Featured Artwork: Small Portraits Including Two Recent Portraits
I painted Ginger’s and Fitz’s portraits late last summer and early autumn. Both were commissioned by the same person and were gifts to friends.
About these small portraits
Long ago I quit offering portraits 8″ x 10″ and smaller because no one wanted portraits that small. Recently I’ve had a few requests for these sizes, and I actually enjoy working on small portraits so I’m glad to oblige—and now I have a standard price for 5″ x 7″, 6″ x 8″, and 8″ x 10″. Unlike larger and more complex portraits which I prefer to discuss and estimate, these smaller portraits are more predictable.
5″ x 7″ Portraits
These can fit in a 5″ x 7″ frame, or in an 8″ x 10″ frame that comes with a mat, which I like a little better because it gives the portrait a little more space around the outside.
Above are examples of 5″ x 7″ portraits to give you an idea of what we can accomplish in a portrait that size.
A basic 5″ x 7″ portrait is $50 and includes:
- Subjects: One
- Color: black and white media such as charcoal, pencil, ink, or color media such as pastel, watercolor, colored pencil, etc.
- Background or objects: none but shading or colored paper
Available at additional cost:
- Add background to portrait: $25.00
- Mat and frame portrait: $25.00
- Ship small portrait: $15.00 .
6″ x 8″ Portraits
This size is a little larger than the 5″ x 7″ but I sometimes prefer it for being able to show just a little more detail because of the slight increase in size, but it’s still small enough, framed, to fit on a wall or even on an easel in most homes.
These can fit in an 8″ x 10″ frame but you’d need a mat, which I can provide for an extra $25,
Above are examples of 6″ x 8″ portraits with a variety of backgrounds.
A basic 6″ x 8″ portrait is $75 and includes:
- Subjects: One
- Color: full color media such as pastel, watercolor, colored pencil, etc.
- Background or objects: a color or colored paper or simple background, bed, blanket, toy, etc.
Available at additional cost:
- Add additional subject: $25.00
- Scenic or complicated background: $25.00
- Mat and frame portrait: $25.00
- Ship small portrait: $15.00
8″ x 10″ Portraits
A basic 8″ x 10″ portrait is $100 and includes:
- Subjects: Up to three
- Color: all media such as pencil, charcoal, ink, pastel, watercolor, colored pencil, etc.
- Background or objects: a color or colored paper or simple background
Available at additional cost:
- Add additional subject: $25.00
- Scenic or complicated background: $25.00
- Mat and frame portrait: $25.00
- Ship small portrait: $15.00
Read about other Commissioned Portraits and Featured Artwork
I also feature artwork which has not been commissioned, especially my paintings of my own cats. If you’d like to read more about artwork as I develop it, about my current portraits and art assignments and even historic portraits and paintings, I feature commissioned portrait or other piece of artwork on Wednesday. Choose the categories featured artwork.
Take a look at other portraits and read other stories
Read articles on The Creative Cat featuring current and past commissioned portraits.
Read about how I create commissioned portraits.
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Visit my website to see portraits of my cats, commissioned cats, commissioned dogs, people and a demonstration of how I put a portrait together from photos.
Download a Brochure
My brochure is an 8.5″ x 11″ two-page full-color PDF that half-folds when it’s all printed out, showing examples of portraits with an explanation of my process and basic costs.
Purchase a Gift Certificate
I offer gift certificates for portraits in any denomination beginning at $50.00, which is the basic cost of a small monochromatic portrait.
The certificate itself is 8.5″ x 11″ and features a collage of portrait images with the recipient’s and giver’s names, printed on parchment cover stock. The whole thing is packaged in a pocket folder and includes a brochure, a letter from me to the recipient and several business cards.The certificate package can be easily mailed or wrapped as a gift and shipped directly to your recipient.
I can also make it downloadable if you’re in a hurry.
Certificates are good for up to one year after issue.
You can purchase gift certificates here or from Portraits of Animals if you are also purchasing other animal-inspired merchandise.
I prefer to look over the work and price the portrait according to how much work will go into it, as described above, but you can either set a budget or get started by purchasing a certificate for yourself or as a gift.
Click here to read more about Commissioned Portrait Gift Certificates and order one if you are interested.
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Great Rescues Day Book:
Portraits, Rescue Stories, Holidays and Events, Essential Feline Information, All in One Book
Each month features one of my commissioned portraits of a feline or felines and their rescue story along with a kitty quote on the left page, and on the right page the month name with enough lines for all possible dates, with standard holidays and animal-themed observances and events. Great Rescues also includes a mini cat-care book illustrated with my drawings including information on finding strays or orphaned kittens, adopting for the first time or caring for a geriatric cat, a list of household toxins and toxic plants, or helping stray and feral cats and beginning with TNR.
Each book includes also 10 sheets of my “22 Cats” decorative notepaper with a collage of all the portraits in black and white so you can make your own notes or write special notes to friends.
The portraits in this book, collected as a series, won both a Certificate of Excellence and a Muse Medallion in the 2011 Cat Writers’ Association Annual Communication Contest, as well as the 22 Cats Notepaper mentioned below.
Copyright
All images and text used on this site are copyrighted to Bernadette E. Kazmarski unless otherwise noted and may not be used without my written permission, although links to your site are more than welcome and are shared. Please ask if you are interested in using and image or story in a print or internet publication. If you are interested in purchasing a print of an image or a product including it, check my animal and nature website Portraits of Animals to see if I have it available already. If you don’t find it there, visit Ordering Custom Artwork for more information on a custom greeting card, print or other item.
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Weekly schedule of features:
Sunday: Essays, Pet Loss, Poetry, The Artist’s Life
Monday: Adoptable Cats, TNR & Shelters
Tuesday: Rescue Stories
Wednesday: Commissioned Portrait or Featured Artwork
Thursday: New Merchandise
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Saturday: Your Backyard Wildlife Habitat, Living Green With Pets, Creating With Cats
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I love all of these. You are so talented.
Thank you, Ellen, and thanks for visiting!