A dog 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 dog. 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. 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 raised highlights do the work.
The size. 16×20 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 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.