What is "Live Painting"
Live painting is a form of "Plein air" (outdoors) painting, which is perfect for capturing your special moment during the wedding. We will bring our own canvas and art supplies, to paint the scene of your choosing, in real-time, at your wedding.
How does it work?
BEFORE YOUR WEDDING
1. Inquire via our Booking Form to check our availability for your wedding date
2.Lock in your booking with a 30% deposit and signed contract
3. Set a time for a phone call consultaion. Here we will chat through your vision for the day and offer suggestions for the artwork. We will discuss elements such as setting, emotion, colour predferences and anything else which is important to you on your wedding day. Great care is taken to ensure together we design your dream painting.
4. 6 weeks before your wedding we will get in touch again to confirm all details for the day.
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THE WEDDING DAY
1. We arrive 90mins before your ceremony start time to plan the composition for the work. We will set up over two locations on the day, canapes and reception. The ceremony is all about you and we choose not detract from that special time. If it is a church ceremony we travel between church and reception.
2. Once the set up is complete we will snap the refernce photo for the painting. This will be either during the ceremony or at your private couples phooshoot. We can also attend your first look or location photoshoot to photograph the moment off site before returning to the venue.
3. Once the moment is photographed we will begin to sketch onto the canvas and begin your painting.
4. After 7 hours of live painting your painting will be complete (CLASSIC PACKAGE). All packages will be completed to a certain level on the day with recognisable faces in withing the first 3-4 hours. The finished on-the-day CLASSIC PACKAGE will be displayed on a complimentary easel on your gift table ready to take home. At the end of the night we will come and find you to show the painting before we leave, notifying your photographers and videographers.
AFTER YOUR WEDDING
1. For the PREMIUM and PLATINUM PACKAGES your painting will be taken back to our studio for extra details and framing (platinum). This will take 8-10 weeks as we use beautiful but slow drying oil paints.
2. Once the painting is finished we take a high resolution photograph, paint the edges and attach hanging wire. Then it is professionally packaged and delivered to you.
3. The PLATINUM PACKAGE includes custom framing. Once the painting is complete we will get in touch with frame colour options with digital mock ups to choose from. Once framed the work is then packaged and delivered to you.
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We would like the painting to be at the ceremony but the reception is at a different place. Do you travel between two locations on the day?
We travel between locations on your wedding day at no extra cost. The 7 hours of live painting is calculated from our time in front of your guests, which means the travel doesn't take away from our time painting on the day. If your ceremony is at a church earlier on in the day and there is larger gap- we just head to the reception location early.
What happens if we can not attend due to sickness or emergency?
One of the best things of being a pair of near identical sisters (in our painting capabilities) is that we can cover for each other when absolutely needed. We both have a maximum booking per month and great care is taken to avoid us both being booked the same day. In this way we can offer our couples peace of mind to know they are covered.
Do you travel insterstate?
Yes, we both travel anywhere in Australia! As we are based in Sydney the travel fee is between $1500- $2500 to cover flights with additional baggage for our easel and canvas, accomodation, transport from the airport to venue.
How long until we receive the painting?
Your beautiful artwork will be delivered to you between 10-12 weeks after the wedding. We pride ourselves on quality and only the best possible work will leave the studio. We package the work ourselves to ensure it's nice and safe and will courier deliver it to you free of charge!
Can we include other people and pets in the portrait?
Yes, we can add in additional people and pets! However as this adds significantly more painting time we charge an additional $200 per addition. This also applies to guests not present on the day, the only thing we require is photographs to work from.
Can we choose what moment to capture?
Yes, as soon as you make an enquiry we organise a time to have a consultation via a phone call. In this consultation we chat through your plans for the day, your dream wedding and discuss what the best moment to capture would be.
Is travel from the ceremony venue to the reception venue included?
Yes, all travel within Sydney is included in the price of the packages. Travel surcharges apply for locations outside of Sydney.