A dog portrait in the Heirloom style
Warm ochre and umber, controlled brushwork and glowing highlights — the look of a portrait handed down for a century, made from one phone photo, from $49.
What Heirloom does with a dog. The coat is painted in warm, blended strokes, with the boldest touches only where a painter would load the brush — the eyes, the wet nose, the lit side of the face — so the markings stay exactly where they are and the surroundings soften into a painted room.
The photo. Daylight, eyes in focus, taken at the dog's own eye level rather than from above. A three-quarter view paints better than straight on. For a black dog, skip the flash — the highlights do the work.
The size. 16×24 in a hallway or beside a bookshelf; 24×36 above the sofa. Big dogs look right big.
How to start. Upload one photo and see it painted in Heirloom free, in about 20 seconds. Your first three paintings are free; leave an email for as many more as you like, and change up to five details free. A person checks the full-resolution proof, and you see it before anything prints; if it isn't right, we repaint it until it is.