Pet Portraits

JO'S PET PORTRAITS

Jo works from your photos. Pet portraits can be done in various media: pencil, pastel (chalk), watercolor or acrylic on canvas. Other pets added to the picture for additional costs.
See prices for single pet below.

The Pet Portrait Artist
"We have an artist here!" the first grade teacher exclaimed to the teacher's aide after looking over the six-year-old's shoulder. Jo was working on her very first pet portrait--a brown crayon drawing of a horse on a piece of school-issued Manila paper. The skinny dark-haired first grader had just devised a budding art form that would become her special hallmark a half-century later. No one could have known then how intertwined her life would become with the two elements she had just spliced together--art and animals.

Jo works from your photos. Pet Portraits can be done in various media: pencil, pastel (chalk), watercolor or acrylic on canvas.

Tips for Taking Better Pet Photos

If possible, use natural lighting by photographing the pet outdoors. Position yourself so that the sun is behind or to your side.
Get down on the pet's level.
Get close to your pet. Remember that detail counts.
For multi-pet portraits, get all pets looking at the same thing. A helper may be necessary. If you can't manage all pets in the same photo, take them individually in the same location with the pets' eyes focusing on the same spot. Jo can arrange them into one portrait.
Good poses don't last, so be ready. Take more than one photo.

Unframed Prices for Single Pet Portrait – Shipping added when necessary.
Portrait Type Size Price Starts At
Black and white (pencil or charcoal) 8"X10" $45 plus tax
Full color (pastel) 8"X10" $75 plus tax
Full color (pastel) 11"X14" $125 plus tax
Full color (pastel) 16"X20" $175 plus tax
Multi-pet portraits Various sizes Add 50% to single
Prints of previous art also available. For questions about larger sizes contact Jo.
Art by Jo email jochapline@yahoo.com