People & family
Family & People Portraits, Hand-Painted From Your Photos
We paint people by hand from your photographs — families, couples, children, grandparents, memorial portraits, and people with their animals — in acrylic or oil on canvas, or charcoal, watercolour and pencil on paper, with a digital proof before anything ships.
Group portraits can be built from several photographs. Skin is painted in thin, warm layers with cool halftones so it reads as skin; darker skin tones are a specialty and our photo guide explains how to light them.
What we paint
Each page covers composition, sizes, photo advice and the questions people ask for that kind of portrait.
Family portraits
Hand-painted family group portraits from one photo or several combined, two to six people, in acrylic or oil. Sketch approval before painting, digital proof before shipping.
4 works →Parents & children
Hand-painted portraits of a parent with a child — mother and daughter, father and son, a parent with a baby — from one photo or two combined, in acrylic, oil, charcoal or pencil.
3 works →Grandparents & grandchildren
Hand-painted portraits of grandparents with grandchildren from your photographs, including a grandparent who has passed painted with a grandchild they never met, from separate photos combined.
1 work →Couple portraits
Hand-painted portraits of couples from your photograph in acrylic, oil, charcoal or pencil — engagement, anniversary and everyday photos, or two photos combined. Digital proof before shipping.
7 works →Wedding portraits
Hand-painted wedding portraits from your photographer's photographs — the first dance, the portrait at the venue, the couple with the dog — in acrylic, oil, charcoal or watercolour. Proof before shipping.
3 works →Children & babies
Hand-painted portraits of children and babies from your photographs, painted at the age in the photo with the softness of the skin and the light in the eyes kept exact. Acrylic, oil, charcoal or pencil.
4 works →Individual portraits
A hand-painted portrait of one person from a photograph — for a study, an office, a retirement, a self-portrait commission or a gift — in acrylic, oil, charcoal, watercolour or pencil.
16 works →Memorial portraits
Hand-painted memorial portraits of a parent, partner, child or friend who has passed, from old, faded or combined photographs, at the age you choose. Unhurried, with a digital proof before shipping.
1 work →People with their pets
Hand-painted portraits of a person or family with their dog, cat or horse, from one photo or separate photos combined at a consistent scale. Acrylic, oil, charcoal or pencil.
1 work →Combining photographs into one portrait
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You send the photographs — one per person is enough, more helps — and tell us who goes where.
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We draft the arrangement: scale, eye lines, lighting direction and clothing, and send a sketch.
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You approve or adjust the sketch. Only then does painting start.
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The finished painting is photographed under even and raking light and sent as a proof.
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You approve; we varnish, frame if ordered, crate and ship.
Facts
| Subjects | 1 to 6 in one painting; larger groups on request |
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| From | Your photographs, including scanned and old prints; several can be combined |
| Detail levels | Painterly · Refined · Hyperreal |
| Sizes | From 11 × 14 in for a single head to 40 × 60 in for a large group |
| Approval | Sketch of the arrangement, then a digital proof before shipping |
| Medium | Acrylic (default) or oil on canvas; charcoal, watercolour or pencil on paper — see the mediums |
| Pricing | By size, number of subjects, detail level and medium — quoted per order |
| Trade | Photographers and designers: trade pricing from one piece, series and project work |
Proof of hand
Real paint, real brushstrokes
Every piece is completed by one painter from start to finish — no assembly line. Below: a close-up crop of a finished painting, and a painter at work. Every image on this site is a photograph of real hand-painted work.
People portrait FAQ
Can you add someone who has passed away to a family portrait?
Yes. A grandparent, a parent or a sibling can be painted into a group from a separate, older photograph, matched for scale, age as you wish, and lighting. We send a sketch of the arrangement before painting and are careful and unhurried about it.
How do you paint skin so it looks like skin?
In thin, warm layers with the cool halftones left visible at the temples, the jaw and around the eyes. Skin painted as one flat warm colour looks like plastic; painted as warm and cool light over form, it looks alive. Darker skin tones are painted with the same range and need a photo in even light — see our photo guide.
Do you paint from old or damaged photographs?
Yes. Scanned prints, faded snapshots and damaged photographs are our daily work for memorial portraits. Send what you have; we tell you what detail level it supports before you commit.
How is a group portrait priced?
By size, number of subjects and detail level. A three-person group at 24 × 36 in is quoted differently from a single head study; we send a written quote before anything starts.
Do you paint people for photographers and businesses?
Yes. Wedding and portrait photographers order painted portraits from their own frames at trade pricing from one piece, one image or a season of them. See the trade page for photographers.
Ask about a family or people portrait
Tell us who is in the painting and send the photos. We reply with a size recommendation, a quote, and an honest note on what the photos will support.
Thank you — we have your inquiry.
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