Commissioning a Dog Portrait
Your Dog Photos
Photos are a really important part of the commissioning process. The photos you choose to send to us must capture your dogs personality and character well. We usually work from one main photo for the pose, so if for example you would like your dog laying down, with its tongue out looking relaxed then we really need a photo of your dog in that position. If you are taking new photos of your dog for this project try to choose a relatively bright day and take photos in the garden so as to avoid the use of flash.
Once you have your photos, they can be emailed to us or you can send them to us on cd. Please don't reduce their size, we need to see as much detail as possible. If you have prints you can either scan and email them them or send us copies through the regular mail, please contact us for our address. |
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The Dog Portrait Mockup
Once a client has emailed or mailed us their photos, Nick and I will take a good look through them, working out the best composition for your portrait, keeping in mind any requirements you have. We like clients to have input into their portrait, often they can visualise what they want, so creating a mockup, similar to the image on the right, really helps us and the clients to make sure we are both thinking along the same lines.
We create all of our mockups in the computer, using photo editing software. As you can see in the three images right and above, this is a commission we created for a canadian client of their family dog Bella. The clients had a lovely photo of Bella in the back seat of their car that they felt really captured Bella well, however they really wanted her outside in greenery and grass, which is where she loves to be.
We did a variety of mockups to show the client how the background could look and the image on the right is the one they opted for. The final painting can be seen above. The soft and subtle hint of grass and bushes behind give a good background to Bella yet it doesn't take anything away from bella, she is definitely the main focus of the paining.
Clients can watch their painting develop on our portraits in progress blog and this way they can always have input into the painting at each stage. |
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Dog Portraits Payment
Once we have arranged the mockup with you, payment can be made on our website, you can either pay in full or a deposit. (Overseas customers pay the remainder at that days currency exchange rate converted from sterling). Clients can also have their dog portrait framed with us, if you would like more information about our dog portraits framing service, please visit our framing section.
    
  
Order online or call us on 07855 582109. If you are outside the UK please call us on +44(0)7855 582109
Both Nick and myself usually work to around about a 6 week timetable for drawings and a 14 week timetable for the Oil paintings. We work on a first come first served basis, so if you are looking to have a painting or drawing fro a specific date, please let us know as soon as possible. We provide gift certificates and gift cards for those who would like to give a portrait as a gift for a special date if we are unable to meet your deadline. Click here to read more about our gift certificates and gift cards >> |
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Pet Portraits in Progress
Once your payment is made, you will be added to our client list on our 'portraits in progress' blog. There you will see our current list of commissions on the left hand side of the page and as each portrait is completed clients can watch their name rise up the client list.
The Final Scan of your Dog Portrait
As soon as your dog portrait is complete we will take a scan or photograph of the portrait in our studio and email it to you for approval. If you would like any changes to your custom painting or drawing at this stage, you are more than welcome to let us know and we will make any alterations necessary.
Framing Your Dog Portrait
We have a wonderful local framer who provides us with a superb service. We have access to a wide range of mouldings and you can view a few of our framed portraits in our framing section. For a more in depth look at the frames please visit our framing pages on our main site.
Pet Portraits Delivery
Our pet portraits are sent via Special Delivery, or Global Priority for overseas portraits, they are well looked after on the journey and we can usually deliver within 3 to 5 days worldwide.Our dog portraits are packed using the tried and tested methods we have developed over many years of packing pet portraits. We have our packaging down to a fine art and every pet portrait arrives in pristine condition. |
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If you would like to read more about our cat portrait commissioning process, we have a more in depth series of pages on our main pet portraits website which include a medium guide giving details on our custom painting services, traditional methods, showing our traditional painting methods, How It Works! - following a commission from start to finish, photography tips with our rescue dog Tom as the model for the photos, and a general pet art frequently asked questions page. We also offer a full Pet Portraits Gift Voucher Service too!
Don't hesitate to contact us at any time and we look forward to seeing your cat photos soon so we can create your very own custom painting! |
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