A recent commission completed for a client in London. She was looking for a medium sized drawing of her family dogs Fizzy and Bramble for her mum and dads wedding anniversary present. I always feel a little hesitant taking on pet portrait work as there is a history of it looking quite cheesy, so I counter that by planning the layout and selecting the best images with the client. I'm really happy with the way this commission turned out. Despite the images of the dogs being of different sizes I tried to weight them in a similar fashion and let the shapes mirror each other. Bring on more pet portraits!
I always place my drawings with plenty of white space so as to give the client and framers options when having the work framed. Also simply because it allows the work to breathe.