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Love the eyes and fur Dawn. When asked to do a pet I like to see them for myself and take my own photos but I’m aware that this isn’t always possible. Maybe have a look at Pinterest or similar sites to see if you can find a better photo that matches the animal you’re about to paint. I was asked to paint a dog that had recently died but the photo was appalling so I asked for better photos. Again, difficult if the painting is meant to be a surprise gift. You do extremely though so just carry on Dawn.

Yes, it's difficult when the source is a bad one but I like this a lot and it has a lovely loose quality to it.

lovely eyes, I like this because it is 'arty' rather than photographic, if you know what i mean. I sympathize with the bad photo issue, I did one recently with no photo and just a vague 'it looked a bit like this' greeting card! The dog had just died and it was to be a gift from my friend to the owners. To make it worse the owner was an artist!! In the end a photo was produced and it was well received.

Thank you Carole. I looked at similar cars to get the ears cos they were closed off on the original photo.

Thank you Heather.

Thank you Katy. I don't have the patience for hyper realism! Glad you got your photo in the end. I have a friend who won't paint anything unless she can take her own photos with full lighting set up.