Commissions

Let me capture your family, but with an imaginative spin.

Hello!

Itā€™s so nice to have you here, Iā€™m guessing youā€™ve landed here because youā€™re thinking of having a bespoke watercolour painting created just for you? Well that would be my absolute pleasure! Before you get started though Iā€™ve put together some information to help you understand what it is I can do for youā€¦

I offer the following

watercolour imaginings of your beloved family members

Illustration services - corporate or personal

Lifelike Watercolour Pet Portraits

Since having my boys I've wanted to capture them in their little moments together, but photos never really get what I'm feeling, there's always one pulling a funny face or a dirty coffee cup left in the background. That's why I love painting them instead, I get to turn all that love and happiness I feel for them into a little conjuring. Romanticise the reality a little. Capture a phase of our life when the people I love so much are growing at such a rapid rate.

A Family Imagining

Watercolor painting of a girl walking with a dog, holding a basket of flowers, on textured paper, with painting supplies, a cup of coffee, a small vase with pink flowers, and reading glasses arranged on a wooden table.
Watercolor illustration of a young girl in a dress walking with two dogs, a purple flower, and a basket of flowers, viewed from behind against a plain background.

To create the best painting for you, high quality photos and videos are really helpful. Without these my job is harder and the painting will be much less accurate. The best way is to take the little oneā€™s for a walk and just video them walking along, playing - picking up sticks. If you can, crouch down and take the video from childrenā€™s height. It makes for a much better painting. The rest leave up to me, I can change clothes add in their favourite teddy - anything you like.

Painted on a beautifully textured cotton rag paper, these watercolours are not meant to be highly realistic but more illustrative.

Prices start from Ā£120 for one child.

A watercolour painting of a boy walking two dogs and a cat on a grassy field with a halo
A watercolor painting of two children on a white textured paper, one with blonde hair in a green outfit crawling on the floor, and the other with beige hair in an orange-brown sweater and green pants, stacking painted blocks with the numbers 1 and 2.
Watercolor painting of a girl with blonde hair walking a black dog, a white dog with a green ball, and a gray dog, on a wooden table with a cup of tea, a pink flower, watercolor palette, and glasses.
Watercolor painting of a child walking a dog, holding a basket and surrounded by autumn leaves and small flowers.
A watercolor painting of a woman and a child walking away, carrying branches. The painting is on a textured paper near a paint palette and a paintbrush.
A watercolor painting of a boy walking with a leash on three dogs on a piece of textured watercolor paper, with a watercolor palette in the background.

Illustrations - Commercial & Personal

A painting of green rain boots filled with flowers, with a pair of ballet shoes placed next to the boots, displayed beside a green watering can.

Illustration Commissions

Illustration Services

Do you have an idea, you think I can help with?

I would love too!

Anything from illustrations for a pub menu, to a line drawing sketch for your logo, to a painting of a daffodil for your hallway. I am looking to grow my portfolio in this department so will offer my services at a discounted rate. Please get in touch!

Watercolor painting supplies on a wooden table, including a palette with mixed paints, a sketchbook with a painting of a doorway decorated with flowers and potted plants, and a sheet with a painting of a bottle, a plant, and a glass with citrus slices, along with brushes.
Four illustrated sketches of different dog breeds, a cup of coffee on a wooden table, and a small potted plant.

Life-like Watercolour Pet Portaits

Watercolor painting of a white horse wearing a black bridle, with a red, white, and blue ribbon around its neck, against a white background.

Life like watercolour paintings of your beloved furry family members.

Pet Portraits

Painted directly from a photograph using watercolour on high quality cold pressed watercolour paper.

A more lifelike painting on finer whiter paper than my family illustrations. I work really hard using a pencil grid to accurately capture the likeness, I love bringing these fury beauties to life on paper. I only want to create the best possible painting for you so I will only work with high quality photos. Please bare this in mind when youā€™re thinking of commissioning.

Prices starting at Ā£180.

Watercolor painting of two dogs on watercolor paper, with watercolor paints and brushes on a white table
A watercolor painting of a male equestrian riding a brown horse, holding a blue ribbon with a red, white, and blue rosette, on a wooden tray with a potted plant nearby.
Four watercolor paintings of different dogs on a wooden floor. One painting depicts a black Labrador retriever, another a small brown puppy, another a Boston terrier lying down, and the fourth a Boston terrier with a collar and a bow tie. A paintbrus
A watercolor painting of two beagle dogs on a white sheet of paper on a wooden table, with some green plants in the foreground.
A black and white ink drawing of a dog with long, floppy ears, sitting on a wooden surface next to two potted plants with green leaves.

Letā€™s Work Togetherā€¦

Get in touch.

If youā€™re interested in a painting, or you have an idea you think I might be able to help with just send me an email using this form. Or if you want to attach photos you can email directly at hello@brookemarie.co.uk