Pet Portrait Drawings
‘I love animals and I love drawing them. If you desire a hand drawn portrait of your beloved four legged friend, then please let me tell you more about my services ?’
Portraits of dogs
Our canine friends come in such a wonderful mix of shapes and sizes.
As a dog owner myself, I know the way they fill our lives with joy and happiness. Hang their portrait on your wall at home and you will never forget how much you love them, even if they have just chewed your slippers!
I offer hand drawn portraits in pencil and coloured pencil of your beloved dog or dogs.
Pencil portraits of cats
If you can persuade your cat to stick around long enough to take a photograph then I would be delighted to draw them for you. It is tricky but there are ways to grab their attention. My vets have a tv monitor on which they play cat videos so they are focused enough to allow an examination. I don’t have a cat myself but it seems like a possibility. Use an ipad and get a friend to grab your cats attention whilst you photograph them?
Coloured Pencil Portraits of Pets
In addition to the traditional pencil portraits of pets I also offer coloured pencil portraits of dogs, cats and horses.
I love drawing in coloured pencil and the multitude of colours in a dog’s coat or a cats fur is amazing and a joy to bring to life.
If you want a hand drawn portrait with an added impact then a coloured pencil portrait of your pet is the way to go.
Coloured pencil portraits do take quite a bit longer to complete so they are slightly more expensive than my pencil portraits but they are definitely worth the extra money.
Equestrian portraits
There is a majesty about horses that makes them my favourite animal to draw. Whether you are a person who sees them as pets or as livestock I would be delighted to create a graphite pencil or coloured pencil portrait for you.
Perhaps you have a horse rider in the family, who spends every spare hour caring for their beloved horse? Think how delighted they would be at Xmas or on their birthday to receive a pencil portrait of their love?
How to take photographs of your pet?
If you are interested in commissioning a hand drawn portrait of your dog then please send me all the photos you have and hopefully we shall find a photo that works well for a portrait drawing.
Sometimes people send me photos of their pets taken from human height, so they are looking down on their dog which does not make for a great portrait drawing. In choosing a photograph to use for a portrait drawing it is usually best if the subject’s eyeline is close to the camera eyeline. i.e. the person or animal is not looking up or down too much.
If you are thinking of a hand drawn portrait of your dog, then perhaps take some fresh photos of your canine friend? It’s a lot of fun.
A tip to help you take a good photo of any animal is to take the photo at their height. If you want a good photo of your dog you are going to have to come down to their level or raise the dog up.
A good way to do this is to break the house rules and invite your dog to sit on the sofa or the bed. Opposite is a photo I took of my own dog Lola lying on the bed and the resulting drawing. She is looking straight at the camera so it makes the portrait drawing much more dynamic. The use of a ball in the foreground also helps direct her attention. A treat has the same outcome!
If you are taking new photos then take off their collar unless you specifically want this included. On some dogs it really ruffles the flow of hair around their necks.
Similarly with horses you can consider taking their bridle off if you want. Horses have the opposite problem to dogs as they are often looking down on us humans. Consider a box for you to stand on or go further back and zoom in a bit so the angle is reduced.
Any other questions?
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I love what I do and so I am always happy to chat.
Hopefully you want to commission a portrait, but perhaps you just have a few more questions or maybe you just want to say hello?
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