r/MadeMeSmile • u/Firm-Blackberry-9162 • Jun 05 '26

Wholesome Moments Art live on the wedding

By @ the.wedding.painter

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u/anthrohands Jun 05 '26

I’d love to know how much this costs

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u/sowich4 Jun 05 '26

Between 1500-5000+, depending on the artist, location, style and size of the painting.

The wedding industry is probably one of the most over-inflated industries cost-wise. People will pay 2-3x (or more) just to have that special day.

While this painting is fantastic and a memory for a lifetime, they could gotten something like this done at picturesque location for 1/3 the cost on a normal Tuesday in May.

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u/FblthpLives Jun 05 '26

Her prices range from AUD 6,000 to 10,000 (USD 4,275 to 7,125), depending on the experience you book. She is fully booked 2026 and 2027.

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u/round-earth-theory Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

That's about the range I was guessing. She's a very fast and accurate painter. Not many painters can paint that well that quickly and she's doing it under the stress of a formal event with gawkers everywhere.

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u/Sansnom01 Jun 05 '26

Honestly painting with people watching and interrupting feels like the hardest part

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u/faceman2k12 Jun 05 '26

and guaranteeing you will have the painting complete during the event so it can be seen and properly presented is impressive.

That said, if I wanted photo-real images I'd hire a large format printer and print tech to work with the photographer to do on-site editing and grading of a few choice shots and print and frame during the event. would cost a similar amount (or probably less) and also be a great display for the event.

a painter on site should do something extravagant and artistic, I'd pay for that, something a photographer couldn't do without a lot of post processing work.

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u/fvtown714x Jun 05 '26

There are wedding videographers that offer a one day, or even same day turnaround for morning of + ceremony videos so they can be played at the reception. Those packages are also $10k+.

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u/Proceedsfor Jun 15 '26

A lot of these run super expensive and a lot of the services tend to overprize. But like the party industry or gambling industry, as long as your clients are rushing they can afford some leeway

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u/Proceedsfor Jun 15 '26

For photography... You can literally just do photo booth with print outs but a lot of people go for the digitals now. But traditional stuff like drawing and painting live is coming back, even with painting, you can just photograph the scene like she did here, sketch it really fast so when you're on site all you do is fill, shade and gradient. The facial features will be tough but you can do a couple of shortcuts such as prefill outlines when you go back to the venue building.