Pet Portraits work in progress blog of dogs, cats and horses in pastel

Here are the final photos of the Basenji pet portrait in pastel on velour. The client commissioned a 16 x 12 portrait along with a print for their family. Prints have become more and more popular and its no wonder really as its not just the family that are part of the dogs lives, extended familys are too and its great to be able to give prints to them.

My next portrait is of a longish haired grey cat with stunning eyes and i will be starting later on today.

This is the work in progress of the latest pastel portrait I have been working on. I think I will post the final photos a little larger, by changing my template so that you can see them a little clearer. Hope you enjoy the process and the portrait.

Below are the final photos of my most recent commission. I hope you enjoy viewing them.

This is my latest pet portrait in pastel on velour, size 24 x 18. It is of a stunning Pyrenean Mastiff called Naomi and the client requested Naomi to be drawn within her beautiful surroundings in her area. I will add the final photo and a detail next.

These are the final photos and details close ups of the horse pet portrait.The portrait was a 20 x 16 pastel on velour.

This is an overall photo of the horse pet portrait. It is a pastel on velour to the size of 20 x 16. This isn’t quite the finished stage, i have a few more hours work yet, but it gives you an overall feel of how the portrait will be. I will take a final photo of the portrait soon and blog it for you all to see. The colours will be closer to the original in the final photo.

This is the second horse in the portrait, i will blog an overall photo next, and then hopefully the final photo tomorrow.

This is the first two stages of one horse in a double horse pet portrait. The portrait is a pastel on velour to the size of 20 x 16. My client has ordered this portrait as a surprise 30th birthday gift as sadly the two horses are no longer with us and so im sure that it will be an emotional but wonderful gift.

Next stages coming soon!

Here is the final photos of the Greyhound portrait. I will add a photo in the next few days of this portrait when its framed. We now have a local framer who is framing our portraits for clients who would like to use this service.

As well as the framing service we now provide all pastel portraits ready mounted / matted using the highest quality Bainbridge mountboard, which is conservation quality and fade resistant. The mounts/matts are accompanied with conservation grade backing board. So if you would like to purchase a ready made frame from a shop or store, all of my portraits now arrive frame ready. I use standard sizes so it will be easy to frame them from now on.

I am in the process of a double head horse portrait and will blog these asap!

This is my current pet portrait on the easel and I am nearing completion, I should have a final photo by the end of the day : )