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  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Dog and Horse Pet Portraits

    Welcome to my latest dog and horse pet portraits of Flash and Daisy! These portraits are for a returning client in Australia. I think a number of my latest portraits have been from returning clients which is absolutely wonderful. Jo…

    By petportraitartist October 25, 2018
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Flatcoat Retriever Drawing

    Welcome to my latest Flatcoat Retriever Drawing! This portrait was for a very special client with whom I have been working with for many years. I have created a number of portraits for Mandy of her beautiful Flatcoat retrievers and…

    By petportraitartist October 24, 2018
  • Art Studio News

    Melanie’s Monthly News in September

    Welcome to my Melanie’s Monthly News in September! As usual, and I always say, it hasn’t the month flown! We have been busy with extra curricular activities in our downtime this month which has been fun. The biggest news was…

    By petportraitartist September 30, 2018
  • Art Studio News

    Cat Pet Portraits in Oils

    Welcome to Nicholas’ latest cat pet portraits in oils. This is an 18 x 14 inches oil painting completed by Nicholas on Italian Linen canvas commissioned as a surprise gift for Christmas. I think the recipient is going to be…

    By petportraitartist September 27, 2018
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Cat Pencil Portrait

    Welcome to my latest cat pencil portrait of Apache and Lynx. My client Chris contacted me a few months ago enquiring about a portrait. He asked if I would be able to complete a 16 x 12 pencil drawing of…

    By petportraitartist September 19, 2018
  • Art Studio News

    Pet Portraits Engraved Plaques

    Welcome to our post about our pet portraits engraved plaques. We have been working with a new engraving company in the last few months and they are wonderful.  The previous company we worked with for a number of years moved premises.…

    By petportraitartist September 18, 2018
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Spaniel Pet Portraits

    Welcome to the portrait of Brodie. I have completed many spaniel pet portraits in pencil this year and Brodie was one of my favourites. Sandra commissioned the portrait for her husband and had a beautiful photo for me to work…

    By petportraitartist September 6, 2018
  • Art Studio News

    Melanie’s Monthly News in August

    Welcome to Melanie’s Monthly News in August! This month has flown by again. We haven’t been on many trips this month due to work being uber busy. We did manage to get to the beautiful Llanfsteffan however to take Lily…

    By petportraitartist August 30, 2018
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Golden Retriever Oil Pet Portrait

    Welcome to our latest Golden Retriever Oil Pet Portrait of Charlie and Eliot. Charlie and Eliot are sisters and they were commissioned by Nicole (USA) at 20 x 16 size. Nicholas traditionally hand painted the portrait in oils on Italian…

    By petportraitartist August 28, 2018
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Black Labrador Pencil Portrait

    Welcome to my most recent Black Labrador Pencil Portrait for a returning client called Craig (USA). The black Labrador in question is called Zip. Craig wanted a drawing of Zip as an adult and also one has a puppy. Craig…

    By petportraitartist August 25, 2018
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Weimaraner Pet Portrait

    Welcome to our latest Weimaraner pet portrait, hand painted by Nicholas Beall. Isn’t it fantastic! I think it’s one of my favourite portraits to come out of the studio recently that Nicholas has painted. The Weimaraner in question is called…

    By petportraitartist August 25, 2018
  • Art Studio News

    Melanie’s Monthly News in July

    Welcome to Melanie’s Monthly news in July. Another month has flown by and we have been really busy in the studio painting and drawing portraits. However we have had time to get out and about too. The weather has been…

    By petportraitartist July 29, 2018
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Oil Painting of Pets Harry & Oscar

    Welcome to the most recent oil painting of pets Harry & Oscar. They were traditionally hand painted by Nicholas Beall in oils on Linen canvas for lovely clients in the USA. Judy and her family commissioned the oil painting of…

    By petportraitartist July 29, 2018
  • Flatcoat Retriever Drawing
    Pencil Portrait Stories

    Flat Coated Retriever Pencil Portrait

    Welcome to my latest Flat Coated Retriever Pencil Portrait. It was traditionally hand drawn by myself Melanie Phillips, using graphite pencil. The size of the drawing was 18 x 14 inches on Italian Fabriano paper. The pencil drawing was completed for…

    By petportraitartist July 29, 2018
  • Q&A with M&N

    Do You Varnish Your Pet Portraits Oil Paintings?

    Welcome to our blog post about answering the question – Do You Varnish Your Pet Portraits Oil Paintings? We are asked general questions from practicing artists and prospective clients about our artwork and process. We thought it would be a brilliant idea…

    By petportraitartist July 29, 2018
  • Art Studio News

    Melanie’s Monthly News in June

    Welcome to Melanie’s monthly news in June! It has been an extremely busy month here, which isn’t all that surprising as our lives are just generally busy all year around anyway, there is never a dull moment here! The garden…

    By petportraitartist June 30, 2018
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Black Labrador Pet Portraits

    Welcome to my latest Black Labrador pet portraits! This is Iggy and he was traditionally hand drawn by myself (Melanie Phillips). Suzanna commissioned a 16 x 12 size as a birthday surprise. however we decided that the portrait should be…

    By petportraitartist June 30, 2018
  • Spaniel Pet Portrait
    Pencil Portrait Stories

    Spaniel Pencil Portraits

    Welcome to my drawing of a gorgeous spaniel called Mr Frodo, one of my latest spaniel pencil portraits to come off of my easel. I have completed many spaniel drawings this year, my next drawing is a spaniel too. Returning client…

    By petportraitartist June 24, 2018
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    Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Dog Oil Portraits of Dora and Dolly

    Welcome to the dog oil portraits of Dora and Dolly. These two gorgeous little girls were painted by Nicholas on our usual Italian linen canvas using traditional methods. Returning client Lady Bamford commissioned the oil painting which will be framed…

    By petportraitartist June 22, 2018
  • Pencil Drawing Pet Portrait
    Pencil Portrait Stories

    Pencil Drawing Pet Portrait

    Welcome to my most recent pencil drawing pet portrait of a gorgeous dog called Biscuit. The portrait is a 12 x 10 drawing which was the perfect size and shape for her. The portrait was commissioned by a very well…

    By petportraitartist May 30, 2018
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Corgi Oil Painting

    Welcome to our latest Corgi Oil Painting by Nicholas Beall. The portrait, a 16 x 12 oil painting traditionally hand painted by Nicholas, was commissioned by local client Suzanna of her Corgi Luke. We know Suzanna from our local dog club…

    By petportraitartist May 30, 2018
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Cat Portrait in Oils of Dudley

    Welcome to Nicholas’ latest cat portrait in oils of Dudley. This commission has been utterly delightful and we have really enjoyed working with our clients from the outset. Dudley sadly passed away during the commissioning process, so this painting will…

    By petportraitartist May 29, 2018
  • Art Studio News

    Melanie’s Monthly News in May!

    Welcome to Melanie’s Monthly News in May! To go alongside our artwork posts, I thought I would do a little news of what’s been happening here each month. All about two pet portrait artists and their dog on their travels…

    By petportraitartist May 18, 2018
  • Art Studio News

    Spaniel Pencil Pet Portraits

    Welcome to my latest Spaniel pencil pet portraits! My drawing is of two beautiful spaniels called Jenny an Fern. I thoroughly enjoyed drawing them. The portrait was a retirement gift for Gail, purchased by Tara and Mark for all of…

    By petportraitartist May 2, 2018
  • Horse Oil Painting of Chino
    Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Horse Oil Painting of Chino

    Welcome to Nicholas’ latest horse oil painting of Chino. Olivia and Hannah Dix, mother and daughter, contacted us about having an oil painting. They wanted one created of their beautiful horse called Chino. I spoke to Olivia on the telephone…

    By petportraitartist April 29, 2018
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    Pencil Portrait Stories

    Horse Pencil Portrait Montage

    Welcome to my latest horse pencil portrait montage! The horse in question is called Locksie and the portrait was commissioned by my client William here in the UK. The portrait was an 18 x 24 montage pencil drawing. It was…

    By petportraitartist April 3, 2018
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Great Dane Pet Portrait

    Welcome to our latest Great Dane pet portrait. Jennifer, from Florida USA, emailed to see if we would be able to create a painting of her two Great Danes. She wanted to commission it as a birthday gift for a…

    By petportraitartist March 20, 2018
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    Introducing Our Pet Portraits

    Introducing our Pet Portraits by Melanie and Nicholas. If you have just landed on our Art Studio Blog and this is the fist post you are reading – welcome! We are delighted to see you here and are glad that…

    By petportraitartist March 19, 2018
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    Introducing Lily Our Tibetan Terrier

    Introducing Lily our Tibetan Terrier. We have had Lily since she was 8 weeks old and she was so tiny. Such a little bundle of joy. We loved her from the moment we saw her. There is quite an unusual…

    By petportraitartist March 12, 2018
  • Art Studio News

    Introducing Our Ordering Process

    Introducing our ordering process for our pet portraits. If you are looking to commission an oil painting or pencil drawing of your dog, cat or horse, our ordering process page might be perfect for you.   Introducing Our Ordering Process…

    By petportraitartist March 10, 2018
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Spaniel Oil Portrait

    Welcome to our Spaniel oil portrait of Wilf.  Steve contacted us asking if we would be able to paint his gorgeous spaniel Wilf who had sadly passed away. Steve’s first email was wonderful. We really appreciated his words and were…

    By petportraitartist March 8, 2018
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Spaniel Pet Portraits

    Welcome to my Spaniel Pet Portraits of Bren and Bee. My client Helen saw one of my pencil drawings at a friends house. She had actually been looking for a pet portrait artist to create portraits for her of her spaniels…

    By petportraitartist March 8, 2018
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Rhodesian Ridgeback Oil Painting

    Welcome to Nicholas latest Rhodesian Ridgeback Oil Painting. This portrait will be a very special surprise for our clients wife as a birthday surprise! The Rhodesian Ridgebacks are called Maddie and Amber and  the portrait is a traditionally hand painted oil…

    By petportraitartist March 3, 2018
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Oil Portraits – Tilly

    Welcome to the story of the oil portraits painting of Tilly. Nicholas painted this beautiful portrait of Tilly for our client Diane. Tilly’s oil painting was created to 14 x 11 size in traditional oils on Italian linen fine grain canvas.…

    By petportraitartist March 3, 2018
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Horse Oil Painting of Remy

    Welcome to the horse oil painting of Remy and his story. Remy’s horse oil painting was commissioned by a returning client, Marianne, from Canada. If you scroll down to the bottom of the page you will see there three horse…

    By petportraitartist March 2, 2018
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Corgi Pet Portraits

    Welcome to our Corgi Pet Portraits oil painting of Thomas. Nicholas has been working really hard on his latest Corgi pet portraits painting, which you can see below. Thomas, the Corgi in question, has been traditionally hand painted in oils by…

    By petportraitartist February 22, 2018
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Spaniel Pencil Drawing

    Welcome to my latest Spaniel pencil drawing of the most gorgeous dog called Monty. Monty is a 12 x 10 pencil drawing commissioned by a lovely client called Allie here in the UK. Sadly Monty is no longer with us.…

    By petportraitartist February 15, 2018
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Horse Portrait of Inca

    This is Nicholas’ latest painting, a horse portrait of Inca in oils, is beautiful. Jamie emailed us in 2017 to find out if we would be able to paint his wife’s event horse. The horse is called Shannondale Inca, by…

    By petportraitartist February 13, 2018
  • Art Studio News

    New Pet Portraits Frames!

    We have some wonderful news we have lots of new pet portraits frames! We are working with a brand new framing company who produces the most beautiful hand crafted frames. The care and attention to detail they take over their…

    By petportraitartist February 13, 2018
  • Art Studio News

    Pet Portraits Stickers and Studio News

    Welcome to the first blog post in a long time all about our pet portraits stickers and studio news. Readers of our blog, I’m sure that you have noticed we haven’t made a blog post for a while. It’s not…

    By petportraitartist February 13, 2018
  • Art Studio News

    Merry Christmas to all of our readers!

    Nicholas and myself would like to wish our readers a very Merry Christmas! We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our customers who commissioned portraits from us in 2017. We wouldn’t be here if it…

    By petportraitartist December 23, 2017
  • Art Studio News

    Sinuses and Christmas Trees

    Welcome to my post all about Sinuses and Christmas Trees. Bizarre you are thinking! It’s been quite a while since I sat in my lovely little studio and tapped away on my keyboard. I have been unwell this week with…

    By petportraitartist December 22, 2017
  • Art Studio News

    A Tiramisu Of Artists!

    You maybe wondering why this blog post is titled..A Tiramisu Of Artists! Funny story. We have some lovely friends which we head on out with each year for a special gathering. Karen and her son pop over from New Zealand…

    By petportraitartist December 21, 2017
  • Art Studio News

    Snow!

    We have had a very pretty fall of snow here in Wales. We thought we would share a few photos with everyone. The first photo is one of our studio nestled down in the garden between the snowy trees. Everything…

    By petportraitartist December 11, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Montage Pet Portrait Framed

    Welcome to my latest montage pet portrait framed. The portrait was an 18 x 14 inch montage drawing, traditionally hand drawn by myself using graphite pencil. The portrait was commissioned by a local client Roger, who wanted to have a…

    By petportraitartist December 10, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Horse Portrait Framed

    Welcome to my latest horse portrait framed! The drawing is of a beautiful horse called Cherokee (Cherry) and was commissioned by Pauline and her sister Maureen. They wanted to give it as a joint gift to their niece Caroline on…

    By petportraitartist December 9, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Pencil Pet Portraits of Mamesuke & Cinnamon

    Welcome to my two Pencil Pet Portraits of Mamesuke & Cinnamon. Yuki emailed me via my website asking about commissioning two portraits of her dogs Mamesuke and Cinnamon. Mamesuke is Yukis boyfriends dog and she wanted to surprise him with…

    By petportraitartist December 9, 2017
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Dog Portrait of Leon

    Welcome to our latest dog portrait of Leon painted by Nicholas Beall. He has to be one of our favourite dogs that we have portrayed this year. Just look into his eyes soulful eyes! Are they gorgeous! Richard and his wife…

    By petportraitartist December 4, 2017
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Pet Portrait of Amber

    Welcome to the pet portrait of Amber. Richard emailed in August 2017 to arrange a portrait as a Christmas gift for his wife of their labradoodle. We do love organised clients! Richard took a number of lovely photos of Amber…

    By petportraitartist November 22, 2017
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Pet Portrait of Agarn

    Welcome to the Pet Portrait of Agarn! The portrait was commissioned by our client Bill in the USA. It was to be a complete surprise for his husband at Christmas 2017. We worked closely with Bill to create the perfect…

    By petportraitartist November 14, 2017
  • Art Studio News

    Day out at Mwnt

    The weather was beautiful at the weekend and so we decided to have a day out at Mwnt. We headed out to the local beauty spot on the coast I wish I could be a fly on the wall to…

    By petportraitartist November 1, 2017
  • Art Studio News

    Pet Portraits Halloween!

    We hope that everyone had a wonderful Halloween yesterday if you were celebrating. We had our very own Pet Portraits Halloween! Nicholas and I worked for most of the day on our paintings and drawings. However stopped in the afternoon…

    By petportraitartist November 1, 2017
  • Art Studio News

    Pet Portraits Article for Terrier Group Magazine

    Welcome to our pet portraits article for Terrier Group Magazine. A few months ago we were contacted by a lovely lady called Melanie (yes! same name!) who asked if we were interested in writing an article for them. They wanted…

    By petportraitartist October 27, 2017
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Horse Portrait of Radley

    Welcome to our latest commission, a horse portrait of Radley. The painting, by Nicholas, is a 14 x 11 oil on Italian Linen Canvas. Our client Richard emailed asking if we would be able to portray his partners horse Radley.…

    By petportraitartist October 26, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Great Dane Portrait – Deano, Ole & Neo

    Welcome to my latest Great Dane portrait of Deano, Ole & Neo. Our clients wanted a portrait of their three beautiful great danes, two of which sadly aren’t with us any longer. Only the great dane on the right called Neo.…

    By petportraitartist October 15, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Pencil Pet Portrait of Poppy

    Here is my latest Pencil Pet Portrait of Poppy. This pencil drawing is a 12 x 10 portrait which I completed for a lovely client called Emma. Sadly Poppy passed away a few months ago and Emma contacted me to…

    By petportraitartist October 11, 2017
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Pet Portraits of Marley and Nohea

    Welcome to the two beautiful pet portraits of Marley and Nohea! Our client Polly emailed us in 2017. She asked if we would be able to portray her two beloved dogs who had sadly passed away. She wanted oil paintings…

    By petportraitartist October 3, 2017
  • Pet Portraits Happy Clients

    Happy Clients – Zeke’s Portrait

    We love hearing from our pet portrait happy clients! Last year Manuela commissioned me to draw their dearly departed dog called Zeke as a pencil drawing. The whole family missed their labrador so much and so Manuella commissioned a drawing…

    By petportraitartist October 3, 2017
  • Art Studio News

    Pet Portraits FAQ’s

    Good Morning everyone on this lovely Sunday morning and welcome to our post all about our Pet Portraits FAQ’s!  This past week has been busy and I have lots of blog posts to follow. My first post though is about…

    By petportraitartist October 2, 2017
  • Art Studio News

    New Studio Sofa and Website Updates

    Welcome to our New Studio Sofa and Website Updates post! We have a new studio sofa! It has actually been here for just over a month however with the build and getting organised I hadn’t been able to take photos…

    By petportraitartist October 1, 2017
  • Art Studio News

    Welsh Cottage Renovation Photos!

    Welcome to our Welsh Cottage Renovation Photos! I know that many of our readers have been waiting for this post for a long time! We have collated all of our renovation photos of our little Welsh cottage and have added…

    By petportraitartist October 1, 2017
  • Art Studio News

    Lily Tibetan Terrier and her Rosette

    Welcome to my blog post all about Lily Tibetan Terrier and her rosette. Amazingly Lily passed her Novice Certificate Test at our local dog club and we are so pleased! We had a number of tricky tests to complete over the…

    By petportraitartist September 20, 2017
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Pet Portrait of Lance an Entlebucher Mountain Dog

    Welcome to the Pet Portrait of Lance an Entlebucher mountain dog! Jennifer contacted in 2017 and wanted to commission a painting of her partners dog Lance who is an Entlebucher mountain dog. Jenifer had a wonderful photo of Lance. He was…

    By petportraitartist September 20, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Pencil Pet Portrait of Sika

    Welcome to the pencil pet portrait of Sika. My client Nick contacted me to ask if I would be able to draw a pencil portrait of their spaniel Sika. It was to be a gift for his sister Jessica. Nick…

    By petportraitartist September 4, 2017
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Pet Portrait of Vinnie

    Welcome to the pet portrait of Vinnie! Isn’t he gorgeous! I have added a scan along with a detail of the painting too so our readers can see him up close. The portrait was commissioned by a returning client Katherine…

    By petportraitartist August 31, 2017
  • Art Studio News

    Bank Holiday Weekend at Cors Caron

    We have spent a lovely bank holiday weekend at Cors Caron. We had a friend to stay from the south of England for the long weekend. All of us visited a beautiful natural reserve a few miles from here called Cars…

    By petportraitartist August 30, 2017
  • Art Studio News

    Extending the chicken shed

    We spent the weekend Extending the chicken shed! Its a fairly long story though. Some of our regular readers will remember the big storm here from 4 years ago. We faired pretty well considering many areas of the UK suffered…

    By petportraitartist August 30, 2017
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Pet Portrait of Tobey

    Welcome to the pet portrait of Tobey! Chuck and his wife Gaye wanted a portrait of their beautiful spaniel called Tobey. Chuck actually called us while we were in our car on errands, and he was at a stop light…

    By petportraitartist August 9, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Horse Pet Portrait of Favorite

    Welcome to my beautiful horse pet portrait of Favourite! Carrie from Sydney, Australia, emailed to ask if I would be able to draw her sisters horse called Favourite as a birthday surprise. She had one particular photos she loved and…

    By petportraitartist July 17, 2017
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Oil Portrait of Maco, Rex & Rosie

    Welcome to the Oil Portrait of Maco, Rex & Rosie. Our client Katie contacted us asking if Nicholas could paint their dogs for birthday surprise. Katie inlisted her daughters helping in taking photos. She took a number of fantastic photos of the…

    By petportraitartist July 17, 2017
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Pet Portrait of Cinega

    Welcome to the Pet Portrait of Cinega. Karen emailed to ask if we would be able to paint a portrait of Cinega for her husbands birthday. The deadline was pretty tight but we had the portrait there in time for faming…

    By petportraitartist July 13, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Pencil Pet Portrait of Henri Bell

    Welcome to my pencil pet portrait of Henri Bell. This commission was very special for me. I was able to work with a very well known actress here in the UK. Meg and her family sadly lost their gorgeous dog…

    By petportraitartist July 10, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Cat Drawings for Packaging

    Welcome to my two cat drawings for Packaging. I was contacted by a pet food company to draw two cats for packing. They needed to drawn to at size in the style of their current artist. Their artist was away…

    By petportraitartist July 10, 2017
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Pet Portrait of Les and Alfie

    Welcome to the Pet Portrait of Les and Alfie. Kerrie and her mum emailed us to see if we would be able to paint a portrait of Kerrie’s dad and their dearly missed and much loved dog Alfie. They had…

    By petportraitartist June 20, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Humphrey’s Pet Portrait

    Welcome to Humphrey’s Pet Portrait. Joanna emailed to ask if I would be able to draw Humphrey as a Christmas gift for her husband. Humphrey is the most gorgeous Cavapoo and I was thrilled to have the opportunity to work…

    By petportraitartist June 18, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Jasper’s Pet Portrait Montage

    Welcome to Jasper’s pet portrait montage pencil drawing. Richard contacted me enquiring about a montage pencil portrait of their horse called Jasper that they had to sadly have put to sleep that very same week. Their family were all deviated…

    By petportraitartist June 3, 2017
  • Art Studio News

    Lily passed her KC Good Citizens Silver

    Lily passed her KC Good Citizens Silver! Lily and I have been training with our local dog club over the last couple of months. We have been studying the exercises for the Kennel Clubs Good Citizens silver test. We passed…

    By petportraitartist June 3, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Cat Pencil Portrait of Penny

    Welcome to my latest Cat Pencil Portrait of Penny. Jeanette telephoned our studio to ask if i would be able to draw their beautiful black cat called Penny. Jenette wanted it to be a gift from her family to her…

    By petportraitartist May 17, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Pencil Pet Portrait of Tess

    Welcome to my Pencil Pet Portrait of Tess, a very happy Labrador. The portrait of Tess was commission by a returning client who wanted a drawing of her sisters dog. They were heading over to Spain where Tess lives and…

    By petportraitartist May 17, 2017
  • Art Studio News

    Paint & Draw Magazine Article

    Welcome to my Paint & Draw Magazine Article. Contributing to the magazine was very exciting! Although every single portrait is unique and tackled in slightly different ways. Therefore it depends on fur texture, length of fur etc. The fundamentals are…

    By petportraitartist May 17, 2017
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Cat Portrait of Frankie Blue Eyes

    Welcome to our cat portrait of Frankie Blue Eyes. You can see immediately why Frankie was called Frankie blue Eyes. He was a Snowshoe Siamese Cat and was commissioned by returning clients. Sadly Frankie passed away and so we are honoured…

    By petportraitartist May 17, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Cat Pencil Drawing of Mungo

    Welcome to my cat pencil drawing of Mungo. Charlotte emailed me to ask if I would be able to draw their beautiful cat called Mungo. Charlotte emailed the following… I am based in Hong Kong, and my first year wedding anniversary…

    By petportraitartist May 3, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Flat Coat Drawing of Saffy

    Welcome to my Flat Coat drawing of Saffy in pencil on paper for Tara who is based in Sweden. I absolutely love drawing Flatcoated Retrievers therefore I was very excited to get started. They are one of my favourite breeds…

    By petportraitartist May 3, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Daemon’s Pet Portrait and Superfast!

    Welcome to Daemon’s Pet Portrait. Its been a pretty exciting and full week here and I will start with two drawings I have created of a very elegant dog called Daemon. I have not only drawn his portrait, but I have…

    By petportraitartist April 21, 2017
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Dog Oil Portrait of Ted

    Welcome to the latest dog oil portrait of Ted. Nicola, a returning client from Cardiff, commissioned a portrait of Ted the Dachshund in oils on canvas. She wanted it to match portraits she commissioned of her other Dachshund at this…

    By petportraitartist April 20, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Pencil Drawings of Cosmo & King Chinook

    Welcome to my Pencil Drawings of Cosmo & King Chinook. I have completed two pencil drawings for separate clients and thought I would post about them together. The drawing below of Cosmo was sent off to client Matilda this week…

    By petportraitartist April 11, 2017
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Dog Pet Portrait of Yogi

    Welcome to our Dog Pet Portrait of Yogi. Client Shane from Canada, emailed to ask if we would paint a portrait of their Bernese mountain dog called Yogi. We were thrilled and Nicholas was really looking forward to putting brush…

    By petportraitartist March 17, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Pencil Pet Portrait of Poppy

    Welcome to the pencil pet portrait of Poppy. Adam emailed to let me know that his family had purchased him a Gift a Portrait. He was ready to send me photos of his dog Poppy, who had recently passed away,…

    By petportraitartist March 15, 2017
  • Art Studio News

    More Cottage Renovations

    Yes, we have been doing more cottage renovations! We have been living in our little cottage for 10 years this autumn. We have been doing renovations since we moved in. Some of our regular readers may have seen on our…

    By petportraitartist March 14, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Tibetan Terrier Pet Portraits

    Welcome to my latest Tibetan Terrier pet portraits is now complete. The portrait was commissioned by Caroline and her family as a surprise for their mums 60th birthday. Unfortunately, Hollie past away last year at 15 and half. The portrait will be…

    By petportraitartist March 10, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Pet Portrait of Mango

    Welcome to my Pet Portrait of Mango, which was completed by myself, Melanie Phillips as a 16 x 12 size. My client, Sylvia, commissioned me to not only draw Mango, but also Ozie and Joey as well. She wanted to give…

    By petportraitartist February 23, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Ozie and Joey’s Pencil Portrait and Frame

    Ozie and Joey’s pencil portrait and frame is now complete and on its way to my clients in the USA. Ozie is the King Charles Spaniel and Joey is the cat who has sadly passed away. The family didn’t have many…

    By petportraitartist February 22, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Husky Pencil Pet Portrait

    Welcome to my Husky pencil pet portrait, commissioned just prior to Christmas 2017 by a client in the USA. Stephen wanted me to draw his three Huskies – Sasha, Bear and Punky. it was to be a large portrait for…

    By petportraitartist February 7, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Pencil Pet Portrait of Ziggy

    Welcome to my Pencil Pet Portrait of Ziggy!Steven emailed to find out how to commission a pencil drawing of their dog Ziggy. Many clients have never commissioned a portrait before so we have lots of information on our website to help.…

    By petportraitartist February 6, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Pencil Pet Portrait of Gus

    Welcome to my pencil pet portrait of Gus. Coren commissioned me to create a pencil drawing of their beautiful Labrador who had passed away. Coren emailed the following. We are always so thrilled to hear how clients find us. We…

    By petportraitartist January 29, 2017
  • Oil Pet Portrait Stories

    Horse Oil Portrait of Jubilee and Trinity 

    Welcome to our horse oil portrait of Jubilee and Trinity.  Clive and his wife were moving out of the country and so had to sell their two treasured horses Jubilee and trinity. They decided that they would have an oil…

    By petportraitartist January 29, 2017
  • Art Studio News

    Sunday Squirrels

    Our post today is all about Sunday Squirrels. We have a pair of squirrel who live in the little woodland of trees just below our studio. It isnt really a woodland as such, although we call it that. It’s just…

    By petportraitartist January 22, 2017
  • Pencil Portrait Stories

    Siyouni the Aga Khans Stallion

    Welcome to my latest portrait of Siyouni the Aga Khans Stallion. Lady Bamford has commissioned me three times. The latest commission was a drawing of a stallion called Siyouni which you can see below. Lady Bamford commissioned the drawing for…

    By petportraitartist January 21, 2017
  • Pet Portraits Happy Clients

    Happy Client and Mr Bones

    Welcome to our wonderful post about a very happy client and Mr Bones. You can read all about the oil painting of Mr Bones on his dedicated blog post Oil Dog Portrait of Mr Bones. View the oil painting in…

    By petportraitartist January 18, 2017
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