Pet Portraits Commission Information
Portrait: 'Sammy' with full Background.
Size & Medium: 24 x 18 Oils on Cotton Canvas.
Commissioned from: USA.
Felicia from the United States, commissioned me to paint Sammy in oils at 24 x 18 size for her good friend Michelle in 2009. Sammy is an absolutely beautiful dog, very fluffy and was a perfect candidate for an oil portrait. I have added some stages of the portrait, a final scan of Sammy along with a detail and the reference photos I used when painting the portrait. I have also enclosed a couple of emails Felicia sent during and after the commission and some wonderful photos of Michelle, Sammy and the portrait when Michelle received it. Felicia also sent a photo of the portrait framed too which makes a for a perfect result to this portrait. 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,
Sammy’s portrait is absolutely beautiful, and I can’t wait to present it to my friend. Once I have it I’ll arrange to present it to my friend. Of course, I’ll take pictures and send you one with Michele and her new portrait.
Thank you so much for doing a wonderful job. I’m so glad I found you!
Hugs,
Felicia
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Hi Melanie,
I can’t believe so much time has passed since I received the portrait of Sammy for my friend! My apologies, but I am finally sending you a few pictures. One is Michele and Sammy with the “just arrived” portrait, and the other shows Sammy, framed. Michele loved it. Hope all is well in Wales!
Thank you for a wonderful gift,
Felicia |
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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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