Portion of a dog portrait. Big black eyes stare out from a white-furred face.

MY DOG’S FOLLOWERS | PORTRAITS OF DOGS THAT FOLLOW MY DOG ON INSTAGRAM, @GUESSWITHSTICKS, AND OTHER DOGS TOO.

ABOUT THIS PROJECT | PRICING | ORDERING A PORTRAIT | AND OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION

ABOUT

My Dog’s Followers is an art project. For this series, I am painting portraits of dogs that follow my dog, Guess, on Instagram @guesswithsticks. I post the finished portraits to my other Instagram feed, @mydogsfollowers and tag the dog in question.

The original portraits are for sale. In some cases, the human behind the dog might like to purchase the original. However, if you see a painting of a dog you don’t know and you’d like to buy it, please drop me a line. I also accept commissions for portraits of any dog. Your dog needn’t have its own Instagram account. That would be silly. It doesn’t even have to be your dog. Heck, you can even purchase a portrait of my dog, Guess. She’s very cute and practically a C-list dog celebrity. You might enjoy having a meticulously painted portrait of her hanging in your home.

All commissioned portraits are painted in the style and format you see here. My service is unique in that it does not offer customization. All portraits are painted with gouache on an 8” x 10” or 10” x 12” sheet of paperboard.

Please email me at hello@carriewalker.ca for more information or to order a dog portrait.

PRICING

Portraits start at $325 USD, plus 5% GST and shipping. Prices are subject to change.

HOW TO ORDER

Portraits are based on photographs provided by you of your dog. In order to create the best portrait possible, I require high resolution, in-focus, close-up photos of your dog looking into the camera. Where possible, photograph your pooch outside and at eye level.

Please email your jpegs to hello@carriewalker.ca

OTHER IMPORTANT, ALBEIT PERHAPS REPETITIVE, INFORMATION

All portraits are painted of your dog face first on a sheet of black paperboard with gouache paints. Please refer to the gallery for examples. I do not offer any customization of portraits nor do I paint multiple dogs on a single sheet of paper. If you would like a portrait with a different angle, in a different style or at a different price, I’d be pleased to point you in the direction of another artist or you can google “commission dog portrait [insert style] [insert price].”

I offer a satisfaction guarantee. Upon completing your dog portrait, I will email you a jpeg of the portrait. At this time, you may request alterations to specific details. Only when, and if, you are satisfied will full payment be requested and the portrait shipped.

COPYRIGHT

Although you own the original portrait, as the artist, I retain the copyright and reproduction rights to the painting. I may use completed portraits in promotional materials such as postcards, on my website, social media and/or publications. You are free to post digital copies of the portrait to social media platforms with credit to Carrie Walker and/or @mydogsfollowers.

ABOUT THE MATERIALS

All portraits are painted with gouache on paperboard.

Gouache is a water soluble paint comprised of pigment suspended in a gluey binder. It tends to be more opaque than watercolour paints. I use the finest gouache available, made by M. Graham and Co. in West Linn, Oregon. The paints are made from pigment, honey and gum arabic. Northwest blackberry honey. That’s right. This paint has honey in it. I just realized that my paintings are not vegan.

The paperboard I use is Canson Mi-Tientes mount board. It’s comprised of a piece of Canson Mi-Tientes drawing paper laminated to a piece of Canson Conservation board. It’s made in France. I like it because it gives the drawing a bit more heft and makes it less fragile. Also, the moisture in paint can cause paper to buckle. If the paper is adhered to a board it won’t buckle.

TESTIMONIALS

Please visit my Instagram page @mydogsfollowers and check out my tags. There you can see pics of dogs with their portraits and read some comments about my work.

If you have any questions or to commission a portrait, please email me at hello@carriewalker.ca

 

 

This is a portrait of Quigley the corgi.
This is a painting of Nacho. A brown and white dog with an underbite.
This is a painting of Morty the misfit, a one-eyed chihuahua.
This is a portrait of Hiccup, a black and white, fuzzy dog with pink eyelids.
This is a painting of Stella, a stunning borzoi.
Katie is a scruffy haired mutt with one floppy ear.
This is Maeve, a grey shaggy dog who looks a little bit sad.
This is a portrait of a large headed dog named Fuzz. He has sad eyes. The portrait is painted in fine detail with gouache paint on black paper.
This is a portrait of a scruffy white dog with one floppy ear. It is painted in fine detail with gouache paint on black paper.
This is a portrait of a senior chihuahua named Blanche. It features her face painted in fine detail in gouache on black paper.
This is a portrait of a rat terrier named Gato. It features his face painted in fine detail in gouache on black paper.
This is a painting of the head of a smooth-coat white collie. The dog's name is Pippin. She has a tiny white diamond of fur on her forehead. This is where one must place kisses.
This is a portrait of a dog named Jillie. It is painted in gouache on black paper. Jillie is a white Pomeranian with alopecia. She has no fur on her body. She has cute giant white ears.
This is a painting of a dog's head. The dog has a curly white ruff and orange fur.
This is a portrait of a dog named Snortlette. He is a crop-earred pitbull with beautiful mottled brown fur.
A portrait of a grey whippet.
This portrait is of a pitbull named Otto. Otto is smooth-coated with grey and white fur and a pink muzzle
This portrait of Leena the doberman is sunk deep into the black of the paper.
This is a painting of a tiny puppy named Moby. He looks a little downcast.
This is a portrait of Moby as an adult. He has white fur with small brown spots.
A portrait of Fergus, a red and white, long-haired dachshund with blue eyes.
This is a portrait of Guess, the rat terrier. She loves to carry big sticks.
A portrait of a small dog with a bat-like face and an ear tattoo.
A portrait of Bosco. A famous dachshund who carries big sticks.
This is a painted portrait of Dexter, the rat terrier. Dexter has giant ears.
A portrait of Pippa, a medium-sized mixed mutt with gorgeous thick tan and black fur.
A portrait of Tizzy, a wire-haired terrier with a beautiful queenly ruffle.
This is a portrait of a soft, fuzzy, white and orange dog.
This is a portrait of a frizzy haired white and grey little dog.
This is a painted portrait of Luki, a saluki dog.
This is a painting of Sophie with her tongue hanging out. She is a chihuahua.
This is a portrait of Bear, a fuzzy blue heeler cross.