Portrait Painting Blog

Working Magic

ryan — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:35:45 +0000

Here’s another example of our team working magic.

We received the two images below from a customer. Here was the customers exact request.

I have a request to combine two pictures into one portrait. The primary picture is of my two friends sitting in a military sidecar unit. The second picture is of their daughter who was not even born at the time the original picture was taken. Since my friends are sitting on the motorcycle seat, as if they were driving it, I think they would enjoy it if I incorporated their daughter into the portrait as if she were their passenger.

To facilitate requests like this, we have a photoshop person on staff to create mock-ups. The mock-up below was created and approved by the customer. Unfortunately, the photo of the girl wasn’t the highest quality, but our team was able to work with it.

The mock-up was presented to our artist, and our artist produced the beautiful 30″ x 36″ oil painting below.

Two Dogs Lounging Around

ryan — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:32:10 +0000

We recently finished turning the photo below into a painting. This painting was a little difficult because the shadows on the original photo were rather harsh. It was hard for the artist to see all the details on each dog, but our artist still did a great job.

20″ x 24″ – Oil on Canvas

Original Photo

Photo to Painting

Small Photo Turned Into A Painting

ryan — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:54:53 +0000

Most photos we receive are not professionally taken. Sometimes it’s difficult working with photos taken by point-and-shoot digital cameras, but we try our best.

Our customer sent us the photo below and wanted it turned into a portrait painting. It’s not a bad photo, but the photo we received was not a very high resolution. The photo posted below is the actual resolution we received. Luckily, we have some of the most talented portrait artists around. They were able to turn a low resolution photo into a beautiful oil painting.

The second photo is a picture of the painting. It is a 20″ x 24″ oil on canvas.

Portrait of a Pug

ryan — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:21:40 +0000

For all you pug lovers out there, our talented pet portrait artist recently completed a painting of a cute pug puppy. The painting was done in oil on a 16″ x 20″ canvas. The customer wanted the background to be a blue color. So, we we removed a couple objects in the background and painted a solid blue background.

The first photo is the original photo and the second photo is the painting.

Amazing Wedding Painting

ryan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:39:54 +0000

We recently completed this painting, and it came out amazing. The original photo we started with was great and if you look at the photo of the painting, you might think it’s actually a photo.

Another Beautiful Home Painting

ryan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:37:35 +0000

Not only is this house pretty large, so is the painting we did. One of my favorite subtleties in this painting is the grass. If you look at the grass on the left, you can almost see the path left by the lawnmower. Those are the small details that make these paintings amazing.

36″ x 48″ – Oil on Canvas

Home Painting

ryan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:16:51 +0000

This was a pretty straight forward project for the artist. The only request from the customer was to remove the limbs laying on the ground near the tree.

20″ x 24″ – Oil on Canvas

Big Daddy

ryan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:07:05 +0000

The customer sent us the image below and it was named BigDaddy.jpg. Our artist took the photo and turned it into a beautiful 30″ x 40″ oil painting.

Holiday Calendar (Yes, It’s That Time of Year)

ryan — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:53:42 +0000

Christmas is only 64 days away. It may sound like a long time, but it’s not if you want a custom portrait painting delivered by Christmas.

From start to finish, a custom oil painting normally takes 30 days to complete. During the holiday season, we prefer to receive orders at least 45 days in advance. If we receive your order on or before the week of November 9th, we can guarantee you’ll receive your painting before Christmas. Almost all orders received on the week of November 15th will be received on time, but we can’t offer a 100% guarantee.

If you order your painting between November 22nd and November 30th, it’s still possible to have it delivered by Christmas. It is only possible if you do not want the painting stretched.

We Can Combine Multiple Photos

ryan — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:58:16 +0000

Customers contact us all the time with a problem. They want to have a painting done of several people, but they don’t everyone in a single picture.

Well, we can solve that problem as long as you have a picture of each person. Below, is an example of a painting we completed several months ago. The customer wanted a painting done of the entire family along with the grandparents. They had several pictures, but not a single picture with everyone in it.

So, they sent us the four pictures below.

We took the four pictures and handed them off to our resident photoshop expert. Our photoshop guru created the mockup below, and it was approved by the customer.

Our artist used the photoshop mockup as a guide and created the painting below. The customer was thrilled with the result.

So, if you have multiple pictures that you want combined into one painting, contact us and we can create a photoshop mockup for you.