Portrait Painting Blog

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Over the past several weeks, we have been contacted by several customers of Everly Originals.

I’ll be honest, I’ve never heard of this company before.  Apparently, they sold their product and service through the Home Shopping Network.  You can view there product on the HSN website.

According to several people that have emailed us, Everly Originals went out of business and they never got the product they were promised.  These unhappy customers are hesitant to do business with us because they are afraid we will go out of business.

I would like to ease some minds.  One, we have no intention of going out of business anytime soon.  Although we are only two years old, we are a strong company with a stronger reputation.  Second (and most important), you will never have to worry about losing your money because we don’t charge you for the painting until you approve it and it’s sent.

One last thing, Everly’s product is “Unframed Gicleé Print”.  This is not the same as a hand painted oil painting.  A gicleé print is a print – it is NOT a painting.  We offer paintings that are completely done by hand.  Our prices may seem high compared to other services, and that is the reason.