This Cocker Spaniel painting is of a lovely girl called Rosie; aren’t her eyes beautiful! Cocker spaniels are one of my favourite dogs to paint, and I have painted many different colours of the breed. About the painting Medium: Watercolour Size: A3 (420 mm x 297 mm) How to commission a painting If you are […]
Many of my commissions are surprise gifts; birthdays and Christmas being the most popular. This Springer Spaniel dog portrait of Rigby was commissioned as a wedding present for his owners. It was gifted to the couple the day before their big day. They loved it so much, that they hung it up at the venue […]
While dogs seem to be my most common commission request, I have done several rabbit paintings. I used to have a pet rabbit when I was a young child. She was a White Rabbit and I called her ‘Mrs Nibble’ after a character in one of my favourite books at the time, Mrs Nibble from […]
I’ve put together this helpful guide on selecting and taking photos for a pet portrait commission. The quality of photos can sometimes limit the size of the portrait. It is difficult to achieve a good result if the photo isn’t very clear or large enough to see details, especially with the larger sizes of painting. […]
Earlier in the year I completed a portrait of my Labrador, Logie. As I now have this blog, I wanted to share with you the work in progress photos I took as I went along. The portrait is 20″ x 20″ on box canvas and painted in acrylics. Not easy to get a photo of […]