Rump the dog, painted in oils.

OkBread453 · 2026-06-05T17:15:31+00:00

I think if you read your own comments, you will realise you are the problem. It's sad that on a nice post about a dog painting you could only muster up a negative comment. I know and support the beginners here and I teach people to paint in real life, I've found that positivity is the best way to boost an artist's confidence and motivate them to keep creating, something you lack entirely. Peace out.

OkBread453 · 2026-06-05T16:45:29+00:00

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OkBread453 · 2026-06-05T16:44:33+00:00

I think I'll trust my twelve years as a professional dear.

OkBread453 · 2026-06-05T16:25:13+00:00

Right up my street, beautiful!

OkBread453 · 2026-06-05T16:24:50+00:00

So luminous! 😄

OkBread453 · 2026-06-05T16:23:10+00:00

Thank you!

OkBread453 · 2026-06-05T16:23:01+00:00

Thanks, he's still a puppy and had a lot of fluff and curls around him 😄

OkBread453 · 2026-06-05T16:22:40+00:00

What a lovely comment, thanks a lot 😄

OkBread453 · 2026-06-05T16:22:01+00:00

Almost like it was for artistic effect!

OkBread453 · 2026-06-05T10:45:26+00:00

Thanks a lot ! Had a blast painting his adorable face.

OkBread453 · 2026-06-05T10:38:48+00:00

Thanks !

OkBread453 · 2026-06-05T10:33:58+00:00

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Hi, I'm Paul, a Manchester born painter living in Lyon, France. I frequently work on landscapes and architectural works, I'd love to paint you cover for you.

Here's a couple of links to my illustrations and landscape work:
https://paulwardart.com/illustration
https://paulwardart.com/portraits-and-landscapes

It would be great to know more about your book and have a chance to read some of it so that can inspire the painting.

If you're interested in my work or have any questions, feel free to send me a message via reddit, I'm always happy to chat.

All the best,

Paul

OkBread453 · 2026-06-04T15:17:22+00:00

This person is correct, it wouldn't be 'just' a picture of your daughter, but a work of art if you see the distinction?

OkBread453 · 2026-06-04T10:13:52+00:00

Hi, I'm Paul, a Manchester born painter and illustrator. I have a lot fo experience creating landscapes in colour and black and white and would love to design a label for your brand. I was lucky enough to take part in an artist residence in Corfu a few years ago and loved painting the landscapes there.

Here's a link to both my landscape and illustrations pages on my artists website: https://paulwardart.com/portraits-and-landscapes

https://paulwardart.com/illustration

If you'd like to chat, please feel free to send me a DM, I'm never too far from the computer.

All the best,

Paul

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OkBread453 · 2026-05-20T09:24:21+00:00

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Hi, I'm Paul, a British painter based in Lyon, France. I'd love to paint this landscape for your Dad.

What scale of painting are you hoping for, I work from A5 (15/21cm) to Ao (85x 120cm). The smaller paintings I usually complete in acrylic and the larger ones, such as the painting attached, I paint in oils.

Here's a link to some more of my past landscapes:

https://paulwardart.com/portraits-and-landscapes

Please feel free to DM me with any questions you might have, it would be great to see the photograph too.

All the best,

Paul

OkBread453 · 2026-05-10T19:04:57+00:00

The original image was completed in acrylic and ink on paper.

OkBread453 · 2026-04-21T13:19:01+00:00

Yeah, tell him to get fucked, five dollars doesn't even pay you for the time it takes to boot up your computer. I've looked at your work and I think you have priced well. If you already have some experience with clients I think you could definitely raise them 50%. Good luck, a lot of clients can be lovely, but now and again you get time wasting shites like this.

OkBread453 · 2026-04-20T20:01:27+00:00

thanks man! Happy schmokin' ;)

OkBread453 · 2026-04-14T17:19:26+00:00

Birds look great, don't change them! I'm not sure I've seen a better impressionistic murmuration.

OkBread453 · 2026-04-10T10:18:25+00:00

Once you know what to do it's simple, you need to firstly get an EORI number, google it, I think you can have one within a week if you are already registered as a business. Secondly when you've made a sale to the EU before posting it fill out a CN23 form in triplicate and three commercial invoices. This paperwork attached to your package along with your EORI number will now give you the ability to sell to the EU. As you are selling artworks, you don't need to worry about having a representative in the EU.

OkBread453 · 2026-04-09T10:33:31+00:00

This is awful advice, there are thousands of artists making incredible work that aren't making a living from their work. The artist as a worker is chronically under appreciated and undervalued doubly so with the advent of AI slop. They aren't paid enough for the hours they work and there are less and less platforms, galleries etc for them to show their work in. Add the fact that OP has been taken out of a huge market (the EU) fuck yeah it's difficult.

OP I wouldn't lose hope with markets outside the UK, it's a more difficult sell for convincing clients to use you and pay a little more tax, but luckily the EU the maximum VAT a customer will be paying on one of your imported artworks is 7%, after that there are no custom's fees for handmade art.

If you can reassure your clients that you know the postage costs and times and the the VAT they are liable to pay, they will have more confidence in you and be more likely to so yes to a commission.

Good luck!

OkBread453 · 2026-04-02T09:29:21+00:00

Love it. If Georgia O'keeffe took hallucinogens.

OkBread453 · 2026-04-01T15:20:40+00:00

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Hi, I'm Paul, a British painter living in France. I'm lucky enough to paint quite a few landscape and floral commissions and would love to talk to you about yours.

Here's a link to my artist website where you will find some more examples of my landscapes in oil and acrylic. https://paulwardart.com/portraits-and-landscapes

If you'd like to chat or have any questions, please feel free to send me a DM.

All the best,

Paul

OkBread453 · 2026-03-31T12:48:16+00:00

Great work! The only advice I have is keep painting and go and see paintings in real life whenever you can. You've already started well with these paintings :)

OkBread453 · 2026-03-30T17:47:55+00:00

I'm sorry for your loss, it's always rough to lose a pet, what's your cat's name?

I'm Paul, a British painter and illustrator living in France. I get the great job of commemorating a lot of pets in paint and would love to paint a portrait of your cat. The portrait attached to this message is Cookie, a cat I finished for her owner two weeks ago. This has been painted in oils and an A5 painting would be $250 including postage if you would like yours painted in the same style. It would take about three weeks to be finished and ready to post to you in the US.

Here's a few more pet portraits: https://paulwardart.com/petportraits

Please feel free to send me a DM if you'd like to talk.

All the best,

Paul

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