Recommendations for portrait commission

[Alexandra2]

I have a lovely photo of my son and husband which I would love to have painted as a Christmas gift. Can anyone recommend anyone locally who might do this? Many thanks 

[ed_pete]

I may well lead to nothing but you could try contacting the Dulwich Art Group, they have a lot of talented artists in their group and someone could be interested.

https://www.dulwichartgroup.co.uk/

[bidvid]

Hi Alexandra, I am an artist and I have friends who do portraits, both as commissions and otherwise. 

I would be happy to forward your details to them if you could fill in a couple of details about your requirements. I am writing here in case other people are curious about how to begin the commissioning process and what to have in mind at the beginning. 

What is your budget?

 How large would you like the work?

Do you have a particular medium in mind (oil, acrylic, canvas, board, paper)?

Do you know what style of painting you would like?

Timeframe? (this one is obvious as you want it for this Christmas)

Remember to keep in mind that materials may be an extra cost, Postage and framing will be an extra cost. 

All the best, 

Brigid