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Family Portrait Paintings
Turn Your Family Photo Into a Masterpiece
Preserve Your Memories and Turn Photos into Heirlooms
A photograph captures a moment. A hand-painted family portrait turns that moment into something you can treasure for generations.
At Photo to Painting, our experienced artists transform your favourite family photograph into a unique, hand-painted work of art. Whether it's a portrait of your immediate family, several generations together, your children while they're still young, or a special family occasion, we create a painting that captures the people and memories that matter most to you.
Your photograph. Your family. A painting created especially for you.
Turn a Favourite Family Photograph Into Beautiful Family Portraits
We all have family photographs that mean more to us than an ordinary picture.
Perhaps it's a photograph of your children that reminds you of how quickly they grow up. Maybe it's a family holiday, a wedding, an anniversary, or a rare photograph where everyone is together.
Now imagine that photograph hanging on your wall as a beautiful piece of artwork.
A family portrait painting gives you a completely different way to preserve those memories. Rather than simply displaying another photograph, you can have your family's likeness captured by an artist and transformed into an original piece of art created especially for you.
It can become a focal point in your home, a treasured family keepsake, or a thoughtful and genuinely personal gift for someone special.
Your Family, Hand-Painted by a Real Artist
Your family portrait isn't simply a photograph with a filter applied to it.
It is individually painted by hand by one of our artists.
Our artists have spent years developing their artistic skills and understanding how to recreate people, expressions, lighting and detail in paint.
Using your photograph as their reference, the artist carefully builds your portrait by hand, creating an artwork with the character and individuality of a genuine painting.
This is what makes a hand-painted family portrait so special.
Every painting is unique because every family is unique.
From Family Photograph to Beautiful Family Painting
Creating your family portrait is simple.
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Choose Your Favourite Photo
Choose the family photo you'd like our artist to use. It doesn't need to be a professional photograph – some of the most meaningful family portraits come from everyday photographs that hold a special memory. If you can't find a photo with everyone in it, don't worry. Our designer can merge multiple photos together to create a perfect composition for your painting. -
Our Designer Creates a Mock-up of your Painting
Our designer will take your photo, (or photos) and create a mock-up of your painting for you to view in either the 'Photo Realistic' or 'Impressionism' painting styles, (or if you're not sure he will do both!). We will then show it to you so you can see the layout of your painting and suggest changes so that we can come up with your ideal painting. -
Pay the Deposit and Our Artist will Start Your Painting!
Only when you are 100% happy with the mock-up do you then complete your order, pay the deposit and our artist will start your painting. -
See Your Finished Artwork
When your painting is complete, we'll send you a photo of the finished artwork. If there is anything that doesn't look right, we will change this for you free of charge. We want you to be 100% happy with your painting, and only then do you pay the remaining balance. -
Receive Your Family Portrait
Once your painting is dry it will be shipped to you, (or stretched or framed if you wish), and then carefully packaged and delivered to you, ready to become a treasured part of your home.
Why choose us.
Free Design and Advice
Free advice and a free digital mock-up of your finished painting
Regular Updates
Once your painting is started, you can monitor its progress throughout
13 Years and counting
We have been making customers happy for 13 years!
High Quality
We use the best materials, and highly skilled artists
We offer the best value
We may not be the cheapest, but we believe we are the best, museum quality paintings at a very good price!
No hidden charges
No admin fees, No charge for changes, the price you see is the price you pay
More Than a Photograph – A Family Portrait to Treasure
Photographs are wonderful, but they can sometimes end up forgotten among hundreds of other pictures on a phone or computer.
A painting is different.
It has a presence.
It becomes something you see every day. Something that can remind you of a particular time in your family's life. Something that can eventually be passed down to your children and grandchildren.
A family painting can capture a moment that may never happen again – everyone together, the children still young, grandparents surrounded by their family, or loved ones sharing a special occasion.
Years from now, the photograph may simply be a memory.
The painting can become part of your family's story.
Family Portraits Created From Your Photos
We can create family portrait paintings from a wide variety of photos.
Your painting might be:
- A family portrait of your immediate family
- A portrait of parents and children
- A painting of several generations together
- Children or siblings
- Grandparents with their grandchildren
- A special occasion such as a wedding, anniversary or birthday
- A holiday that captures a special moment
- Your children while they're still young
- Your pets with the family
- A painting of a loved one that you want to preserve forever
Even if your photo isn't perfect, don't worry.
We understand that family photographs aren't always taken under perfect conditions. If there are distractions, unsuitable backgrounds or other elements you'd prefer to change, simply let us know and our designer will work with you to create a composition that works for your painting.
We will work with the photos you provide to create a beautiful piece of family artwork.
Why you can trust us.
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We are the UK's leading online 'photo to painting' company
Our artists are classically trained over 10 years.
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A Family Portrait Makes a Wonderful Gift
Looking for something truly personal for someone you love?
A family portrait painting can make a gift that is far more meaningful than something bought from a shop.
Imagine giving grandparents a painting of their children and grandchildren.
Or giving your parents a portrait of the family.
Or creating a painting of your own children that captures them at a particular stage of their lives.
It's a gift that doesn't just say "I bought you something."
It says:
"I wanted to preserve this moment because our family means so much to me."
And unlike many gifts, a family portrait can remain in the family for generations.
What Makes a Great Family Portrait?
The most important thing isn't necessarily having the perfect photograph.
It's having a photograph that means something to you.
A great family portrait captures more than people's faces. It captures a relationship, a memory and a moment in time.
Our artists carefully consider the composition, expressions, positioning and details of your photograph when creating your painting, helping to turn an important family memory into a piece of artwork you'll be proud to display.
See Examples of Our Family Portrait Paintings
Every painting we create is different because every photograph and every family is different.
Take a look through some of our completed family portrait paintings below to see how photographs can be transformed into beautiful works of art.
Your Photo Could Become a Family Portrait
You don't need to know anything about art to order a painting.
Simply choose a photograph that means something to you and let our artists do the rest.
Whether you're looking for a family portrait painting, a personalised family painting, or simply a beautiful way to preserve an important family memory, we'd love to create something special for you.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you paint a family portrait from a photograph?
Yes. Our family portrait paintings are created using your photograph as the reference for the artist. You can choose a photograph of your immediate family, several generations, children, grandparents or any other family group you'd like to have painted.
Does the painting really get painted by hand?
Yes it does. Your family portrait is individually painted by hand by one of our artists. It isn't simply a photo converted into a digital painting or printed onto canvas. Our paintings are painted by hand from a blank canvas so each painting is completely unique.
How much time does it take to paint a family portrait?
Our paintings take around a month from the date you place your order, until it is delivered to your door. The painting itself can take up to 2 weeks to complete, (depending upon the size that you order and how many people are in the painting) and there are a further 9 stages that the painting must go through until it is ready to be shipped. We do offer an express service which is about one week quicker than our standard service and is a cost of £15.
Choosing the right background for your family painting.
It may well be that you have a great photo of your family, but you are all sat in your living room with clutter all around and other photos on the walls. That's no problem as our designer can remove the background and place your family in a setting of your choice. Typically, we would use a plain tone used by a photo studio that isn't a stark colour, so provides interest but isn't a distraction. We will choose a colour that works well with the group, but if you have one in mind based upon the room where you painting will be hung, please let us know as we are happy to accommodate your wishes.
Adding a deceased loved one to your family portrait.
This is very popular, especially when bringing together people who are no longer with us from the older generation to be with new born children who they have never met. Just let us have the photos and our designer will add them in.
Personalise your family painting by adding some text.
Why not add some text to the foot of your painting? We can add the family name, the date when the occassion took place, or some words that have special meaning to you. Just let us know what you would like adding and our designer can add them. We can always tweak the size, colour and position of the text to suit.
How To Pick The Right Size For Your Family Portrait.
Picking the right size for your family portrait is an important decision that you want to get right. Our artist needs to be able to paint everyone accurately so please look at the following guide:
- 18" x 12" - Single Portrait or Two People Portrait
- 24" x 16" - 3 to 4 People Portrait
- 30" x 20" - 5 to 6 People
- 36" x 24" - 7 to 8 People
However, you can cut these figures in half if each person appears as a full body, rather than just their face. A good rule of thumb is to think that each head should be at least 2 inches on the canvas.
Do I have to have all my family members in one photo?
Not at all, and in fact the fact that we can create a perfect composition for you from many photos is one of the main reasons that our customers choose us. Just send us your favourite photos of everyone you want in your painting and our designer will merge them together into one image for you to view. We are happy to do this for you free of charge, with no deposit or commitement, (we are one of the few photo to painting company's that do this) as we want you to be able to see the layout of your painting before you spend a penny, and you can also make as many changes as you like until you are happy with how it looks.
It is worth bearing mind however that the success of this depends on how alike the source images are. For the best results, they need to be of a similar resolution and sharpness, similar lighting conditions, and most importantly the position of the viewer to the subject needs to be the same in all photos. For instance, you couldn’t combine an image where on one photo the viewer is looking down on the subject, and on another they are at eye level.
What if someone isn't smiling in my photo?
It is quite rare to take a photo where everyone is looking their best, but we can fix this. It may be that someone isn't smiling, or looking at the camera, or even holding something that you don't want. Our designer can change all these just let us know what you would like us to change. You may want to send in additional photos where you want to replace the head of one person from the group picture with one where they are looking good.
I don't want everyone that is in the photo in my painting.
This isn't a problem and happens more often that you think, (have a look at the 'Bluebell painting' above). We can remove anyone you don't want in the picture, whether it be a stranger in the background, or someone from your group that you don't want in your painting. Just let us know who to remove, and our designer will take them out of the image.
Create Your Family Portrait Today
There are photographs that we take because we want to remember a moment.
And then there are photographs that become part of our family's history.
Turn one of those photographs into something you can see, enjoy and treasure every day.
Have your favourite family photograph transformed into a beautiful hand-painted family portrait.
Start creating your painting today.