Horse Portraits in Oils, Pencil and Pastel by Nick Beall

Commissioning a Horse Portrait

Your Horse Photos
If you are taking photos specifically for a horse portrait and you would like the portrait to be depicted without the tack, please try to take the photos without any tack or head collar on. It is very difficult to remove head collars or tack when painting, I like to get as close a representation of your horse as I possibly can and if the bit is changing the shape of the mouth, for instance, it would be very difficult to make up how it would look without it. Every horse is different, your horse is unique and so i need to make sure i paint your horse and not just any horse. Its often best to take as many photos as you can in an open field or a stable yard so that you are outside in the open air and this way you wont need to use flash.

Horse photos can be emailed in as high resolution as you have them, or you can send them to us on cd. If you have non digital pet photos you can either scan them or send us copies of them, please contact us for our studio address.

The Horse Composite
Once I have received your photos we will create you a composite on the computer as a kind of preliminary visual so that you can see how your portrait could look. This allows us to make sure that you are getting exact what you want form the portrait. Often we can remove backgrounds, put the horse into a difference scene, add two horses into the same scene and by creating a series of composite we can be sure to get everything right before I put pencil to paper or brush to canvas.

Horse Portrait Payment
Once we have arranged the composite with you, payment can be made in our online shop and you can either pay in full or a deposit. (overseas customers pay the remainder at that days currency exchange rate converted from sterling). Clients can also have their horse portrait framed with us, if you would like more information about our horse portrait framing service please visiting our framing section.

Horse Portraits in Progress
Once payment is made you will be added to our client list on our 'portraits in progress' blog. You will see our current list of commissions on the right hand side of the blog and as each portrait is completed clients can watch their name rise up the list.

The Final Scan of your Horse Portraits
Once I have completed your horse portrait, Melanie and myself will email you a scan or final photo of the image for your approval. You can then let us know whether you would like any changes made. This makes certain that all of my customers are 100% satisfied with their painting or drawing.

Framing Your Horse Portrait
If you have ordered a frame with your horse portrait we take your portrait to our local framer, she has a wide array of framed and mouldings to suit most styles and decor. This usually takes about a week and we will take photos of your portrait framed in our studio for you to see and to add to our website.

Delivery of your Horse Portrait
All of our portraits are sent via Special Delivery, or Global Priority for overseas portraits, they are well looked after on the journey and we can usually deliver within 3 to 5 days worldwide. Our horse portraits are packed using tried and tested methods we have developed over many years of packing pet portraits. We now have our packaging down to a fine art, and every pet portrait arrives in pristine condition.

If you would like to read more about our horse portrait commissioning process, we have a more in depth series of pages on our main pet portraits website which include a portrait guide giving details on our custom painting services, portrait styles, showing our traditional painting methods, a clients story - following a live pet art commission from start to finish, photography tips with our rescue dog Tom as the model for the photos, and a general pet art frequently asked questions page. We also offer a full Pet Portraits Gift Voucher Service too!

Don't hesitate to contact us at any time and we look forward to seeing your cat photos soon so we can create your very own horse painting!