Doggy portrait

An image of an eight-yearold girl standing proudly in her living room has gone viral after her mother uploaded it anonymously online. Holding a handpainted image of a dog, the caption explains her daughter ‘is painting pet portraits to raise money for the animal shelter’. Since seeing the snap, people have poured in requests for portraits of their dogs, rats, chickens and ferrets as strangers around the globe admire the girl’s artistic skills and big heart.