Cream cavapoo sitting beside its framed watercolour portrait

Watercolor Pet Portraitsin soft, loose color.

Two watercolor styles, the portrait and the floral crown. Upload one photo and see yours on the page before you order.

See my pet as art See how it works

  • See it before you pay

    Your finished portrait, on the page

  • Up to five new versions

    Free, until you love one

  • Free shipping to 30+ countries

    US, UK, Canada, Australia & Europe

  • Order more, save more

    10% off two, up to 20% off five

Watercolor pet portraits, two ways

  • Watercolor custom pet portrait

    Watercolor

    Loose color, soft edges, a clear face.

    From$139

    Create your watercolor portrait
  • Floral Crown custom pet portrait

    Floral Crown

    A botanical wreath in soft watercolor.

    From$139

    Create your floral crown portrait

How it works

From one photo to a framed portrait

Nothing is charged until you've seen it.

See the full process 

  1. Choose a style

    Ten of them, from classical oil to a single line.

  2. Upload one photo

    Daylight, eye level, both ears in the frame.

  3. See it before you pay

    The portrait appears on the page. Up to five tries, free.

  4. Printed near you

    Every order is checked before it goes to print, then delivered in 5–6 working days.

Pet portrait in soft watercolor style, a silver-grey Weimaraner with pale amber eyes

Why Solasframe

A commissioned portrait, without the wait

One of a kind
Made from their photo. No two are alike.
When you see it
Before you pay.
Changes
Up to five new versions, free.
Price
Shown up front, before you order.
Arrival
Printed near you, in 5–6 working days.

A traditional commission usually runs the other way: a deposit first, a price agreed after a consultation, limited revisions, and several weeks before the finished piece arrives.

Our promise

What you see is what you get

The portrait you choose on the page is the one we print, exactly as you saw it.

  • Printed as you approved it

    A high-resolution print file, made from the version you chose.

  • Checked before print

    Every order is checked before it goes to print.

  • Covered for 30 days

    Damaged, defective or not what you approved? Free reprint or refund.

Frequently asked questions

Your photo and the preview

What photo works best?
One clear photo of their face, taken front on at your pet's eye level rather than from standing height, with both ears fully inside the frame. Daylight rather than flash, and light coming from the side does more than flat front-on light, especially on a dark coat where the features can otherwise disappear into the fur. The face should fill a good part of the frame, with both eyes open and visible. It does not need to be a posed or professional photo.

Can I try more than one style or photo before I decide?
Yes, up to 5 free tries before you buy anything.

How are the portraits made?
Your photo is turned into artwork by an image model. You see the result on the page before you order, and every order is checked before it goes to print. Nobody paints or draws it by hand, and we will not pretend otherwise. The care goes into the likeness: markings, ear shape and face, which you compare with your own photo before you order.

What happens if the preview doesn't generate?
Try again. If it still doesn't work, contact us and we'll sort it out.

Is my photo stored securely, and for how long?
If you order, we keep your photo and the finished artwork for 90 days after delivery, so we can reprint if anything arrives damaged. After that both are deleted. If you generate a portrait and don't order, your photo is deleted after 7 days. You can ask us to delete your photo sooner at any time.

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Watercolor Pet Portraits

Does watercolor lose detail in the face?
That is the trade-off with this medium, and it is worth checking rather than assuming. Watercolor softens edges by design, which is the appeal, and a style that blurs edges can blur a face along with them. Look at the eyes and the muzzle in the generated portrait before you buy. If it has gone too soft, regenerate it or pick a style that holds a harder line.

Which coats work best in watercolor?
Lighter and mid-tone coats, where the colour can pool and thin without losing the animal. Cream, fawn, ginger and soft grey all do well. A very dark coat gives watercolor less to work with, since the effect depends on light passing through the colour rather than sitting on top of it.

What is the difference between the watercolor portrait and the floral crown?
Same medium, different composition. The watercolor portrait is the animal alone. The floral crown sets a botanical wreath around them in the same soft palette, which fills more of the frame and suits a larger size on a plain wall.

Orders and delivery

When am I charged?
At checkout, after you've seen your portrait and chosen the version you want. Generating and regenerating is free, and nothing is charged while you're deciding.

How long do production and delivery take?
Most orders are produced and delivered within 5-6 working days. Larger sizes and some destinations take longer.

Do you ship to my country?
We ship free to 33 countries: the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, most of Western Europe, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Israel and the Gulf states. The full list is in our shipping policy.

What happens if my frame or print arrives damaged?
Contact us within 30 days of delivery and we'll arrange a free reprint or a refund. Send photos of the damaged piece and the packaging it arrived in, including the outside of the box, before you throw anything away. That's what we need to process it quickly.
Framed watercolour portrait of a cream cavapoo on a plaster wall

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About Watercolor Pet Portraits

Watercolor does something to edges that no other style here does. Instead of a hard outline, the color bleeds and settles, pooling darker where it collects and thinning out to almost nothing at the margins. Light passes through it rather than sitting on top.

That softness is the appeal, and it is also the risk. A style that blurs edges can blur a face along with them. So the outline stays accurate even where the color runs loose around it, and you see exactly how it turned out before you decide to print it.

Two pieces here work in this medium. The watercolor portrait itself, which is the straightforward version, and the floral crown, which sets a botanical wreath around them in the same soft palette.

Printed to order on cotton canvas or as a framed fine-art poster, in black, dark wood or natural wood, from 30 x 40 cm up to 60 x 80 cm.

Works particularly well on lighter coats and in rooms that already lean soft.