Joe Stevens Design

S T I T C H
A4 watercolour pet portrait painting

R O S I E

memorial pet portrait 🌈

S I E R R A
A4 commission of the beautiful Sierra. Sierra was a rescue cat from New Jersey who sadly passed away last year - this commission was a surprise memorial gift for Sierra’s dad 🐈😻

T H E O
A5 commission of this adorable westie Theo. White fur is always super challenging but I enjoyed doing this one

This pet portrait commission was a Christmas present - it ended up being gifted early because she couldn’t wait to see her parents faces when they unwrapped it 🥰

P I P
Pip’s owner couldn’t choose between a full body portrait or a headshot so they ordered both!
It was great fun painting this lovely tabby 🐾🥰

P I P

A4 commission of the beautiful Pip. Such lovely markings to paint 🎨

Another portrait of the late Teddy - his owners decided they wanted two portraits of him 🐶 🐕 The first showing his handsome face and the second to capture his signature pose (2/2)

Here’s a memorial pet portrait I worked on a few months ago. The late Teddy 🐾

If you follow me on Instagram you’ll see that I’ve been taking part in the drawing challenge (creating an ink drawing everyday of October)… here are a few of the pieces I’ve created so far ✌🏻

Realised I hadn’t uploaded any pet portrait commissions for a while! 🐾Lots to share over the next few weeks!

Most of the time I’m asked to paint pet portraits, but occasionally I get something completely different commissioned like this Elvis keepsake drawing ✍️ Would love to do some more pencil work in the future - get in touch if you have an idea! 💡

‼ 6 days to go ‼ for the Southend-on-Sea Feel Good Festival 2022! 🎪💐

This FREE family event is perfect for entertaining the family this summer holidays.

Get everyone out of the house, bring a picnic and have some fun!

We can't wait to see you at Garon Park on Friday 19th August!

Visit our website for the full list of attractions:
🔗https://southend.everyonehealth.co.uk/feel-good-festival.../ to watch last year's fun! 📹

Save the date, Southend! 📅💜

We are so excited to announce that for the second year running, Everyone Health Southend are holding their very own 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 Feel Good Festival this 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤, and YOU’RE invited! 🎉

We cannot wait to get the community together and celebrate the feel-good power of all things health and wellbeing.

Keep your eyes peeled for more details in these upcoming months… 👀

We’d like to know, what makes you ? It may well be a feature at our festival. Let us know below 👇

Southend Council

I’ve made this original macaw painting available to purchase on my Etsy shop ☺️

Worldwide shipping available

So nice to see pet portraits in their new homes! How nice does this portrait of Brody look in its new frame 🥰

SOLD 🙏🙌
I’ve made this A4 original painting available to purchase over on my Etsy shop ✌🏻
Created on Watercolour paper using watercolour paint and drawing ink - see the process in my recent post

Enjoyed working in pencil for this little cutie’s portrait 🇺🇸

Stages of pet portrait illustration: create initial sketch, start building up layers, worry you’ve messed it up, contemplate starting over, finally see it coming together.. then repeat the process again for the second half of the picture 🤣

Meet little Pablo 👨‍🎨
Loved working on this portrait!
A4 watercolour painting on watercolour paper

… to start offering pet portraits! 🎨
I originally only created wildlife illustrations but was approached by a friend to create a pet portrait back in 2019. Fast forward a few months and I, very hesitantly, started offering custom illustrations and pet portraits and I’m so glad I did.
I now offer watercolour and ink illustrations of pets, people (sometimes a combo of the two) and wildlife ✌🏻

I have also started to offer graphite pencil as an option too!

3 things…
That I need to create a pet portrait 🎨
1. Adorable pet
2. High quality photograph
3. Netflix

Whitney the tabby cat - here’s a little photo/painting side-by-side comparison
If you’re interested in getting your pet painted send me message! 🐾✍🏻

Occasionally I’m asked to create something which pushes me right out of my comfort zone - definitely no dogs or wildlife here! I’m so glad I took on this challenge of drawing in pencil, rather than painting with my usual drawing inks/watercolour✍🏻
Swipe for the finished portrait
❤️

👋🏻
I’m a pet portrait and wildlife artist based in Essex 🇬🇧 This little guy flew all the way to the USA recently 🇺🇸

Etsy.com/shop/JoeStevensDesign

I got a bit obsessed with drawing butterflies during last years so I thought I’d develop them into a butterfly print
Here’s a sneak peek of the print before I send it off to print ✌🏻