People often like to commission portraits for parents, and grandparents, and bring people they love back to life with a portrait based on a photograph.
I always work from photographs and ask the person to send me as many photos of themselves or their families that they really like, and then we discuss what would make the best painting.
A commissioned portrait starts at £550 in pencil, pastel watercolour for one person or animal. Then for each extra person or animal it would cost another £100. So for example a portrait of one person and a dog would cost £650.
Often the paintings are a composite of several photos, and the faces need to be as clear as possible in the photos. I can improvise a lot more with changing clothes, colours etc. If you are happy to proceed I ask for a deposit of half and then do a preliminary line drawing.
I shade the drawing a little to give an idea of what the final portrait would look like, show it to you on zoom, or we can arrange to meet up , and we discuss the colour scheme. You are welcome to suggest any amendments to the drawing at that stage, and then I go ahead and paint the final work. I paint primarily in watercolour, but am also happy to work in pencil, coloured pencil, pastel, gouache, or charcoal.
If you would like to discuss a commission without obligation, or find out more about my art, please complete the form here and give brief details.
