Pet & Family Portrait Paintings from Photos

Pet portraits

This portrait was painted using a number of high quality photos for reference. The more detail in the photographs, the more detailed the final painting.

This portrait was painted on MDF board with acrylic paints and texture paste to create a 3D effect. Size 36x28cm and cost £240.

You can choose to have a head portrait or a full body. These cat portraits illustrate how much artistic license you have with a painting as opposed to a photograph. Titus was a head only

Kate has been creating pet portraits to sell since 2002 when a neighbour spotted some of her artwork and asked her to create a dog portrait for her. This pet portrait lead onto other dog portraits and soon more neighbours wanted their pets portraits doing too.

Since then Kate has been commissioned to do cat portraits for birthday and Christmas gifts or for owners to remember their much loved animal, portraits of dogs of all sorts of breeds and even a pet cockatiel. Portraits of pets can be full body or head and shoulders with plain backgrounds or posing in their favourite spot. Collars and favourite toys can be included too. Portrait pets make excellent presents as they are unique and personal gifts.

If you would like a custom pet portrait painting, first assemble a collection of photos and choose your favourite pose. Next decide what size you would like and whether you want the portrait to be in coloured pastel or acrylic paint. Backgrounds can be added in or left plain, so for instance, you may want them on a cushion or by the sea. Custom pet portraits can be assembled from different photographs. Photos can be sent via email, or through the post as prints or on CD. If possible photos should be taken outside in natural daylight or if would like to use a photograph taken by a professional photographer then please ask for their permission. For help about taking the kind of photos that produce the best portraits please read Commission page.

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study and Gilbert was a cat who liked to sit on the fence and the plants were added for interest.

He's so lifelike it made me cry. It's my Titus to a "T" - his soulful eyes follow me round the room, I love it!

The dog portraits and the portrait of Pickle, the parrot, were completed using coloured pastels on 150gsm acid free paper, sizes from 12x16" and prices started from £200 plus p&p. Names of pets, a collar or tag can be added to the picture for no extra cost.