Oil painting portraits from your photo
Oil tones, deep shadows and a burnished background. Made to look as though it has always hung in the house.
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Painted in the old way
Built on a dark toned ground with thin transparent glazes, so the underpainting glows through the shadows, and thicker opaque paint reserved for the lit planes of the face. A restrained earth palette — umber, ochre, lead white.
What it suits
Evening light, formal clothing, wedding photographs, and anyone who wants the portrait to look inherited rather than bought. It is the most theatrical style we offer.
Not the same as Digital Painting
Digital Painting is the contemporary commissioned-portrait look: brighter, more colour, visible modern brushwork. Classic is deliberately older and darker. If you want the photograph to feel like it was taken last year, choose Digital Painting.
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Common questions
How is my portrait made?
Your portrait is generated with AI image tools under human artistic direction, then checked by a person for likeness before it reaches you. It is not drawn by hand by a human artist, and we do not describe it as handmade.
When do I pay?
You pay when you place your order, through a secure Stripe checkout. We then make your portrait and email it to you, normally within 24 hours.
What do I receive?
A high-resolution digital file by email, ready to print or frame. Nothing physical is shipped, so there is no waiting on post and no delivery address to give.
What happens to my photograph?
It is stored privately while your portrait is made, and deleted once your artwork has been delivered. It is never published, shared, sold, or used to train any model.
Classic, from your photograph
Send it and your portrait is emailed within 24 hours.
Create a classic portrait