Commission a Pet Portrait
A beautiful hand-drawn pen and ink drawing of your dog, capturing their personality and drawn from your favourite photo. Whether it is for yourself or as a gift, a portrait is a lovely way to celebrate a cherished companion.
The pet portrait is bespoke and is hand-drawn. I specialise in black and white monochrome detailed, realistic style drawings of your pet. I use the highest quality materials and paper to create each bespoke portrait specifically; Winsor and Newton black and white Indian ink, Posca pens, Unipin Fine Line pens and Prismacolor Premier Colour pencils which enable me to achieve a high level of detail in each hand-drawn pet portrait.
My pet portrait service includes:
• Help and advice selecting the best reference photo
• Photo updates of progress throughout the drawing process, see your portrait come to life!
• Each commission will include a certificate of authenticity and guidance on how to keep your portrait in perfect condition.
• Your portrait can be mounted for an additional price and carefully packaged prior to shipping via a tracked, insured service
The important and difficult part is choosing a photo of your pet in the first place, it really is worth taking the time with this stage. To create the best likeness with a high level of detail, I require good-quality photographs taken in natural light.
Feel free to send me a selection, I can help you choose. I’m happy to work from a few photographs if you are having more than one subject as it's sometimes impossible to get them to look great in one photo!
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Please email your photo/s to me at:
[email protected]
To find out more about how the commissioning process works, see the detailed steps below, along with a list of my standard sizes and prices available.
If you have any questions, I'll be happy to help.
Timing
Each drawing is hand drawn so please allow up to two weeks for the completion of you personalised drawing. I will give you an approximate start and finish date for your portrait and will keep in touch with progress updates. This will give you chance to say if you would like any changes made while I am drawing the portrait.
Sizes
I draw the head and shoulders of your pet which allows me to capture all the characteristics and expressions you love about them.
Sizes refer to the portrait size, mounting is in addition to this.
Hand-drawn onto 220gsm acid-free, heavyweight cartridge paper.
Drawing Size – A4 (approx.20 x 30 cm)
Paper size - A3 (29.7 x 42 cm)
Please note that a 0.5cm will be covered around your drawing so that it can be placed behind the mount.
Mount size - A3 (297mm x 420mm)
PRICES
30 x 40cm (A3)
APPROX. 20 X 30cm (A4)
1 x pet £200
2 x pet £300
42 x 60cm (A2)
APPROX. 30 X 40cm (A3)
1 x pet £250
2 x pet £335
Add an extra £5 for the drawing to be mounted in either a grey or white mount.
Postage & Packaging in the UK is £10.00. Please email me for an accurate cost for delivery overseas.
Collection is free, I’m based in Bramley, Hampshire.
Prices are subject to change.
Payment
I require a £25 deposit to secure your booking and the remaining payment can be made after the drawing is complete, via bank transfer.
Booking
Once we confirmed the size and reference photograph, I ask for a non-refundable deposit of £25 to book your slot. Details will be sent in an invoice via email. I will give you an approximate start and finish date for your portrait and will keep in touch with progress updates. Let me know if it’s a surprise and I’ll keep it a secret until you have gifted the portrait.
Book Commissions
My commission diary is now open.
Please use the form below.
Gift vouchers can also be purchased in my shop.