Pencil Pet Portraits – Happy Customers & Their Stories

📌 Welcome to Pencil Pet Portraits – Happy Customers & Their Stories (Pinned). There’s something truly special about seeing my pencil pet portraits framed and displayed in my clients’ homes. Each custom pencil pet drawing I create is crafted with care and attention to detail, with the aim of capturing the unique personality and character of every beloved pet. It’s just always wonderful to hear from my happy customers when they receive their portrait commissions, their words and photos mean the world to me.

Over the years my clients have sent me the most beautiful photographs of themselves with their completed pet portrait drawings. Whether it’s a photo taken during a surprise gift moment, a framed portrait hanging proudly on the wall, or a photo of a memorial drawing, each one tells a story. These touching images often accompanied by kind messages have brought me to tears more times than I can count.

Happy Clients

It’s not unusual for emails and messages to flow back and forth for weeks or even months, especially when clients are planning something special. So I love it that I get to know about about their pets, their families, and what’s happening in their lives. Some clients have commissioned me multiple times over the years, and they have truly become part of our lives.

Each pencil pet portrait I create is completely personal and unique, often marking a meaningful life event like a birthday, wedding, or after the sad loss of a loved dog. Every image I receive, and every story behind it, reminds me of why I do what I do.

To all of my amazing clients – thank you for trusting me to bring your pets to life on paper. Your stories and photos bring me so much happiness and continue to inspire me to create pencil pet portraits for years to come.

Spaniel Pencil Drawings

The pencil drawing I completed of Tosca last month has now been framed. It is displayed in my clients home along side my other drawing of Monty completed a few years back. You can take a look at the blog posts of both portraits – Spaniel Pencil Drawing of Tosca and the Spaniel pencil Drawing of Monty.

Cat Portrait Happy Clients.

I am always very grateful for clients taking the time to have a photoshoot with the portraits as it really does make my blog and website all the more special. Thank you so much Erika for having your photo taken with the portrait. You can read about the pencil drawing and Erika’s cats on their dedicated blog post – Cat Pencil Portrait Drawing here »

Josie’s Mum with Jasper the Chihuahua

My client Josie has sent a lovely photo of her mum with her portrait of Jasper, along with Jasper too! Thank you Josie for the wonderful photo. See the portrait and read the full story here »

This is her favorite dog, and she cried when she opened it. Thank you so much!”

Parker the Labradoodle and his Portrait

It was such a joy to draw Parker, a gorgeous Labradoodle with a wonderful expression. Read the full story behind Parker’s Labradoodle pencil portrait here »

Lucy Leo and Lily Bengal Cat Portrait

This is the second portrait for Kevin and his wife Erica and you probably have seen a similar photo above of Erika with a portrait of Lucy and Leo. When they welcomed another cat into their home called Lily they wanted to have all three cats together in one portrait, so Lily didn’t feel left out! Take a look at the blog post about them here – Bengal Cat Portrait of Lucy, Leo and Lily.

Non and Stanley – A Special Pencil Portrait

Absolutely love drawing this commission, especially seeing as it was from a family based in North Wales! Read the full story behind Non and Stanley’s pencil pet portrait here »

Black Labrador Called Emrik

Jacqueline recently sent this wonderful photo. I drew Emrik for her a couple of months ago at 14 x 11 size. Jacqueline resides in Australia. You can also read the whole story on his dedicated webpage – Black Labrador Called Emrik

Simba

I received these amazing photos from Elaine. It is drawing I completed a while ago of the gorgeous dog called Simba. Marie commissioned this drawing for her mum Elaine and I very much enjoyed drawing Simba for them both. You can read the whole story on Simba’s dedicated page – Simba The Little Lion.

Eva and Rooney’s Pencil Portrait

This was a very special pet portrait commission. I have worked with Eva’s sister Marcella on a number of pet portraits. I created a pencil drawing of Rooney a few years ago as a surprise for Eva at Christmas. Rooney was a beautiful English Setter and the portrait I drew of him showed his happy face, tongue out, smiling. A fun loving dog which Eva simply adored. He was her heart dog, like Lily is mine. Unfortunately Rooney was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. Marcella commissioned me to draw a portrait of him so that she could gift it to Eva when Rooney had passed away. The drawing shows Rooney with Eva’s other dog, going nose to nose. Marcella said –

“I was wondering if you could do a pencil drawing of her two boys. She loves the ones you’ve done for us to date. The one you did for me of Charlie is on his shrine in my office, and I look at it every day and tell him good morning and I miss him. 

I was so sad to hear about Rooney’s illness and was honoured to create another drawing of him for Eva to cherish. The photo that Marcella had was similar to the drawing, however it was cropped in so you couldn’t see their tails and was taken in a car showroom. So I zoomed out, included their tails and omitted the background. This gave full focus on the central area of the portrait with the noses meeting in a beautiful moment between the two dogs. I really hope that our readers enjoy seeing the drawing in the photo below and I can’t thank Eva enough for taking it for me.

Melanie,

Thank you for the lovely portrait of my boys. I miss Rooney every day and you perfectly captured a special moment between them.
Sincerely,

Eva

Pencil Portrait of Padfoot

The portrait of Padfoot was from another returning client who wanted to commission a pencil drawing of their Newfoundland dog called Padfoot. Nick purchased a gift voucher just before Christmas, as a surprise for his wife. They wanted a portrait to match the other drawing I had completed for them a few years ago. Nick very kindly took a photo of the drawing framed. It is a beautiful white frame with a black inner mount which really drawn the eye onto the portrait. You can read the full story about Padfoot on his dedicated webpage – Newfoundland Pencil Portrait.

Pencil Drawing for Michael and Kathy of Sam

I very much enjoyed working with Michael and Kathy on their portraits of Sam. They commissioned two drawings of Sam from different times in her life. I think this is a great idea as dogs can change so much over the years. I also look back at photos of our dog Lily and think how she has changed in her 10 years. Her fur is styled differently, she was a little more svelte when she was younger too! So commissioning two drawings is a lovely idea. The photo below shows one of the drawings all framed and displayed on their wall. Don’t you just love the colour of their wall! Read about Sam’s portraits on her dedicated webpage – Golden Retriever Pencil Portraits.

Happy Customers – Dan, Louise & Molly

The portrait of Molly was commissioned by my client Dan as a surprise gift for his wife. Molly is the most gorgeous Cocker Spaniel. Dan had loads pf photos of Molly, however he wanted one particular photo as the basis of the portrait. He requested the portrait to be ready for his wife’s birthday in March, which I was happy to meet the deadline. The drawing was very well received. I conversed with Dan using WhatsApp the entire time. I know it is not easy to get dogs to sit for photos when you want them too, so thank you to Dan, Louise and Molly for making this photo below possible! Read the full story about Molly on her dedicated webpage here – Cocker Spaniel Pencil Drawing.

Thank you once again, Very Happy. Dan

Pet Portrait in Pencil of Khona

The montage drawing of Khona was one that I absolutely loved creating and it was my first portrait at the start of the year. It for an anniversary and birthday surprise combined. Khona is half Pomeranian and half Husky. She is absolutely adorable and the photos of Kohna as a puppy were just so cute. I had so much fun drawing the portrait. Just look at her face in the photo below, isn’t she just beautiful! Josh and myself conversed using WhatsApp to make all of the arrangements for the portrait. When he received the drawing and had it framed, he got Khona to sit with her portrait. Thank you so much Josh and Khona! Read all about the portrait here – Montage Portrait in Graphite.

Pet Portrait Happy Clients

I have also created a really lovely drawing of a gorgeous dog called Indi and my client took some photos of Indi with the portrait.

Hi Melanie 
As promised here is a picture of Indi and my partner with the portrait. Indi is 14 now and couldn’t see what all the fuss was about. Stephen was absolutely thrilled with the picture and has been busy telling everyone about it. We showed it to our neighbour from a distance who could not believe how well you captured her expression and character.  I can’t thank you enough it’s beautiful and taken pride of place in the hall for everyone to see. You have a wonderful job  and it must be very rewarding knowing that your pictures bring such joy to  so many people, what a wonderful talent you have. Once  again a BIG thank you for the beautiful picture of Indi. We love it.
Cheryl xx

Finally I hope that you have enjoyed my blog post about my pet portraits with happy customers. Also I hope that you can come back soon and enjoy more of our blog posts. Would you also love a custom pencil pet portrait of your pet? Drop me a line at any time! Also visit my website at any time – Pencil Pet Portraits.

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