Pet Portraits Commission Information
Portrait: 'Kali, Grace and Zarah' with Small Background.
Size & Medium: 20 x 30 Oils on Gallery Wrap Cotton Canvas.
Commissioned from: UK.
We were contacted in August 2011 by Pat (UK) to see if we would be able to paint their three German Shepherds Kali, Grace and Zarah who had sadly passed away, for her husbands birthday. Pat traveled 3 hours to visit our studio and Nick took a photo, pictured below, of Pat and myself while we were discussing the photos and the composition of the portrait. Pat decided to have a 20 x 30 oil on linen portrait with a grass background and a tennis ball in the scene - as they always loved to play.
Nick painted the portrait and I have added some detailed images below along with some stages of the portrait, a final scan and Nick with the portrait when it was completed and framed and some close up photos of it framed too. I hope you enjoy this page of information and if you would like to commission us to paint your pet don't hesitate to email us at any time.
The Pet Portrait in Progress
We try to make sure we take a number of photos of the portrait during the day and display them on our portraits in progress blog for our clients to see. We have daylight easel lamps which allow us to see the painting in pure natural light, and sometimes this lighting effect the photos that we take. This can account for colour differences between each stage and the final scan below.
The Oil Painting with Detail
We scan the majority of our artwork here in the studio, we have an epson scanner, or for the very large paintings we take photographs of the artwork using a Sony DSLR camera, a tripod and two diffused photography lights. Our scans and photographs are always perfect quality if clients require giclee prints of their hand painted portrait for friends or family.
Client Pet Portraits Reference Photos
Our clients email a range of photographs for us to work with, we use one for the main pose of the portrait and others for detail, backgrounds etc The photographs depicted below may vary in colour to the finished painting above. This can be due to the scanned oil painting being slightly different to the original or often clients give us more than one photo to work from i.e. one for the pose and another for colouring.
Client Comments and Feedback
We are always thrilled to read our clients emails, we are in touch with clients via email and sometimes via telephone, skype and texts throughout the entire process. Clients also leave us messages on our portraits in progress blog when they are watching their portrait in progress and also comment on our facebook page too. We try to add snippets of their emails here for you to read, plus you can see more photos of happy clients with the portraits in our client feedback section too.
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Dear Melanie & Nick,
Well, that certainly brought tears to my eyes in the nicest possible way! The girls look beautiful (at least to me!) and Nick, you have absolutely captured their colours and characteristics. Peter will be so so thrilled as indeed am I.
Am very excited to see the final result, and to come and collect it.
Love to you all, and see you soon !!!
Pat xx
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Hi Melanie,
I just love it and I know that Peter will too !........
Thrilled to bits with the painting - the skills that you both have are truly wonderful. To see the girls again in this format is so different from looking at photographs. It evokes many many happy memories, and as I said before, tears too.
Warmest wishes to you all,
Pat xx
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Dear Melanie & Nick,
Just to let you that Peter was absolutely thrilled with his surprise !! The painting now takes pride of place in the heart of our home where it has already been much admired by family and friends who knew the girls !
Many many thanks, not only for the painting, but also for your kind, friendly and professional manner. See you in about 12 months when Jai has blossomed !!!
Warmest wishes,
Pat K x |
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Final Result - The Pet Portrait Framed
We provide our clients with a full bespoke framing service, our local framer Jane can supply frames to suit most home decors and tastes. Clients can alternatively have their portrait framer locally to the - or hang their portrait unframed. You can view larger images of our framed portraits in our framing section.
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