Hand-drawn pencil portraits from Wervershoof

A memory that lasts forever.

With 30 years of experience, I draw portraits that don’t just look like your loved ones. They feel like them.

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  • Ready in 3–4 weeksFrom your photo to your door
  • 30 years of experiencePortraits drawn for three decades
  • Hand-drawn, never printedGraphite on quality paper
  • Price agreed up frontNo surprises afterwards

Who would you like drawn?

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Adults Adults Parents, grandparents, partners. Faces that tell a whole life. Children Children The years that go by too fast, kept on paper. Animals Animals Loyal companions, down to every whisker. Eyes Eyes A single gaze, drawn up close.
Ankie van Lier at work on a pencil portrait

About Ankie

“What I love most is capturing more than how someone looks. I want their personality, their warmth, their soul to shine through.”

I draw what matters most: children, parents, families, pets and even special places. Behind every portrait is the same reason, to hold on to love and memories that shouldn’t fade.

Ankie

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From your photo to a drawing on your wall

Every portrait is made to order, one at a time, by Ankie herself.

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    Share a photo

    Send the photo you love most, and tell me a little about who is in it.

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    We talk it through

    Together we choose the size and composition, and I give you a clear price and timing.

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    Drawn by hand

    I draw your portrait in graphite pencil, taking the time each face deserves.

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    Yours to keep

    Your finished portrait is carefully packed and delivered to you, ready to frame.

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My promise: your portrait will capture not just how they looked, but who they were. Their soul, their presence, their love.

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