Some people are intimidated with the artistic process and there is no need to be! There is no "magic" in the creation of a portrait - but there are a lot of decisions that need to be made in collaboration with the painters and the client. Here are a few tips to make sure that the process is fun and that you get the result you want at the end.
1) The first rule in commissioning a painting is to understand your role as the client. A commissioned portrait is a different process than when an artist creates a work independently and the artist's main goal is to make YOU happy - not to create his/her magnum opus.