This package includes:
- 10 hours of painting time on your wedding day
- 50 guest portraits
- An A3 wedding painting
Please consider these additional costs:
- My assistant (£200 – advised for all but the smallest weddings)
- Travel (50p per mile, plus overnight fees between £100 and £200 for venues over 2 hours from London)
- More guests being painted from photos in the studio, if required
If you’ve been dreaming of a wedding painting but you also love the idea of guest portraits, I’m the man for the job – in fact I pioneered this combination of services at weddings in 2018, well before wedding illustration became a must-have trend!
As well as capturing you both in full colour and detail, I paint guests while they pose, meaning your friends and family also get to watch me at work, close up! It’s rare that you’ll find a live wedding illustrator this fast and engaging, so it’s always an attraction.
We’ll gradually build a gallery of guest portraits during your drinks reception, before you get your big wedding painting reveal on the dancefloor! By at the end of the night, around 50 of your guests will take home a unique memento of your unforgettable celebration.
For larger weddings, I can either bring a second artist from my team, or complete more portraits afterwards from photos.
To have a wedding painting and live guest portraits on the same day is one of the most unique wedding entertainment options out there, guaranteed to be of interest to every age and background. So why choose an experienced professional UK wedding illustrator over a cheap local artist doing faceless favours or, god forbid, some AI photobooth nonsense? Quite simply, to have a charismatic human expert performing on the day is top tier. If your guests have seen it before, it probably won’t have been this impressive.
When your guests go home with a beautiful portrait in their hands, stamped with the name and date of your wedding, you can be sure this is one bespoke wedding favour they’ll never forget.
I am faster than most live wedding portrait illustrators, and I always include faces. When painting my wedding guest portraits, I can capture 4 to 5 couples or 6 to 10 singles per hour, depending on the style and speed you request. Full length, detailed portraits are more suitable for smaller, more intimate parties, and for larger weddings, I can use a more minimal, head and shoulders style. Info and examples are available on request.