Some of the stranger things that happen to a pet portrait artist.

I really wouldn’t blame you if you thought, not much unusual can go wrong being a pet portrait artist, and to be fair 90% of the time it just ticks along quite happily. The most unusual thing normally is perhaps the request to paint an exotic breed, and even...

Mostly about a Shar Pei

Albie, was my subject today. I have manged to work well on him. It has taken a good 10 hours work but his portrait is complete. I have never drawn a Shar Pei before, but I loved capturing all his wrinkles and almost little frown! It is a small painting, 10×8...

Dreary Monday

I have to say, some days I find it really hard to motivate myself. I have had a really lovely weekend with some fabulous friends and miserable Mondays are really not the way to start the week after such a great weekend. We sat around the fire pit until the small hours...

Yesterday and today….

Yesterday I worked some more on the double dog portrait, I shall take a photo when it brightens up and upload it so you can see. I am really pleased with how it is coming along. Bailey’s owner came to pick up his portrait and he was delighted. I always get...

Today at Sarah’s Pet Portraits headquarters….

Today has been a bit of a mixed bag. I have put together a couple of mock ups for some future pet portraits, one being for December, so be warned Christmas commissions are coming in already. I have had to chase down Digby’s portrait which we feared had gone...