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Wed 30 Sep 2009

Pet Portraits on Linen

Posted by Melanie Phillips under All Work in Progress
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Hi All,

I’m reposting the first stage of this portrait as I had already started it a while ago and i did blog it, however thought it would be nice to repost the first stage along with the other stages. I’m about half way though, I haven’t started the eyes yet, I have created a very soft feel and will now start to pull everything together with the shapes and details. The new canvas I am using is wonderful! Its so soft and silky smooth. Its more costly than the normal canvas but well worth it as its a pleasure to paint on. I will blog the next stages of Missy Rose, she is nearly completed so a final image will be also online soon too.

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Fri 25 Sep 2009

Wonderful Photos from Client

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I am delighted to be able to posts some photos my client took when she handed over the portrait of Chester to her husband on his birthday. They are so fantastic! I have also added them to Chester’s webpage in my oil gallery. My clients quote is below

Chester’s portrait came today. I am thrilled with it!! You did an absolutely fabulous job. It is breathtaking.

Here are the pics of Jim opening his present. Feel free to post them on your website. We think we’re going to hang it here at home, but we’re interested in getting some prints of the portrait for Jim’s office and my office at work. How much do you charge for prints?

We do offer a full print service in both canvas and fine art paper prints and clients can find lots more information about the service in the shopping cart prints section. I’m off to email my clients back now, hope you all have a lovely day!

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Thu 24 Sep 2009

Next Stage of Missy Rose

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This is the next stage of Missy Rose, I wanted to keep the background quite muted so that it receded. This is only the undercoat at this stage but its important to give the correct feel right from the start. She is in a bit of a drying stage now, it will only take a day or so and I will start to work on her coat and features.

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Thu 24 Sep 2009

Horse Portraits Commissioned September 2008!

Posted by Melanie Phillips under Horse Portraits
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As many of you will know who follow my blog regularly, these poor horses have been up and down my client list like yo-yos! They were commissioned last September and the client needed them for their daughters 40th and 41st birthday in October this year, which is only a few weeks away. They didn’t mind as long as they were completed and sent for that month. They were started in May of this year and I had thought that I would be able to complete them to send them before the summer, however they have been in the drying rack all of this time as I have been working on current clients portraits. So finally here they are! I needed to make sure that they were completed together, and I don’t think there is much difference between the two. I worked on them at the same time almost, they were on my easel together so that I could make sure I used the same colours for each.

My next portrait is already started, its the two Labradors, it was started a few weeks ago and I will be going back to that one this week and I have also finished a spaniel for a deadline too which I will post as well. Things are getting busy in the studio and we are very nearly booked for Christmas. I think each year we are booked earlier and earlier.

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Tue 22 Sep 2009

Second Stage of Missy Rose

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This is the second stage of Missy Rose, I will now be adding the background!

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Sun 20 Sep 2009

Photo of Rhodes with his Portrait

Posted by Melanie Phillips under Clients Portraits Photos
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Hi Everyone,

Its with a little bit of sadness that I write this blog post, I created a portrait of Rhodes a few months ago and it was very well received by the family. They have taken some photos of the portrait along with Rhodes and sent them to me and I have enclosed one of them below. Very sadly the client has found that Rhodes is very poorly and so are going through a difficult time and my best wishes and support goes out to them.

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Fri 18 Sep 2009

‘Missy Rose’ Pet Portrait Stage One

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Hi All,

Here’s the first stage of Missy Rose! The canvas has arrived! It arrived yesterday which was good timing really. I will be lining and blocking in over the weekend along with overhauling the London Art College website which I will blog about soon. Enjoy your weeknd!

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Thu 17 Sep 2009

Sophies Portrait Framed

Posted by Melanie Phillips under Frames & Prints
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We have had Sophies portrait framed and its now all packed up safely ready to be sent to America. We are really pleased with the outcome of the frame, we think that it matches Sophies coat well and will look great on the recipients wall. This portrait is a total surprise for the recipient and we are all looking forward to hearing her feedback.

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Thu 17 Sep 2009

Final Image of Sammys Pet Portrait

Posted by Melanie Phillips under Dog Portraits
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This is the final stage of Sammy and a detail of the portrait, I hope that you like it! We have had a visit from our photographer friend who we have known for many years, its been probably just under 10 years since I was taking my early pet portraits commissions to him to photograph for a record, as we didn’t have the facilities to copy work back then. Over a cup of tea we chatted about taking photos of large oil portrait, the pro and cons and how we can reduce the glare and shine when we photograph them. He gave us some good advice and also lent us a gadget to calibrate our monitors and the monitor with the printer. I have calibrated it, but haven’t done any test prints yet so hopefully everything is calibrated now too, as that can be quite an issue.

The portrait of Sammy is nearly dry, all I need to do is sign it, and its ready. I will be posting the first stages of Missy rose too.

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Tue 15 Sep 2009

Pet Portrait of Sammy in oils on canvas

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This is the latest stage of Sammys Portrait. I have been working on this one over the last few days and its a large 24 x 18 and is looking quite dynamic so far. Hopefully it will be completed by the end of the week.

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- Nick specialises in oil portraits of dogs, cats and horses and this is Nicks current client list.
  
  This is a gorgeous little dog called Bella which Nick will paint in February 16 x 12 in oils.
16 x 12
- This portrait will be of a dearly departed dog called Sable which Nick will paint in oils on linen at the end of February.
10 x 8
- This portrait will be an oil painting on cotton canvas. The clients ordered a gift voucher for a 50th birthday to remember their wonderful horse Tango and Nick will be painting Tango at the end of February.
18 x 14
- This portrait will be a n 18 x 14 oil painting on linen canvas of Max a beautiful Australian Labradoodle. The client is purchasing a portrait for her husband as a Christmas gift and Nick will be painting Max at the start of March.
16 x 12
- This is Chester and Minnie and they will be painted in separate portraits Mid March.
24 x 18
- This portrait is going to be a wonderful portrait of Madison in Central Park, New York in oils on linen canvas.
10 x 8
- This is Chance and he will be painted in oils In April.
12 x 10
- Here is Millie and she is going to be painted in oil on linen at 12 x 10 size. The client was given a gift voucher for Christmas last year and will be receiving their portrait in April.
36 x 28
- This is Lockhart which Nick will paint on a 36 x 28 inch canvas oil on linen in April. Nick is really looking forward to painting Lockhart and I'm looking forward to seeing it come to life here in the studio.
12 x 10
- This is going to be a portrait for a previous client in the UK of their lovely dog Digit. We will be painting him in oils on canvas and framing him too.
12 x 10
- This will be a portrait for a previous client in the US of their cat called Ginny who recently passed away. Her portrait will hang proudly next to their dog Missy Rose which we painted for them a few years ago. We will be painting Ginny in oils on linen canvas.
10 x 10
- This will be a portrait for an English client in the US and they would like Nick to paint their lovely chocolate Lab Flag. The photo isn't confirmed as yet, it could be the image above but it might change as the portrait is a Christmas gift so the recipient can have final say!
24 x 20
- This will be a wonderful portrait of Jake which Nick is really looking forward to painting. He has lots of lovely photos to work with and I'm looking forward to seeing the stages develop in 2012!
12 x 10
- Our clients purchased a gift voucher webpage in 2011 and Nick will now be painting Sabre in oils on linen canvas as shown in the photo above.
12 x 10
- This is Amy and she will be portrayed by Nick very soon! Doesn't she look happy!
12 x 12
- This is Pippin and I have just created a gift voucher webpage for the family as a surprise for the recipient to receive on their birthday on the 18th of January. Nick will be painting Pippin in oils and will replace the magazine with a cushion.
24 x 18
- Junior will be portrayed in oils on linen by Nick at 24 x 18 size and our client will be taking new photos for the background when the spring arrives so we can have a lovely photo of the Bradford Pear in leaf, or even in flower.
TBC
- This will be an oil portrait of Ella commissioned as a surprise for a 50th birthday, size and photo yet to be confirmed. Nick is really looking forward to painting Ella, such a beautiful working cocker spaniel.
22 x 16
- These two lovely Spaniels are called Beasley and Pippa and they have been commissioned for a birthday surprise. We have sent the gift voucher for the special birthday in March and we hope its a wonderful surprise!
14 x 10
- This will be a lovely memorial portrait of Siblings Ben and Jake. Nick ill be painting them in oils on linen canvas with a graded taupe background.
24 x 20
- Meet Gir, full name Gir von Hause Milsped who sadly passed away recently. Nick will be painting him for the whole family to treasure and remember him by. We will be framing the portrait along with a plaque too.
16 x 12
- This is a surprise Christmas Gift for December 2012 for an oil painting which the client wishes to remain secret - just in case the recipient finds out : )
16 x 12
- This is Buna and Nick will be painting him in August 2012 in oils on Canvas. Such a proud pose, this will be a wonderful painting.
Melanie’s List
- The following commissions will be completed by myself (Melanie). I create all of the pencils and colour tint portraits. I also carry out the main running of our business and design and maintain our websites and blog.
18 x 14
- This will be a pencil portrait of Four Jack Russells, Monty, Cocoa, Daisy and Nelson. I hope to be starting very soon!
TBC
- This portrait will be a montage of three cats - Percy, Fudge and Figgy - details of size and composition to follow.
15 x 9
- I am really looking forward to drawing Pickle who is an Irish wolfhound x collie for a birthday surprise on the 24th of April. The photo was taken in landscape format and so I have created the mockup so the portrait can be 15 x 9 framed with the charcoal skane frame and I think its going to look fabulous!
TBC
- This portrait will be a pencil drawing of Maverick & Goose. Photos to follow Goose has been very poorly. She is much better now though and we are just waiting for her fur to grow back before the clients take photos : )
18 x 14
- Here are two absolutely beautiful Flatcoated Retrievers, my favourite breed to portray, and they will be drawn in pencil very soon!
Gift Vouchers
- Vouchers for 2011 - 2012
  Clients who have ordered a gift voucher or a gift webpage between 2011 and 2012 will be held in our client list here and as soon as clients confirm their photos with us, their portraits will be moved to our main cleint lists above.
Arthur Voucher
- This is going to be a portrait of Arthur in pencil, and the voucher was given as a wedding gift. The clients will be visiting our studio hopefully in early March to arrange everything.
Cletus Voucher
- This portrait will be of Cletus, a black and white, parti-colored Cocker-Spaniel. Our client ordered a framed 14 x 10 oil portrait as a surprise 40th Birthday gift. We are just waiting for photos and as soon as we have them I will add them above!
Horse Voucher
- We sent a gift voucher to a client in the UK so that the recipient could have one..or maybe more of his horses painted in 2012. We are just waiting for photos and we will create a mockup!
Jack Voucher
- This is going to be a lovely portrait of Jack for a family in the US. I have created them a gift voucher webpage so the recipient can view it on Christmas day and we look forward to working with them in 2012!
Barkley Voucher
- We sent a gift voucher to a client in the USA so that the recipient could have a portrait of their dog called Barkley. We look forward to working with them in 2012!
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