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Your regular candid photographs make wonderful portrait drawings - Sometimes people
feel they need to have expensive studio photographs for me to create a quality pencil portrait gift, but I think some of the best
pencil portraits I've done have been from regular snapshot photographs showing the child's more natural expressions.
If you have a photo that you like, but you don't like what's in the background, it's okay! I don't need to
draw the background, unless you specifically ask.
PRICES
Pencil portrait rates generally begin at $300 and go up, depending upon the number of subjects (people or pets)
in the portrait, and your specific requirements. Most are between $300 and $1,000. (All amounts are in United States Dollars.)
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Toddlers and Babies
Toddler and newborn baby portraits drawn in graphite pencil from your photographs. Siblings
can be drawn to show them at the same age (a fun way to show how alike they look!) I also can create keepsake
memorial portraits of babies for families suffering
the death of a child.
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Women - Pencil portraits of women, drawn from photograph
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Boys and Girls
Pencil portraits of girls and pencil portraits of boys drawn from photographs. I have created so many of these, I have lost count. I really love drawing children. I can combine
people from separate photographs together into an artwork - I can draw the whole family together, but I think an important thing to think about is that when the children are grown, they would each
like their own portrait to keep, so by having them drawn separately, you don't have to make the decision about which of your
children will inherit the piece.
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Animals and Pets
Pencil portraits can be drawn of your pet from a photo.
Cat portraits can be drawn black and white graphite pencil. Other types of beloved pets are welcome!
Portraits of your pet bird can also be commissioned. Here
is a pencil portrait drawing of an American Bald Eagle.
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Memorial and Funeral Portraits
Memorial and remembrance portraits to honor the life of a loved one. I create keepsake memorial portraits of babies for families suffering the death of their child, or portraits in memory of adult people or beloved pets. Some customers have hired me to draw memorial portraits as sympathy gifts.
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Family Portraits
Pencil portrait drawings of families, drawn from photo. Family Groupings (separate photos can be used by artist to create a combined portrait). You can
get a pencil portrait of a family. See also Mother and baby portraits. These make memorable gifts for Mother's Day and Grandparent's
Day.
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Celebrities & Personalities
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Age regression by pencil portrait
Artist can use person's current or earliest photographs to show the subject of the portrait as
they might have looked at a younger age. (age regression pencil portraits are especially useful for those who have been adopted or others who do not have any baby or childhood photos due to
damage, loss, etc.)
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Men
Pencil portraits of men drawn based on photo. These are great for personal gift giving but also can be used for corporate portraits.
Portraits can also be meaningful remembrance and keepsake items after the death of a loved one.
They're a special way to honor someone who is living too. You might want to see
some portraits of famous men who have been drawn using graphite pencil (black and white), like General Zhukov, Elvis Costello, and Rowan Atkinson ('Mr. Bean').
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Couples - Anniversary - Engagement - Wedding
Pencil portraits of couples are great gifts for weddings and to celebrate your anniversary. Because they are of course drawn on paper, they are popular for first anniversary gifts. I have also drawn these for wedding
engagement gifts. I've also drawn portraits that show married couples together as children, drawn from
separate childhood photos.
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Homes
Pencil portraits of your home drawn from a photograph of your house. A real estate drawing or house portrait a great way to remember the old
home place, an artistic record of where you have lived. Real estate professionals find them a memorable closing gift for their
clients. Other portraits to view are these examples of Lighthouses, Floral, Nature
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Seasonal and holiday
It's unique to have an original piece of art just for your family's holiday greeting cards.
Here is a Christmas Drawing for Greeting Card. You might want to commission a special design for your family or business greeting cards.
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Pen and Ink
I've decided to remove stipple and hedcut portraits from my offerings in order
to concentrate on my love of pencil portraits. Pen and ink portrait examples include this one of Martin Luther King Jr. in the stipple - pointillism- 'hedcut' style of portraiture best known for their use by the Wall Street Journal newspaper. Click on either of these links for recommendations of hedcut
artists,
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ACEO (Art Cards Editions & Originals)
ACEOs are miniature works of art, generally 2.5" x 3" - about the size of a sports trading card. They are great way
to collect original pieces of art without spending a fortune. From an artist's point of
view, I really enjoy these, because they allow me the freedom to explore different styles and mediums.
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