Live Wedding Painting

By Caitlin

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Capturing the life and essence of your big day in a painting that will last a lifetime

 Why live wedding painting?

I'm guessing like most couples, you have a wonderful photographer capturing your wedding day – and that's fantastic! Photography beautifully documents every precious moment and detail.

But what if you could add another special way of documenting your big day? What if one perfect moment from your wedding could be transformed into a one-of-a-kind piece of art, delivered to your door perfectly framed and ready to hang?

That's where I come in!

As a live wedding painter, I create something truly unique alongside your photography. I attend your wedding to paint live in front of your guests, capturing not just how your day looked, but how it felt – the joy, the love, the magic – all preserved in careful brushstrokes.

The experience itself becomes part of your celebration. You and your guests can watch the painting come to life throughout the evening, seeing it transform from a simple sketch into a timeless piece of artwork that tells your story.

An original oil painting offers something photography cannot: texture, depth, and an artistic interpretation that's uniquely yours. While your photos will beautifully document every detail, your painting will capture the emotion and atmosphere in brushstrokes that no camera can replicate.

Years from now, when you look at your wedding painting, you'll not only remember how beautiful that moment was – you'll remember the excitement of watching it being created, the gasps from your guests as it took shape, and the magic of having an artist capture your love story in real time.

Wedding painting of bride and groom walking down the aisle in a church.
A painting of a bride and groom sharing a kiss outdoors. The bride is wearing a lace wedding dress and a floral crown in her long hair, while the groom is in a gray suit with a boutonniere. They are holding hands with their faces close together, surrounded by greenery and flowers.
A painting of a bride and groom in wedding attire, smiling and looking at each other inside a decorated room.

The Process

Each wedding will be slightly different as it depends on what part of the wedding you would like painting (ceremony, first look, staged couple shoot etc.)

Step 1: Your Consultation Call

Roughly a month before the wedding we will have a consultation call (or in person meet if you are local) to discuss the finer details like timings and plan for the painting. This is the time where we work out how I will fit seamlessly into your day. I want to hear about your vision, your style, and ideas for the painting. If you’re not sure what you want exactly, I can help to curate mood boards to fit with the aestetic that suits you. As your wedding approaches I will be regularly checking in so we’re both prepared. Venue changes? Timeline shifts? No problem, I adapt to your day.

A woman with long dark hair wearing a black dress with spaghetti straps and a butterfly hair clip is standing and watching a wedding ceremony at an outdoor garden. The ceremony is taking place under a decorated floral arch with guests seated on chairs on either side of a stone pathway, and the scene is lit by golden sunlight filtering through green trees.

Step 2: The Big Day Arrives

For whatever part of the wedding you decide that you want painting, I will arrive 1-2 hours before to set up my easel and start painting the background from life. In the key moments that you want to capture I will snap a few reference photos/videos to use later. I ensure to coordinate with you photographers/ videographers so that I don’t disrupt their shots.

A woman in a black dress holds a wooden palette in her left hand and a palette knife in her right hand, standing outdoors in front of an easel with a smartphone mounted on it, at sunset with string lights and trees in the background.

Step 3: The Painting Begins

After the moment has been captured I will typically relocate to the reception (if I’m not already there because the ceremony area is going to be turned around). First look and ceremony paintings work particularly well because as everyone gets pictures outside the venue, I can make my quick exit to the reception so that when everyone is arriving, I am already set up and painting.

Two women are painting a large portrait of a couple kissing on a canvas outdoors, with a chandelier hanging above them and a wooden arch decorated with fabric and plants in the background.

Step 5: Studio Perfection

At the end of the night I will reveal the painting to you before taking it back with me to the studio for touch-ups. The painting won’t be fully finished but my aim is to block in the most important parts live including capturing the feeling of the day in loose painterly brushstrokes, and then touch-up the details later. Your painting arrives professionally framed with your choice of frame and ready to hang!

Step 4: Live Magic Unfolds

Your painting becomes part of the entertainment and you and your guests can get involved too!

There’s an artist in all of us so guests can come up and add their own brushstrokes to the painting.

(if you trust them to ;))

Hear about others experiences!

  • wedding painting testimonial for live wedding painter

    "Caitlin truly exceeded our expectations! The painting perfectly captures our expressions and I could not have asked for more"

    Ailish & Øyvind

  • “You brought such aesthetic and style that is etherial and otherworldly and does justice to honor my culture and heritage"

    Selena Dinh

  • Five gold stars in a row with the words 5-star review written above

    "What can I say other than stunning, just breathtakingly stunning. The vibrancy and the level of detail are truly amazing. Than you so very much for the level of care you have put into this"

    James Maxwell

  • Five gold stars with the caption 'Excellent Service' above.

    "Absolutely Unreal!!"

    Jen & Callum