Reviews from November 2013
“I was completely delighted with the hand-drawn pastel portrait that Andrea produced of my parents’ Cairn Terrier, Lucy. I had been struggling to think of a suitable Christmas present for my parents, and being able to give them such a beautiful and personal piece of artwork was wonderful. They were so delighted with the likeness achieved and the picture now hangs in pride of place in their sitting room.
Dealing with Andrea was a pleasure throughout.. she was patient and extremely helpful and I have no hesitation in recommending her if you are considering a pet portrait. Huge thanks Andrea!”
“Victor was a loving, adorable, and vocal rogue of a cat, who had a short life. We got him at the age of nine months and we totally spoiled him - and his sister Viv; he returned the favours with gifts of birds, mice and even a baby duck (who made it back to the lake safely!) When his life was cut abruptly short at five years old, we were devastated.
Andrea mentioned that she could recreate a memory in a hand drawn portrait from a photo, so I sent her some photos. I was blown away when I received the drawing. To say that it tugged at my heart strings is an understatement.
Although this may seem like a sad ‘testimonial’, it really is a happy one. We have the pictures of Victor, and Viv, hanging in our snug which is the main room we sit in and they look down on us from the fabulous drawings that Andrea did. So lifelike, so beautifully captured, and a great way to remember our treasured bundles of fur.”
“Andrea’s work is exceptional in that she manages to capture the real character of the animal. Working from fairly poor photographs of two dogs that are in the USA would challenge the best.
Andrea is better than the best and the finished ‘pawtrait’ was an absolute joy. To that end, I’m commissioning another.”
“I am pleased to say that Mungo is truly delighted . . . . . . . and says ‘thank you, it’s purrfect’.”
“Andrea creates high quality drawings of all sorts of images from photographs. In my case, a photo of our dog Minty was brought to life with a beautifully crafted hand drawn picture.
At very short notice, Andrea created a first class image in time for Christmas! I’m not in the dog house anymore!”
“Wow Andrea, what can I say? That is absolutely brilliant! I am totally gobsmacked - it’s fabulous!”
“Andrea has drawn a gorgeous picture of Bumble, our cocker spaniel, with great attention to detail showing all his markings and facial expression really well. She offers an excellent personal service and would definitely recommend her for any animal pictures.”
“I absolutely love the drawings that Andrea did for me. The first is of my precious baby Milo, who I tragically lost at just 7 months old. The drawing captures Milo`s gorgeous character so beautifully, and is the perfect way to remember my special boy. The second drawing is of our cheeky girl Chalbi which I gave to my husband as a wedding gift. Even though I wasn’t able to give Andrea a very good photograph of her (she is a little camera shy and quite hyper-active which makes it hard to take good face-on photos of her), Andrea did an amazing job of “Pawtraying” her and we are thrilled with the outcome! I will definitely be getting more Pawtraits done, the perfect gift which any animal lover would be delighted with!! Andrea is so talented :o)”
“Algie’s portrait looks amazing. Thank you so much - I love it!”
“Thanks a million for the lovely picture. It is absolutely amazing!!!! Thank you so much.”
“It is absolutely beautiful, I love it”
“Ruth loves her picture of Mabel. Thank you very much.”
“Our daughter had tears in her eyes when she opened her portrait of Hope. It was a lovely moment.
She adores it and has shown all the family.”
“There were tears when he opened his Christmas present.”
“Andrea has just completed the most ASTOUNDING picture of our wonderful Bengal cat, Flo! I wanted to get it as a Christmas present for our daughter and it is absolutely fantastic! When I have shown people the picture on my phone, they could not believe it was not a photo. You actually want to touch the picture it is so real. I have no doubt at all that Pawtraits is going to do brilliantly! Thank you SO much Andrea.”