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Tracey with her memorial dog portrait of Oscy created from photos

” Thanks you so very much Sue. There are no words to describe how truly thankful I am for what you have done.

You bought Oscar back to life. I cannot ever thank you enough!”

Tracey Lee

” The portrait has replaced our wedding photo in the lounge room . Having it makes us all feel like he’s alive and watching over everything we do still.”

Tracey

A colourful lifelike portrait of a dog painted from a photo

A framed colourful lifelike portrait of a dog painted from a photo

( The text Sue Linton is a watermark for the internet only and is not on the frame).

The first reference photo looked distorted

 

This photo wasn’t ideal as the flash had washed out his eyes but I fixed that in the portrait. I can do this but a good sharp , flattering photo with their eyes colourful and sharp will always give a better portrait. Although I don’t show every detail it’s the little things like eye colour and accents that really make a portrait come alive!

This photo looks more natural

The one I ended up using. This is much more flattering! His eyes and nose are at a similar angle and he is looking at you.

LHS -This is the original reference photo of Oscy.

 Because of where he is looking the photo looks  distorted . His eyes seem to be looking one way ( left) and his nose is  angled to the right!

I  did a sketch intending to fix this nose /eye distortion but then I found another photo where he was looking straight ahead .

This was much more flattering.It’s much easier to paint from a good photo . Watch out for distortions in your photos!

I can fix some distortions but it’s much better to have a good photo to start with.

This reference photo wasn’t ideal as the flash had washed out his eyes but I fixed that in the portrait. I can do this but a good sharp , flattering photo with his eyes sharp and colourful will always give a better portrait.

Although I don’t show every detail it’s the little things like eye colour and accents that really make a portrait come alive!