Paint Your First Pet Portrait in 5 Days

A free 5-day challenge designed to help you finish your first pet portrait, even if you’ve never painted one before.

✨ Join us live June 27–July 1 and paint alongside fellow artists inside our private Telegram community.

Daily lessons. About 20 minutes of painting a day. No experience required.

“Painting Charlie made me realize I could actually do this.”
– Nancy Powell
Student, 5 Day Pet Portrait Challenge

Paint Your First Pet Portrait in 5 Days

A free 5-day challenge designed to help you finish your first pet portrait, even if you’ve never painted one before.

Daily lessons. About 20 minutes of painting a day. No experience required.

“Painting Charlie made me realize I could actually do this.”

– Nancy Powell
Student, 5 Day Pet Portrait Challenge

Paint Your First Pet Portrait in 5 Days

A free 5-day challenge designed to help you finish your first pet portrait, even if you’ve never finished one before.

Daily lessons. About 20 minutes of painting a day. No experience required.

“Painting Charlie made me realize I could actually do this.”
– Nancy Powell
Student, 5 Day Pet Portrait Challenge

Over five days…

 Over five days, you’ll paint a dog portrait one simple section at a time.

Each day takes about 20 minutes
No experience needed. No overwhelm.
Just a clear process you can trust.

Over five days…

Over five days, you’ll paint a dog portrait one simple section at a time.
Each day takes about 20 minutes.
No experience needed. No overwhelm.
Just a clear process you can trust.

Over five days…

Over five days, you’ll paint a dog portrait one simple section at a time.
Each day takes about 20 minutes.
No experience needed. No overwhelm.
Just a clear process you can trust.

Inside the challenge, you’ll:

 Paint the eyes, nose, ears, face, and body—step by step
 Learn how to break a portrait into manageable sections
  Build confidence as you see your painting come to life
  Reconnect with your creativity in a calm, focused way
  Watch your painting slowly come to life, layer by layer

Inside the challenge, you’ll:

Paint the eyes, nose, ears, face, and body—step by step

Learn how to break a portrait into manageable sections

Build confidence as you see your painting come to life

Reconnect with your creativity in a calm, focused way

Watch your painting slowly come to life, layer by layer

Inside the challenge, you’ll:

Paint the eyes, nose, ears, face, and body—step by step

Learn how to break a portrait into manageable sections

Build confidence as you see your painting come to life

Reconnect with your creativity in a calm, focused way

  Watch your painting slowly come to life, layer by layer

Hi, I’m Erica

I’m a professional pet portrait painter specializing in soulful, emotionally realistic animal portraits collected by pet lovers around the world.

My work has been featured in The Washington Post and Martha Stewart Weddings, and over the years I’ve developed a layered painting process that helps artists create portraits that feel deeply alive.

Inside this free 5-day challenge, I’ll guide you through a simplified version of that process step by step.

Artist, Erica Eriksdotter, next to one of her pet portraits, a black dog on canvas.
Artist, Erica Eriksdotter, next to one of her pet portraits, a black dog on canvas.

Hi, I’m Erica

I’m a professional pet portrait painter specializing in soulful, emotionally realistic animal portraits collected by pet lovers around the world.

My work has been featured in The Washington Post and Martha Stewart Weddings, and over the years I’ve developed a layered painting process that helps artists create portraits that feel deeply alive.

Inside this free 5-day challenge, I’ll guide you through a simplified version of that process step by step.

Hi, I’m Erica

I’m a professional pet portrait painter specializing in soulful, emotionally realistic animal portraits collected by pet lovers around the world.

My work has been featured in The Washington Post and Martha Stewart Weddings, and over the years I’ve developed a layered painting process that helps artists create portraits that feel deeply alive.

Inside this free 5-day challenge, I’ll guide you through a simplified version of that process step by step.

Artist, Erica Eriksdotter, next to one of her pet portraits, a black dog on canvas.

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YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN ME ON

Logo of WJLA-TV Washington DC
Logo of Martha Stewart Weddings Magazine
Logo of The Washington Post
Logo of FOX 47 Lansing & Jackson
Logo of Washingtonian Magazine
Logo of My Modern Met
Logo of Style Me Pretty
Logo of Voice of America
Logo of Bridal Guide
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There’s something special about creating something with your hands again.

If you’ve been feeling the pull to paint, this is a beautiful place to begin.

There’s something special about creating something with your hands again.

If you’ve been feeling the pull to paint, this is a beautiful place to begin.

There’s something special about creating something with your hands again.

If you’ve been feeling the pull to paint, this is a beautiful place to begin.