Kevin Roeckl
Oct 6, 20241 min read
Autumn - "Fast Prey"
🍁 Fall is my favorite season. 🍁 In honor of Autumn, I’m sharing autumn artworks from my entire 40+ year career, over the next few...
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Kevin Roeckl
Oct 5, 20245 min read
Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 11 - Creating luminous skin
A man’s skin is darker and redder than a woman’s (typically) . So I am putting in some darker colors on Larry’s forehead. Continuing work...
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Kevin Roeckl
Oct 5, 20241 min read
Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 10 - An ear is a funny thing
Continuing work on the double portrait of Cheri and Larry. Working on Larry’s face now. An ear is a funny-looking thing. But it’s just a...
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Kevin Roeckl
Oct 3, 20241 min read
Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 9 - Capturing a life
This is how “Cheri and Larry” looks now, as I start working on Larry. To help me capture his essence, Cheri shared many memories of Larry...
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Kevin Roeckl
Oct 2, 20242 min read
Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 8 - The right color hair
Continuing work on “Cheri and Larry”.... I'm starting on Larry now, beginning with his brown hair. Like Cheri’s hair, that part of the...
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Kevin Roeckl
Oct 1, 20241 min read
Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 7 - The importance of reflected light
Finished Cheri’s face and neck. Reflected light is important. These blue and grey colors on her jaw and side of her neck were caused by...
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Kevin Roeckl
Sep 27, 20242 min read
Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 6 - "Jellied baseballs"
I should have done this in one day, but I stretched it into two.... Day 1 Cheri's lips are finished and I'm ready to start on the teeth....
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Kevin Roeckl
Sep 21, 20242 min read
Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 5 - Blending skin colors
Continuing work on Cheri's face in the “Cheri and Larry” portrait. (Prismacolor pencils on grey Canson paper.) FOR ARTISTS: Lots of...
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Kevin Roeckl
Sep 13, 20241 min read
Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 4
I’m making good progress on Cheri’s face. I have known Cheri for 33 years. She was instrumental in introducing my artwork to the Doberman...
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Kevin Roeckl
Sep 10, 20242 min read
Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 3 - What color is skin?
What color is skin color? How does an artist know which colored pencils to use when portraying a human face? This post shows the method...
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Kevin Roeckl
Sep 5, 20243 min read
Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 2 - Creating a curly hairstyle
This album explains how I created Cheri’s curly “Afro-shaped” hairstyle….from a reference photo where the hair was not visible. 1 This is...
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Kevin Roeckl
Aug 31, 20242 min read
Cheri and Larry portrait in progress 1 - 57 years together
The last portrait I shared (a dog in a forest scene) was very complex. This one will be straightforward: a double Head Study of two...
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Kevin Roeckl
Aug 23, 202423 min read
Shasta portrait in progress - start to finish
April 30 I'm starting a portrait of Shasta, an Australian Shepherd. It’s a gift from Diane Barnes to her son Takeshi. Takeshi’s...
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Kevin Roeckl
Aug 21, 20242 min read
Shasta portrait finished!
A little background about Shasta... Shasta is 11 years old. Her portrait was commissioned by Diane Barnes as a gift to her son Takeshi,...
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Kevin Roeckl
Aug 18, 20242 min read
Shasta portrait in progress 20 - The final step
I’m down to the final part of Shasta’s portrait: the footbridge. In a previous step I applied a wash of blue watercolor over the grey...
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Kevin Roeckl
Aug 15, 20242 min read
Shasta portrait in progress 19 - A design challenge
A zillion ferns 🤣 in this portrait will soon be completed. Previously I explained about adding green underpainting on both sides of...
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Kevin Roeckl
Aug 10, 20241 min read
Shasta portrait in progress 18 - Left side finished...
I’m finally getting down to the wire with this portrait. The ferns on the left are finished. 1 Working my way down to the bottom corner....
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Kevin Roeckl
Aug 8, 20241 min read
Shasta portrait in progress 17 - Ferns, ferns, and more ferns
Putting in the ferns with colored pencil over the green underpainting ( see previous post for explanation ). And over the blue-grey...
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Kevin Roeckl
Aug 6, 20241 min read
Shasta portrait in progress 16 - More underpainting needed
If you've been following my progress you know that I’m working on grey paper. I’ve decided to put in a green underpainting in the lower...
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Kevin Roeckl
Aug 2, 20242 min read
Shasta portrait in progress 15 - The "flow" of a composition
The picture shows the whole portrait as it looks now. There is a diagonal line of bright yellows going to the right and up from Shasta’s...
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