Custom Pekingese Portrait Made From Your Photo

What makes Pekingese portraits special?

A Pekingese portrait depends on getting the stance right as much as the face. The front legs are noticeably bowed and the body sits low and heavy, and that structure, together with the rolling gait it produces, separates the breed from the leaner, straighter-legged Shih Tzu it is often confused with.

The mane over the neck and shoulders is the breed's signature feature, and it needs real volume and thickness rather than reading as simply a long coat. Historically bred to resemble a small lion, the mane is doing a lot of the work in making that resemblance land.

Coat color ranges widely, from the traditional red and gold to black and tan, cream, white, and particolor, and each shifts how the mane and feathering catch light. We work from your dog's actual color rather than defaulting to the most commonly seen golden coat.

Watercolor suits the coat's volume, and oil painting gives the flat face and bowed legs proper weight. Surrealist is worth considering too, this is a breed with a thousand years of imperial history behind it, kept as a sacred companion in the Chinese court long before it reached the West.

A Pekingese who shares the house with another pet can share the canvas too: portraits of two or more pets are painted from separate photos.

Pekingese Portrait Examples

The examples below are custom pekingese portraits made from customer photos. Order yours as a watercolor, oil painting, pencil sketch, pop art, surrealist, or anime pekingese portrait, delivered as a high-resolution digital file or printed canvas wall art.

Pekingese

Watercolor

Frequently Asked Questions About Pekingese Portraits