Choosing your hand painted family or pet portrait shouldn't be a rushed decision, after all, you'll be wanting to cherish it for many years to come. So, before you rush in and order, ask yourself these five very important questions.

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Probably the most important decision you need to make. You see, each artist has been chosen for their varying specialties. Some preferring to use oils, some charcoals and pastels, others acrylics. Some like to paint human subjects, others animals or landscapes. So by clicking on, 'Meet The Artists' , you can meet each of the artists individually, view samples of their work and decide which of them best suits your needs.

Again, very important. As you'll see when browsing the individual portrait artists pages and samples of their work, the level of clarity and fine detail when using charcoals and pastels almost always exceeds oils and acrylics, in most cases near photo quality.

An oil or acrylic portrait will be painted on a stretched canvas, whereas a charcoal or pastel will be crafted onto a high quality heavy paper.

But, it's all down to individual taste at the end of the day, and whichever you choose you can rest assured it will be of the highest standard.

How much would we like to pay?

Like the age old saying goes, 'You only get what you pay for'. Our advice would be look at some similar high quality websites, see what they're offering and compare the 'Prices, Quality and Delivery Periods'.

But beware, some sites offering hand painted family portraits or pet portraits at around 150-250$, are using computer enhancement.

They scan your photo, print it onto the canvas, then paint over the image. A little like paint by numbers. Result; you're not getting hand painted family portraits after all.

Common sense really, can you imagine any artist worth his salt sitting for anywhere between 5 & 10 days crafting a masterpiece for 150$?

Again by visiting some other similar high quality websites, you may find the most talented work alone artists have huge waiting lists of up to 6 – 10 months.

Once you've chosen a high quality photo for us to work from, we can polish the fine details. For example, say you have a really lovely shot of your dog, but you don't like the background, just tell us what kind of background you'd like and we'll work to accommodate you. This obviously applies to all family portraits, but you really must choose a high definition photo, the clearer the photo, the more fine detail our artists can apply to the portrait. Once you place your order, we will keep in touch via e-mail until your portrait is complete, then we'll send you a photo image of the finished work for your final approval. This is very important to us, so if you're not completely satisfied we will endeavor to work on it until you are. Mind you, we don't get many complaints, just extremely satisfied customers.

And, just before leaving, we ask that you please visit our 'Charity Page' where you'll find that $20 from each commission, is donated by us to the, 'Baan Jing Jai', children's orphanage in Pattaya..

Jonnie & Wan

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