I need your picture to paint a portrait of your pet in oils on canvas

**nika** · 09-21-2006, 11:02 AM

Dear Friends,

We are a group of artists and we paint oil portraits of pets on canvas and we are looking for models to be on our gallery on e-bay. As we are very honest people, we don’t want to get pictures to be painted by us without the pet owner’s permission. Please, we are not asking you to buy anything, of course you can participate, we start with a very low price just because we love to paint these adorable faces.
If it’s OK with you, please send us an e-mail saying that we can use your picture to make an oil portrait of it, if you want to send more than one picture it's fine.
*Sending directly to my e-mail is better, so that I will not forget to send you a picture of the portrait when it is done.
Thanks a lot!
Nika
[email protected]

Please take a look at the attachment to see a beautiful sample of our work!

I just want to let you know that Karen gave me permission to participate on the bulletin board to ask for pictures of your pets, if you appreciate art, please we're welcome to send a picture.

Here's what Karen told me:

"Our bulletin board is a very active place. If you join that, and
post some examples or previous work you've done, people might
volunteer their pictures for your use ... try that."

Thanks to all!

**buttercup132** · 09-21-2006, 02:37 PM

You can use any of my pets!!!

As long as I can see the result. There are link in my siiggy to my pets

**coco-bean** · 09-21-2006, 02:47 PM

you cant paint my dogs...if i get them for free!!! im not going to pay to get a picture of my own dogs when i have a camera that is perfectly capable of doing the job just fine! you can sell it to whoever, but i want mine for free!

**buttercup132** · 09-21-2006, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by coco-bean

you cant paint my dogs...if i get them for free!!! im not going to pay to get a picture of my own dogs when i have a camera that is perfectly capable of doing the job just fine! you can sell it to whoever, but i want mine for free!

A camera takes pictures..a oil painting is ALOT different and ALOT nicer. Also I think you ment can not cant.

**coco-bean** · 09-21-2006, 02:50 PM

dont get me wrong, oil painting is nice, but im not going to pay for a copy for myself! I want my copy for FREE, i dont care who they sell it too, but i want a copy and i want it for free! My camera does just fine for me and if worse come to worse...ill use it! I mean i paid alot for my camera and if you cut me to the chase...ill use that camera until it works no more!! and i get to take those pictures...for FREE-it's pretty amazing!

**Kfamr** · 09-21-2006, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by coco-bean

you cant paint my dogs...if i get them for free!!! im not going to pay to get a picture of my own dogs when i have a camera that is perfectly capable of doing the job just fine! you can sell it to whoever, but i want mine for free!

I don't understand...

This person is an artist - who needs photos of animals as references. He/she will be painting your animals (if he/she chooses) in ARTWORK, not just a photo. He/she will put their hard work and talent into it - certainly not something I'd expect for "free."

Just my opinion, as an artist myself, and with many friends trying to make a living with their art. I wouldn't expect someone to give me a hand-out just for using my photos are a reference.

**coco-bean** · 09-21-2006, 02:55 PM

thats awesome that your an artist, but im cheap! im not going to pay for artwork unless i cant live without it or it's some special circumstance! i do just fine with pictures off my digital camera! and what i ment was...i give them permission to use my dogs for oil painting, but i only give them permission to use them if i get a picture for myself...for free! does that make sense? hope so!

**Kfamr** · 09-21-2006, 02:57 PM

Doesn't necessarily make sense to me, as I know how it is to be an "artist" (everyone's always wanting handouts) but, I suppose we'll just have to agree to disagree.

**coco-bean** · 09-21-2006, 03:04 PM

the only reason i aggree, also being cheap is i dont live with my parents...havent for a while now! i have bills..bills...bills...!! oh did i mention bills! i have medical bills, rent, vet, mediacome, utilities, car bills....just to name a few! i just dont have the money to spend it on artwork! thats all

**buttercup132** · 09-21-2006, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by coco-bean

the only reason i aggree, also being cheap is i dont live with my parents...havent for a while now! i have bills..bills...bills...!! oh did i mention bills! i have medical bills, rent, vet, mediacome, utilities, car bills....just to name a few! i just dont have the money to spend it on artwork! thats all

I think Kay pays for that all too...
And she has 3 dogs

**Kfamr** · 09-21-2006, 03:07 PM

We all have bills sweetheart, including myself (I pay for everything I own including everything for my 3 dogs) and I'm sure the original poster does as well - hence the reason they try to make money selling their artwork. THAT'S my point.

**coco-bean** · 09-21-2006, 03:08 PM

HEY HEY HEY...we should make a club on people who pay for everything and their boyfriends dont help! but anyways, i gotta go to work, bye

**BitsyNaceyDog** · 09-21-2006, 03:14 PM

You're welcome to use any of my pictures of my pets. I post all of my favorite pictures at http://blaix.com/kari . The only thing that I ask is that you let me know before you use any of them, you can PM me here.

**ComedyDevil** · 09-21-2006, 03:16 PM

I tried to email you like you asked, but you don't have that option enabled, so I've PM'd you instead. You're welcome to use any of my pictures, the links are in the PM i've sent you