The Watercolour is the style our pilot reviewers picked most often. It works because it sits between the formal severity of an oil painting and the flat graphic of a line drawing - light, airy, with white paper bleeding into the edges of the wash. The pet's eyes and face are painted in slightly higher detail than the rest of the body, so the eye carries the likeness even though the form around it stays loose.
Pick this one if you want the portrait to live quietly in the room rather than announce itself. It belongs in light-filled bedrooms, modern interiors that lean Scandinavian, nurseries, anywhere the wall is already trying to be calm. Its soft palette settles into a wall better than any of the other styles, and the included digital file makes an unusually calm phone wallpaper too - the muted tones don't compete with icons the way a saturated portrait would.
It flatters light-coloured pets and soft-furred breeds most obviously - cream cats, golden retrievers, salukis, ragdolls, blue British shorthairs. The wash technique catches the gradient in fluffy or feathered coats in a way that photography rarely does. It also makes a natural memorial piece, with the soft edges carrying a gentleness the oil painting doesn't have. The file is rendered at 4,096×4,096 pixels - print-ready at A2 on matte or uncoated paper.
