Prunella’s work is very reasonably priced. For example a watercolour of 24 x 34 cms costs from €230. She can also work from high quality digital photos so distance is not a problem.
Instructions for taking photos
Take a digital photo of the view you want your painting to look like. Remember to include the top of the roof and the bottom of the house, as well as both ends of the house and the surrounding garden if applicable. I cant see what is not on the photo and I wouldn’t want to give your house the wrong chimney! You will need to take one on a dull day and another in sunshine. They must be very high quality. I need to zoom in on details and if all I can see are pixels, that’s not good. Don’t use a fish-eye lens – it distorts the lines of the house.
Then take some more photos of details of the house. Stand in the same spot as you did when taking your main photo and zoom in on the details, i.e. the door, windows, porch, trim, roof tiles, flowers, trees, etc. It is important that you stand in the same spot to keep the perspective the same. Include details of the garden surrounding the house if applicable.
If you can not get the entire house in one shot, stand with your feet still and move from the waist to the left or right to take the next photo. I can then fit them together.
Remember when you send them by email not to reduce the size. You could also put the photos on a CD and send them by snailmail.
Prices for watercolours
24 x 34 cms €230
30 x 40 cms €250
56 x 76 cms €500
Prices are for paintings done from digital photos or houses within ½ hour travelling time from The Hague.
When I have finished the painting you will receive a photograph of the finished work. Once approved and I have received payment, the finished painting will be sent by registered post if delivery is not possible due to distance.
Please contact Prunella Servatius-Hawke
at
houseportraits@planet.nl
or
van Alkemadelaan 354
2597AS The Hague
The Netherlands
Great web site!!
Congratulations, world fame is now around the corner …….
Come and exhibit at Amsterdam Jungle Art Gallery, Keizersgracht, favourable tariffs!
Congratulations Pru,
Well done, We love the site and the paintings on show.
Nice website, great paintings! I think a house portrait would make a very nice present for weddings or birthdays!
Loes
Hey Prunella, greetings out of the wilds. Aber nicht zu wild, Barbara and I sind im Deutschland, have been “im Kloster” for 3 weeks and now visiting friends in Freiburg, und Tubingen. Just asking “how are you feeling?” Also denn, en passant, wondering if there might be a chance to meet later this week. Still not sure where we will be, so this is really just a check to say hello, and what’s up? Strangely I was thinking of Bertie just this week when I passed a man. Why did I think that could be him?
Anyway we are heading north probably to Copenhagen, so if you do get this soon, LMK how things are. (sent@polka.co.za)
Friede und Freude,
Khotso,
Love,
Oliver