Dog Portraits Commission Information
Portrait: 'Lothur' with Plain Background.
Size & Medium: 24 x 18 Oils on Gallery Wrap Cotton Canvas.
Commissioned from: USA.
Beverly, from the US, contacted me as she wanted to commission a portrait of Lothar, their beloved Rottweiler for her husband's Christmas present in 2006. Beverly wanted me to portray Lothar in oils on canvas at 24 x 18 size and so we started the commissioning process. Once the painting was complete and it was sent off to America, I received some wonderful emails from Beverly and some photos as her husband was opening the portrait on christmas day. You can view the portrait in progress, the reference photo I used plus a final scan and detail of the painting.. I hope you enjoy this page of information and if you would like to commission us to paint your pet don't hesitate to email us at any time.
The Dog Portrait in Progress
We try to make sure we take a number of photos of the portrait during the day and display them on our portraits in progress blog for our clients to see. We have daylight easel lamps which allow us to see the painting in pure natural light, and sometimes this lighting effect the photos that we take. This can account for colour differences between each stage and the final scan below.
The Oil Painting with Detail
We scan the majority of our artwork here in the studio, we have an epson scanner, or for the very large paintings we take photographs of the artwork using a Sony DSLR camera, a tripod and two diffused photography lights. Our scans and photographs are always perfect quality if clients require giclee prints of their hand painted portrait for friends or family.
Client Dog Portraits Reference Photos
Our clients email a range of photographs for us to work with, we use one for the main pose of the portrait and others for detail, backgrounds etc The photographs depicted below may vary in colour to the finished painting above. This can be due to the scanned oil painting being slightly different to the original or often clients give us more than one photo to work from i.e. one for the pose and another for colouring.
Client Comments and Feedback
We are always thrilled to read our clients emails, we are in touch with clients via email and sometimes via telephone, skype and texts throughout the entire process. Clients also leave us messages on our portraits in progress blog when they are watching their portrait in progress and also comment on our facebook page too. We try to add snippets of their emails here for you to read, plus you can see more photos of happy clients with the portraits in our client feedback section and on our main pet portraits website feedback section too.
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Melanie,
Well, words can not describe how I feel when I look at his painting. It is beyond wonderful and is simply stunning. You even captured the little fuzzy hairs on his nose and his nose even looks wet. He looks as if you could reach out and touch him. Looking at his eyes, it almost looks as if I am truly looking into his eyes and can see his emotions and feelings. I am pleased if you can not tell, and no, please don't change a thing. I can't wait till Christmas, my husband is going to be shocked to say the least.Thank you very much, I will let you know my husband's reaction after Christmas. Beverly
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Melanie,
I received the painting today!! It is even better in real life. I am going to try and see if there are any framers in my area that might be able to get it done before Christmas, if not, I am sure my husband will love it just as much.
Also, I hope you don't mind, but I have been emailing my friends the scan of the painting and quite a few have asked for your contact info and Lothar's breeder is really interested. So, it looks like you might be doing more Rotties in the near future. Can I put the picture of Lothar (the one with the trademark) on Lothar's website along with a link to your website? I will let you know what the hubby thought after Christmas. Have a wonderful Holiday!! Beverly
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Melanie,
Hello, I hope you have had a wonderful holiday. I wanted to send you some pictures of my husband opening his painting on Christmas and I was going to send a really good one of it framed but I gave my husband the option of taking it to work and putting in his office or hanging it up at home. Much to my surprise he chose his office and the very next day it was gone. The painting had him choked up when he opened it and he even got teary eyed, everyone was astonished that it was a painting, one family member kept insisting it was a photo.
Needless to say, we are extremely happy with our portrait and will always cherish it. Thank you so much for creating such a special piece for us.
Beverly Crane |
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Final Result - The Dog Portrait Framed
We provide our clients with a full bespoke framing service, our local framer Jane can supply frames to suit most home decors and tastes. Clients can alternatively have their portrait framer locally to the - or hang their portrait unframed. You can view larger images of our framed portraits in our framing section and even more on our main pet portraits website.
 
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