kevin Roeckl
Aug 21, 20212 min read
Moto and Candy portrait in progress 13
What do you see in all the complex shapes on Moto’s shoulder and chest in this reference photo? How do you capture the form and...
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Kevin Roeckl
Aug 18, 20211 min read
Moto and Candy portrait in progress 12
Working in the studio with the reference photos on the monitor. I put Candy and Moto together (from two separate photos) and create the...
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Kevin Roeckl
Aug 18, 20211 min read
Moto and Candy portrait in progress 11
Today’s progress. Moto’s neck down to his collar. Chain collars are not the most fun thing to do. But it went pretty quickly.
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Kevin Roeckl
Aug 16, 20211 min read
Moto and Candy portrait in progress 10
Now all of the “red” areas of Moto’s head (red and rust Doberman) are finished, and I have worked my way down and around the left side of...
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Kevin Roeckl
Aug 14, 20211 min read
Moto and Candy portrait in progress 9
Today I’ve got Moto’s reference photos on the monitor. Working on Moto’s left eye. The photo at the bottom is the main photo I'm using....
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Kevin Roeckl
Aug 10, 20211 min read
Moto and Candy portrait in progress 8
Now I’m starting on Moto. I didn’t finish Candy’s body because their shoulders are overlapping, so I want to do both of their chests at...
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Kevin Roeckl
Aug 9, 20211 min read
Moto and Candy portrait in progress 7
ART STUDIO MISHAPS! Damn, I dropped my pencil while working on Candy today. Did you think my life is all just fun-and-games? LOL It...
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