Portraits--Can Sirius come back?

[nimbus1108]

No: HPFGUIDX 87328

greatlit2003 wrote: 
> I was wondering why more wizards don't create
> portraits of themselves. Why don't Sirius (and Lily
> and James) have portraits so  that they can be with
> Harry? If Phineas Nigellus and Sirius's mum  can still
> interact with others after death, why can't Sirius do
> the same?


Nimbus:  I can't tell you where I read this, and I can't support 
it, but somewhere I read that portraits are "alive" because the 
subjects put a part of themselves (fingernails, a hair from their 
head etc.) in the enchanted paint.