Welcome to Melanie’s monthly journal – January reflections. The New Year and January has been quite the whirlwind with lots of things happening here. Although we currently have taken a week or […]
Oil Pet Portrait Stories
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Hand Painted Cat Portrait – Custom Oil Painting Commission
Welcome to our blog post about our latest hand painted cat portrait, a custom oil painting commission of Max. We are excited to share the story behind this stunning oil painting, a […]
Pencil Portrait Stories
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Full Body Cocker Spaniel Pencil Drawing
Welcome to my latest blog post of the most gorgeous full body Cocker Spaniel pencil drawing. It was a pleasure to work with Dan on this commission. He contacted me in January […]
Oil Pet Portrait Stories
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Capturing Carina – Custom Horse Portrait in Oils
Welcome to our latest blog post about Capturing Carina – Custom Horse Portrait in Oils by Nicholas Beall. We are thrilled to share the story behind Carina’s oil painting, a commission by […]
Artist Tips & Advice
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Best Drawing Papers for Pet Portraits in Pencil
Welcome to my first blog post of 2025 and I thought I would start the year off by chatting about the best drawing papers for pet portraits in pencil. My top picks […]
Oil Pet Portrait Stories
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Realistic Dog Portraits – Wilson & Bella’s Custom Oil Paintings
Welcome to our latest blog post about Nicholas’s latest realistic dog portraits – Wilson & Bella’s Custom oil paintings, commissioned by Stephen and Sally. This project was particularly special as it involved […]
Oil Pet Portrait Stories
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Realistic Oil Painting of a Puggle and Toy
We are thrilled to share one of Nicholas’s latest pet portraits, a realistic oil Painting of a Puggle and Toy – Gabby and her Lamp Chop. Gabby is a beautiful Puggle, who […]
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Melanie’s December Delights
Welcome to Melanie’s December Delights. It’s been a while! I have to say the weeks have slipped by so fast this year, I have been getting more and more behind with my […]
Pencil Portrait Stories
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Border Terrier and Lurcher Pencil Portrait of Hettie and Loxley
Welcome to my latest blog post about the Border Terrier and Lurcher Pencil Portrait of Hettie and Loxley. John Bowley commissioned this special 20 x 16 inch double portrait of Hettie the […]
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Melanie’s October Oracles
Welcome to Melanie’s October Oracles, which I have to admit is very late! It very nearly didn’t happen, but I have been doing a couple of website updates and artwork blog posts […]
Wedding Pet Portraits
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Horse Portrait in Oils of Jessica and Logan
I’m trying to catch up on the blog with portraits that we have painted or drawn over the last year. I realised that we hadn’t posted about the beautiful horse portrait in […]
Oil Pet Portrait Stories
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Oil Painting for Actor John Nettles
Earlier this year we created an oil painting for actor John Nettles. We were absolutely delighted when John reached out to us with quite a special request. A pet portrait of his […]