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Here you will find up to the minute news from the studio and see the pet portraits we are currently working on. You are more than welcome to contact us at any time!
petportraitartist@gmail.comTraditional Techniques
All of the paintings you see on our blog are commissions from clients worldwide. We traditionally hand paint or draw every pet portrait ourselves. There's no digital trickery involved! We start by drawing out the image by hand and follow on with painting in oils, pastel or in pencil and you can follow each stage we make here on the blog on a daily basis.
Apr
26
Here is ‘Spikes’ pastel portrait framed, hope you all like it. It will be wending its merry way off to the client hopefully this week.
Apr
23
Horse Portraits in Pastel – The Paintings Creation
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This portrait has been on Nicks easel for a little while and its now finally completed. You can see the stages below. its an 18 x 14 pastel on velour and was completed for a client to give as a 21st birthday gift. We will hopefully have it framed soon too and I will post the final framed image soon.
Apr
22
The pet portrait of Spike is now complete and has been emailed to the client. The frame is being made and hopefully it will be set early next week to the clients. The portrait is a 16 x 12 pastel portrait which will be mounted / matted in a complementary cream mount and a soft honey coloured frame. Ill add photos as soon as we have picked it up from the framers.
Nick has two portraits on the go at the moment, the horse in oils (pictured below in a previous post) which is still in a drying stage, and the next portrait in the client list, which is a horse called Ellie. I will add the stages as soon as I can.
Apr
20
Cheyenne’s Portrait Framed
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Cheyenne’s portrait has now been framed and I have taken a few pictures below. The frame is silky smooth and works very well with the painting, it really brings out Cheyennes colouring. I hope to be able to send the painting to America this week as its now fully dry.
Apr
17
Spike the Westie in Pastel
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This portrait is on Nicks easel at the moment, its for a birthday deadline in May and is heading for Australia. Nick will be working on the next stages soon and I will post them hopefully on Monday.
Apr
16
This is Nicks latest portrait, a beautiful horse called Paris. The stages below are from 1 to 4 and the next stages should be online next week. Its now in a drying stage so the next layer can be put on.
Apr
14
Framed Pet Portrait
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A client has returned for two more pastel portraits, which I have added to the client list on the right. Nick did a lovely portrait last year which you can see framed below of two Basenjis and they have been very kind and taken a photo of the painting on the wall. We thought the stunning marble on the wall was just as beautiful as the artwork. The frame and matt / mount they chose work well with the colours of the marble and Nicks pastel portrait.
Apr
12
Melanie and Nicks Easter Hols
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We have taken a week off of work and travelled 800 miles on a bit of a tour to visit family around the UK. The last stop was to visit our little niece and nephew who were staying in Cornwall. We had a lovely time, took them to the cinema to watch the animated film ‘How to tame your Dragon‘ which was fantastic, the kids loved it and I think we enjoyed it as much as they did. The animation was superb. We also took them for an afternoon on the beach in the rock pools which was lovely, the sunshine was warm and they enjoyed themselves loads.
Apr
3
Helen came to pick up her paintings of Eboni and Smoki and Nick took a series of photos of Helen and myself. Our dog Tom decided to get in on the photoshot and so Nick took quite a comical series of photos which I thought would be fun to share. Helen was delighted with the oil paintings and the two giclee prints and I have added the paintings on the website in the oil gallery. Eboni and Smoki
We are off on holiday for a week doing a quick tour around the UK visiting family so I will blog as soon as we get back home.
Apr
1
Here is the final scan of Cheyennes portrait and all I need to do now is paint the edges and sign it. I wanted to get it scanned in though as we are going away for Easter so im getting organised! The painting is on canvas to the size of 16 x 12 and it will hopefully be wending its way to America as soon as its fully dry.
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