Hello, a warm welcome to my website, my name is Daniella and I'm a pet portrait and wildlife artist based within west London. Merging together my two biggest passions art and animals.
From a very early age I have been developing my skill using primarily pencils as I slowly taught myself to draw, learning from art teachers and books over many years. Now as an adult I am able to share my talent with others whilst capturing each individual pet's personality using only pencils. As an animal lover myself I hope to create a treasured piece that will last a lifetime and will be cherished for many years to come.
Welcome
All my pet portraits are created through a commission basis for clients based only within the UK currently. I specialise in creating all types of pets, whether that be domestic household pets, farm animals and wildlife. I use the highest quality equipment and materials to produce the best bespoke portrait, hand drawn from start to finish.
I specifically use a pastel mat board as my choice of surface. Whilst using pencils as my primary medium, I use a range of branded pencils such as Caren Dache luminance, faber Castell and Pablos, using these materials enables me to achieve a high level of detail in all my portraits.
For any enquires regarding prices and sizes, please check my commission Info section, all you need to know about having your commissioned pet portrait is within that section of the website.
Do not hesitate to contact if you have any further questions in relation to pet portraits.
About Me
Commission Info
Price and Sizing
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18 - 24cm £200 - -
24 - 30cm £250 - -
30 - 40cm £300 £350 -
40 - 50cm £400 £450 £500
Sizes One Subject Two Subjects Three Subjects
Due to my highly detailed drawings, I require a high-quality reference photo to work from, as I need to make the portrait an accurate likeness to the original reference photo. You will need a good quality headshot of your pet; it is also important to capture the personality of your pet through their body language and expression. To capture the best photograph, I would recommend taking the photo beside a window with the natural light facing your pets face. Or preferably outdoors to achieve the best possible picture. And of course, the more detailed the photograph the better the drawing will be.
If you are at all unsure whether your picture is suitable, then please email me your pictures, so we can work together on the best solution and what pictures we can work with. As I may be able to offer some tips and advice.
However, if your pet is sadly no longer with us, then I absolutely understand that this can be difficult since you may only have a few photos to remember them by. I will try my very best to work with whatever photos you have.
Good Example
Similar to the last reference and the same subject, however this is a poorly taken photograph. Although it is a lovely picture this reference is NOT suitable to draw. In this picture, despite the natural sunlight, there is less of a sheen coming from the environment around the subject, since the cat's face is very dark and it is very difficult to see the colours in his eyes, as well as the photo being slightly grainy due to filters.
In the first reference photo it shows a clear headshot of the subject. Which is visible and easy to make out the direction of the fur, as the surrounding environment reflects many of the colours around this particular subject. It is also important for me as the artist to see the vibrant colours in the eyes, since this is of course the most important part of drawing for me personally, the photo must show where the natural light hits the subject, in this photo the eyes can be seen clearly.
Bad Example
Good Example
This photograph was taken in an outdoor environment, with plenty of natural light to reflect all the colours of the subject's fur, as for me I find it important use lots of unique colours to bring out the portrait and the pet's character which really brings life to a treasured portrait of a loved pet.
This photograph is of course very pretty with the background and Brillant how the subject is in full focus since the background is making the subject standout. But sadly, this would be a very difficult portrait to draw. This is because it is very hard to see the dog's features as the sunlight is shining from behind so makes the dog appear dark at the front. The eyes are also very dark in the photo so it would be very difficult to capture this pet's personality. If the subject was perhaps facing the sunlight, then I may have been able to see more of the features.
