Keith Aldred - Dog Portraits (Manchester, UK)

I trained as an illustrator at Manchester College of Art and Design, spending the major part of my degree studying wildlife, specialising in birds of prey.

I have been a professional illustrator for 37 years concentrating mainly on children's stories for television, dramas such as Sherlock Holmes, and Factual programmes . . . some of which (plus other work) appear on my 'some other work' web page.

I am now doing more and more private commission work especially of dogs and other pets.

Having had many varieties of pets ourselves when the children were young, we now have two Flatcoated Retrievers �Frankie� our 4 year old & 'Eddie' our 1 year old.

keith.aldred@ksa.f2s.com

Thank you for looking. If you are interested in a portrait just let me know the size you were thinking of. I normally paint the portraits 16x12 ins.approx. on A2 sized paper.

It usually takes me about two weeks to complete a portrait. It has to fit in around my regular illustration work, but I will always give you an approximate completion date (taking into account my other commitments).

You can either email me photographs or post them - most people email them, but don�t worry if you do post them I will look after them and return them by recorded delivery.

My portrait work is carried out in one of two ways, using different techniques:

Colour - I utilise a variety of media togeather - inks, watercolours and acrylic paint.

Black & White - I use oil based 'animation pencils' that give a rich feel to the artwork.

Thanks again for looking � Keith

PS � as always, if you are not satisfied with the artwork there is no commitment to buy.

For your dog portrait just provide me with a photograph or photographs of your dog.
keith.aldred@ksa.f2s.com .