Hi, I'm Ruby Welstead, a professional portrait artist based in Leyland, Lancashire. I specialise in highly detailed, realistic coloured pencil drawings of animals, capturing not just their likeness, but their unique personality and character.
Each portrait is carefully hand drawn using professional, lightfast materials to ensure it will last a lifetime without fading. I work with a combination of Faber-Castell Polychromos, Caran d'ache luminance and Pablo pencils on Fabriano Artistico HP paper 640gsm, which is acid-free and of archival quality.
My love for animals, combined with over 10 years of experience specialising in pet portraits and wildlife art, is at the heart of what I do.
A custom pet portrait makes a truly special and personal gift for any occasion. To achieve the best possible result, I work from high quality reference photos- ideally clear, well-lit images where details are easy to see. I'm always happy to review your photos and let you know if they're suitable, and receiving multiple images can be really helpful for capturing your pets personality.
My love for animals, combined with over 10 years of experience specialising in pet portraits and wildlife art, is at the heart of what I do.
A custom pet portrait makes a truly special and personal gift for any occasion. To achieve the best possible result, I work from high quality reference photos- ideally clear, well-lit images where details are easy to see. I'm always happy to review your photos and let you know if they're suitable, and receiving multiple images can be really helpful for capturing your pets personality.
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"Ruby Welstead is not only a fantastic artist who's illustrations are impeccable, but she is professional and diligent. She kept me updated on the status of the drawing throughout the entire process and the end result was perfect. I would not hesitate to recommend her services to anyone." 
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"I had a portrait done of my dog (ozil) the enquiry through to completion was very professional, she shared frequent updates with me on how it was progressing and the end result was amazing! Super talented wildlife artist & would recommend to anyone who is thinking of having one done."
"I've just received the most beautiful and life like drawing (of the dog). It's a Christmas gift & I know the recipients will be over the moon with it. Ruby kept me up to date on all stages of drawing, sending me each stage to ponder as the drawing got near completion I was amazed at what a true likeness of the pet it is, especially his eyes. I recommend Ruby 100% if you want a true likeness of your pet. Many, many thanks for such a beautiful drawing."
"I've just received the most beautiful and life like drawing (of the dog). It's a Christmas gift & I know the recipients will be over the moon with it. Ruby kept me up to date on all stages of drawing, sending me each stage to ponder as the drawing got near completion I was amazed at what a true likeness of the pet it is, especially his eyes. I recommend Ruby 100% if you want a true likeness of your pet. Many, many thanks for such a beautiful drawing."
