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PET PORTRAITS

Artwork by Nicholas Beall & Melanie Phillips

pet portraits gallery by melanie phillips
 

Pet Portraits Site Map And Help Page

Welcome to our sitemap page. If you are looking for something specific, hopefully you will be able to find it from this page. If you need any help or would like to ask any questions please don't hesitate to contact us at any time.


Pet Portraits Home Page
If you need to get back to the start of our website you can always press the Home button on the navigation at the top left of the page. If you would like to visit the home pages of the cat portraits, dog portraits or horse portraits websites, please use the banner at the top of every page. The text on the banner will take you to our specialised pet portraits sites about that subject.

Pet Portraits Gallery
This is our main gallery home page - Pet Portrait Gallery. Our galleries are fairly large but if you always look at the navigation on the left hand side, you should be able to navigate your way around them with ease. We have three oil paintings galleries - Oil Paintings 1, Oil Paintings 2 and Oil Paintings 3. We have two pencil drawing galleries - Pencil Pet Portraits 1 and Pencil Pet Portraits 2. We also have a gallery dedicated to paintings and drawings of people with their pets - Family Portraits Gallery. If you also check on the side navigation you will also see some galleries in breeds. Not all of our portraits are in breed galleries, just the most popular.

Pet Portraits Feedback Gallery
This is our favoruite gallery as it shows our client testimonials and feedback along with their portrait and sometimes their pets too. Why not visit our main Feedback Gallery page to have a look. Again, if you follow the left hand navigation, it will take you to a variety of feedback pages, some showing the portraits with the pets, some showing the portraits in situ, others showing testimonials with the paintings framed and others with emails and letters from clients from the past 16 years.

Prices 
We have a comprehensive prices, sizes, frame prices list on our Pet Portraits Prices page. here you can convert the prices to all of the main currencies - US Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Australian Dollars, Euros and japanese yen. If you would like a quote for a specific size don't hesitate to email us at any time.

Pet Portrait Commission Information
We have a comprehensive page about the commissioning process on our pet portraits ordering information page which includes information such as choosing the right medium for you, making payment, how to view your portraits in progress, how we create the portraits using traditional methods, viewing the final scans and delivery. If you have any questions after reading this, you are more than welcome to contact us at any time.


Pet Portraits Frequently Asked Questions
We have gathered a few of the most popular question we are asked during the commissioning process on our Portrait Questions page. It has been collated in an easy to read format, similar to this one, to hopefully give a good guide into how we work and how the whole pet portrait commissioning process works.

Full Payment before work commences
Full payment of the portrait must be made before work commences. We will invoice you the final total as we are about to start.

How It Works!
This page is another comprehensive page with photos and illustrations of how a typical commission works. Why not visit the portraits case study page and take a look. It succinctly who's the clients photos, our composite, the step by steps of the portrait, the portrait framed, the packaging we use and finally a packed portrait.

Choosing your medium
The Portrait Styles - a guide to our mediums page is really helpful if you cant decide which medium you would like your portrait created in. It shows step by steps in each medium, some close up images and examples of the medium themselves. If you are undecided as to which medium you would like for your portrait, why not email us your photos and we will be able to guide you.


Traditional Methods
Our Portraits Guide shows a little about how we create each portrait, gives illustrations and photos of us working on the paintings to hopefully give the viewer some insight into the way we work. Also proving that we do actually paint our own portraits and they are not massed produced in Asia!

Gift Vouchers
Clients can purchase their gift vouchers from our gift voucher page. We also offer gift voucher webpages, vouchers by post, vouchers via email and to print on your home printer. Have a look to see which option suits your needs. We can supply vouchers to any amount, please feel free to email us with your requirements at any time.


Prints Of Your Portrait
If you have ordered a portrait from us and you would like a giclee print for friends or family or your office, we can provide this service for you. Take a look at our Pet Portrait Prints page for further details.


Pet Portrait Photography Tips
We know how difficult it can be to take photos of your pet, so we have create a Pet Portraits From Photographs section to give you all the tips and hints you need to take photos of your pet, whether it be a cat, dog, horse or zebra, the guidance here should be helpful!

Looking after your portrait
So you finally get your portrait and you think - how do I look after it! Our Aftercare guide would keep your paintings and drawings happy and healthy for many years to come.

Bespoke Framing Section
We think that you will love our frames and framing section that we have created. We work with a lovely local framer who works to the highest standards and hand makes our frames for our clients. We work with her closely to make sure we have the right moulding for the right commission and we have no doubt that she puts her all into creating each and every frame she produces for us. Have a look at the different sections from traditional wood frames, the silver and coloured frames, or gold and bronze frames. We also have a page to give some information about framing pencils and oil paintings.

Pet Portraits Work In Progress Blog
We have been keeping a pet portraits work in progress blog since 2005 and you can even view our entries right back to this date. If you visit regularly you will be able to watch our portraits develop as we are painting or drawing them. We also update it with news from the studio, news of our rescue dog called Tom and post photos of our portraits when they are framed. You can also view our clients list on the right hand side.

About Us Section
If you would like to get to know us a little better then why not visit our about us section of our website. The first about Melanie and Nick page you will come to has a short piece of text about us and is accompanied by a slide show of photos that show where we live, our little cottage, our pets etc. You can then visit sections in the left hand navigation viewing our studio, where we live, about Nick, About Melanie, About our dog Tom, Our Garden, the Family Smallholding and of course a section about the snow here in Wales! You can also view some lovely photos from recently holidays in the UK, for those visitors who are interested in plants, wildlife and scenery of the UK - particularly the Lake District which is our all time favruite destination.

Contacting Melanie and Nick
We can be contacted at any time via email, telephone and our online form on our contact page. We are usually working in the studio during normal working hours.

Order Your Portrait
We have a secure online ordering facility on our website where you can order your portraits, frames, gift vouchers and prints either via credit,card, debit card or paypal. For more information please visit our pet portraits online ordering page.

 
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