A cat portrait in the Palette Knife style
Paint laid on with a knife in flat, ridged planes of high colour — the style that shows the raised surface best, from $69.
What Palette Knife does with a cat. The head is built from flat, ridged planes of colour laid on with a knife — the most texture of the six. Clear shapes win: a dog's head, a horse in profile. Fine detail is deliberately simplified; the markings are kept.
The photo. Window light, eyes open and level with the camera, a slight turn of the head. Cats rarely hold still, so take ten photos and upload the sharpest; the preview is free.
The size. 12×16 to 16×20 — cats suit smaller, jewel-like sizes on a dark ground; 24×36 if the cat is the room's main character.
How to start. Upload one photo and see it painted in Palette Knife free, in about fifteen seconds. Leave an email to see the other five styles and make up to three free adjustments. A person checks the full-resolution proof and you approve it before anything prints; if it isn't right, we repaint it free.