Kevin Roeckl
Mar 1, 20218 min read
Carly portrait in progress - start to finish
January 6 I’ve started a Head Study of Carly, beloved Service Dog of Phyllis Zaretzky. After discussing the photos Phyllis has, we...
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Kevin Roeckl
Feb 3, 20212 min read
Carly portrait - Custom Notecards
The final steps of a portrait... When the portrait is finished and the client approves it, the job is not finished by any means. I mount...
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Kevin Roeckl
Jan 31, 20211 min read
Carly portrait finished!
When I sent pictures of the finished portrait to Phyllis for her final approval, she wrote: “Kevin, you did such a fantastic job...
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Kevin Roeckl
Jan 31, 20211 min read
Carly portrait in progress 6
I continued filling in the rest of Carly's face, then moved on to her tongue.... Her pink tongue involves a different set of pencil...
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Kevin Roeckl
Jan 27, 20211 min read
Carly portrait in progress 5
Outlining the edge of Carly’s dark nose so I can do the left side of her pale peach muzzle up to the nose edge. I will work to that edge...
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Kevin Roeckl
Jan 22, 20215 min read
Carly portrait in progress 4
I want you to know what I thought about when I worked on Carly’s eyes. When Phyllis first contacted me in 2019 to get on my waiting list...
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Kevin Roeckl
Jan 22, 20211 min read
Carly portrait in progress 3
My monitor in front of me as I’m working. The main picture is the one I’m working from, but I have other reference photos of Carly’s eyes...
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Kevin Roeckl
Jan 22, 20211 min read
Carly portrait in progress 2
Carly’s ears. It’s fun to do another breed besides Dobermans. Colored pencils are perfect for doing hair. Phyllis chose “Felt Grey” for...
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Kevin Roeckl
Jan 22, 20211 min read
Carly portrait in progress 1
January 6 I’ve started a Head Study of Carly, beloved Service Dog of Phyllis Zaretzky. After discussing the photos Phyllis has, we...
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