Commission A Picture Of Your Dog

For yourself, or for somebody else

Your Dog | My Dog | In Context | How It Works | Contact

“What are you doing?”

“I’m drawing your portrait”

“Ah, that’s good. We can put it up on the wall.”

I draw people’s dogs to create a lasting memory.

I started doing it for friends, then went bonkers drawing my own dog after she joined our family in lockdown.

I continue doing it for others because I love seeing how happy the pictures can make them.

Peter invited me to draw his daughters, each one with two dogs (see above).

There was a lot of moving about. I like that, because it gives the finished picture spirit. But it’s easier to draw a dog that stays still, even briefly, like these:

My Dog

Peanut is a miniature schnauzer, but on the large size for a miniature.

After having three litters of puppies, she retired from that kind of thing. She makes me laugh.

“I’m pretending to be asleep.”

“Is it time for a walk?”

In context

Caroline wanted a picture to remember her Boxer, Poppy, who is no longer with us. So I drew Poppy outside the family house.

How It Works

Usually, my drawings are created with ink on paper, often with watercolour or gouache, and finished digitally. Where possible, I draw from life, but with Covid I’ve increasingly worked from photos and films.

With commissions, I like to have a conversation beforehand, and when the work is nearly finished I share it with you to ask if there are particular things you might like added or changed before it is printed onto textured Hahnemuhle paper with archival ink.

Typically, the prints are A4 (297mm x 210mm).

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