A dog portrait in the Royal style
Velvet mantle, gold braid, a sash and deep crimson drapery — the regal pet portrait, painted with heavy impasto on the fabric, from $69.
What Royal does with a dog. Velvet mantle, gold braid, a sash and crimson drapery around a face and markings that are kept exactly. Only the clothes are invented. The braid and the fabric highlights are the most raised passages we print.
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 Royal 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.