From Photo to portraits of your pet are highly prized works of artFrom Photo to PortraitHere are two examples of your photo to dog portraits on canvas and water color paper. Photo Art Portraits Style, my most popular technique. I create each brushstroke by hand, without the use of a
filter, liquifying each pixel to produce a wonderful looking fine art portrait. It then can be printed on water color paper for the look and feel of a water color or digital oil painting. The main difference between photo art and
traditional painting is the process. An artist can arrange a painting in layers that can be edited until it is just right. The ability to undo and redo strokes frees the artist from a time consuming process and gets the painting to you in weeks rather than months. A digital painter must employ all the techniques and study of a traditional painter and do it all by hand.  
The final portrait of Tony the Schnauzer and two German Shepherds are shown here. Many backgrounds are available. Both of these paintings were special backgrounds that complemented the colors of the home. With these new highly layered works I elevate photo art to a fine art dog portraits. Here is a photo I took of Minnie. It was a surprise commissioned for a birthday. This is the type of photo to strive for. I took 30 photos with my digital camera to get this pose. 
Dogs and cats are difficult to photograph because they are like kids, they won’t sit still! | 
