Pet Portraits Commission Information
Portrait: 'Express Shuttle' with Small Background.
Size & Medium: 22 x 16 Oils on Gallery Wrap Linen Canvas.
Commissioned from: UK.
Mike contacted us to ask if we would paint a portrait of their greyhound called Express Shuttle. Mike had a wonderful photo that Nick worked from which you can see below. We are absolutely thrilled with the way this painting has come out, Nick 's aim here was to create movement in the dog. The last thing we wanted was for it to be a static or clinical scene, so Nick has painted in such a way that the back legs are slightly out of focus to show motion and blur. He has also used broad energetic brush strokes for the ground to again create movement and not detract from the amazing look in Shuttle's eye. The focus is definitely on the face and front legs, we feel Shuttle is almost jumping out of the canvas. I have added the stages Nick took when painting the portrait, a couple of close up photos of Nicks hand on the painting with his brush, a final scan along with some photos of when it was framed and a photo of Nick and Nick when Mike came to our studio to collect everything. Mike also ordered 10 prints for his friends and family and you can see a photo of all of these below 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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Hi Melanie and Nick,
I can honestly say that since we started the "SHUTTLE" project it has been such a lovely process. We have never had a painting commissioned before and didn't know what to expect, let me say its been such a great experience! I have especially liked following the stages on your blog and Facebook. You have been so helpful for absolutely every stage!
The final picture has left us speechless and we now just cant wait to collect it and show it off.
Thank you both so much, I hope one day we are lucky enough to own another great dog like SHUTTLE and work with you again!
Love and best wishes, Michael and Rachel Gould
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Facebook comment - Michael wrote:"o my god!!!!! looks amazing, can't wait to collect the picture."
Facebook comment - Michael wrote:"Amazing! Thank you, very emotional!"
Facebook comment - Michael wrote: "Just stunning!" |
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The Happy Client
The photo below is of Mike and Nick when Mike visited the studio to collect his painting and prints. You can see close up photos of the framed portraits below.
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.
The Pet Portrait Prints
Mike ordered 10 prints for his friends and family and you can see them all below. If you are interested in having prints of your portraits, why not visit our prints page for more information.
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