Painting a portrait of your pet or favorite animal is always better to do from a photograph. The same choices of medium used are available for pets as with people. You can choose:
Pencil/charcoal on illustration board = starting at $325.00 (horses start $575.00)
Soft pastels on heavy duty velour paper = $650.00 (horses start at $875.00)
Oil on canvas = $1200.00 (horses start at $1425.00)
The "normal" size for pet portraits are 16"x20", 18"x 24", or 20"x24" although almost any size can be done upon request.