Portraits by Aleks
Colored Pencil Pet and Wildlife Portraits
Examples of reference photo and the resulting drawing...
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Colored Pencil Drawing Information: I turned to colored pencil after trying practically every other medium and have fallen in love with the detail and depth that I can achieve with them. My art has been collected throughout the United States as well as Canada and Japan. I work exclusively from photographs to create my vibrant, realistic images. I can create beautiful pet portraits from your photographs or, when possible, from photos I take myself. I also accept commissions for animals other than your own pets, such as wildlife, birds, marine life and so on. |
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also How to commission a drawing:
I work strictly from photographs, preferably digital photos so that I can enlarge them to see detail as needed. I prefer to take my own but obviously that will not always be possible online. I can create beautiful portraits from photographs that are emailed to me including combining several pets or animals into a single portrait as seen above. If you are interested in a drawing, please contact me by email or messenger on Facebook or Instagram and we will discuss what you would like, the specifics and the cost.
Once everything is agreeable, you will email me a small number of photos and will fill out a client information sheet that I provide you. We will both sign an agreement to assure all services and payments that have been agreed on will be met. The drawing will be completed within 4 weeks and shipped, insured, (or given) to you.
I require a non-refundable deposit amount of 30% of the total price and the remaining 70% as well as any additional fees (see below) will be paid at the completion of the drawing.
Reference photos:
Reference photos are incredibly important since they are all I have to go on with your drawing. I require a high resolution, in focus photograph to work from and there are some photos I simply can not work from be they too blurry, a bad angle, poor lighting, too small and so on.
I understand that many people have photos in mind that they would like for me to use but sometimes that is not possible and I have to pre-approve every reference photo. It also helps to have one specific photo to work from as well as several photos of details (eyes, hairs, fur color, etc) to get the best drawing possible.
If you'd prefer to take new photos for the portrait, I can send you directions with details on how to get the best shot possible and samples of good and bad photos and can walk you through more information and detail if you so desire.
If you have your heart set on a specific photo I will take a look at it but I can not guarantee that it will be usable.
I may be able to work from an older photograph, or from a combination of older photographs, by doing some photo restoration work.
The fee for this work will be $25 to $50 depending on your photographs, but even with restoration, it may not be possible to draw from some photos.
The restoration fee is non-refundable, but you will receive digital copies of the restored photos.
Remember, the better the photo, the better the drawing.
I also do step-by-step blog posts of my current project on my Instagram and Facebook pages so you can watch your drawing come to life as I work – Click here to see examples.
I accept commissions for animals other than your own pets, such as wildlife, birds, marine life and so on. If you are looking for a specific animal other than your pet we can work together to to come up with the right reference photo for your portrait.
I accept paypal and other online payment methods. I require a deposit of 1/3 of the price at the start of the commission and the rest when the painting is complete. Please see below for more terms and conditions.
Keep in mind that while I try to make sure the sizes of the completed drawings are close to exact, they may actually be off by about an inch in either direction.
In addition to commissions I offer a variety of already completed drawings as well as notecards of my art work.
I work strictly from photographs, preferably digital photos so that I can enlarge them to see detail as needed. I prefer to take my own but obviously that will not always be possible online. I can create beautiful portraits from photographs that are emailed to me including combining several pets or animals into a single portrait as seen above. If you are interested in a drawing, please contact me by email or messenger on Facebook or Instagram and we will discuss what you would like, the specifics and the cost.
Once everything is agreeable, you will email me a small number of photos and will fill out a client information sheet that I provide you. We will both sign an agreement to assure all services and payments that have been agreed on will be met. The drawing will be completed within 4 weeks and shipped, insured, (or given) to you.
I require a non-refundable deposit amount of 30% of the total price and the remaining 70% as well as any additional fees (see below) will be paid at the completion of the drawing.
Reference photos:
Reference photos are incredibly important since they are all I have to go on with your drawing. I require a high resolution, in focus photograph to work from and there are some photos I simply can not work from be they too blurry, a bad angle, poor lighting, too small and so on.
I understand that many people have photos in mind that they would like for me to use but sometimes that is not possible and I have to pre-approve every reference photo. It also helps to have one specific photo to work from as well as several photos of details (eyes, hairs, fur color, etc) to get the best drawing possible.
If you'd prefer to take new photos for the portrait, I can send you directions with details on how to get the best shot possible and samples of good and bad photos and can walk you through more information and detail if you so desire.
If you have your heart set on a specific photo I will take a look at it but I can not guarantee that it will be usable.
I may be able to work from an older photograph, or from a combination of older photographs, by doing some photo restoration work.
The fee for this work will be $25 to $50 depending on your photographs, but even with restoration, it may not be possible to draw from some photos.
The restoration fee is non-refundable, but you will receive digital copies of the restored photos.
Remember, the better the photo, the better the drawing.
I also do step-by-step blog posts of my current project on my Instagram and Facebook pages so you can watch your drawing come to life as I work – Click here to see examples.
I accept commissions for animals other than your own pets, such as wildlife, birds, marine life and so on. If you are looking for a specific animal other than your pet we can work together to to come up with the right reference photo for your portrait.
I accept paypal and other online payment methods. I require a deposit of 1/3 of the price at the start of the commission and the rest when the painting is complete. Please see below for more terms and conditions.
Keep in mind that while I try to make sure the sizes of the completed drawings are close to exact, they may actually be off by about an inch in either direction.
In addition to commissions I offer a variety of already completed drawings as well as notecards of my art work.
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PRICE LIST
8″ x 10″ - $300.00 9″ x 12″ - $400.00 – My Preferred Size 11″ x 14″ - $500.00 Other sizes are available on request. When ordering, please keep in mind that each commission takes about 4 weeks from start to finish. |
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