Custom Portraits
Portraits from a photograph require you to carefully select a photo and then decide what you want to do with
it. You may have similar old photos with sentimental value you would like to turn into a piece of artwork as Tyrone's
Baby Picture and "Anna Gertrude With Doll" were. This can be done as charcoal drawings, in sepia
tones (browns) for an antique look or in full color such as "My Aunt Ruth" (C1, Portraits of People from a Photograph -- look
in Portrait Gallery). You must decide what you want to order to get a prestige portraits' look. You always must decide what
part of the photo you want to use, whether or not the photo is in color.
If you go into the gallery you will see prestige portraits ranging from infants and young children
to young adults and prestige senior portraits such as "Jammin'", "The Seamstress", and "Harvey". There is also a wide
range of skin color and ethnic background in the portraits. Often skin color is not true in a photograph and it needs to be
compared to the subject and clarified.
Size of the completed portraits for 1 head is 18" x 24", 2 heads, 19 1/2 x 25". Small sizes are available
on request
Prestige pet portraits are also available, see
"Pets" in Gallery.