Live wedding art makes your day a magical experience! Allow Heather Griffin the honor of beautifully capturing a special moment from your day on her canvas. Your family and friends will be captivated in watching this process unfold and delighted by the opportunity to model for Heather during your wedding reception in fast sketches or fast watercolor paintings! Once your wedding day is done, your unique heirloom painting will continue to brighten your home through the years to come, and your guests will have their drawings/paintings as a souvenir of your fantastic event!
Every event painting is a custom experience! You may choose from a variety of unique art options to tailor the best package for you. Celebrate your engagement with an art and photography session during which the artist gets to really study you, in order to better express your love and personality in a painting. Commission a unique illustrative monogram, wedding logo, and event graphics to perfectly tie in the mood and theme of your wedding.
No matter the event, an artist on site is a delight which will entertain your guests. A live painter brings an elegant ambiance to a wedding ceremony. After your wedding canvas is begun, you also have the option to provide live watercolor sketch paintings or pen caricatures for your guests! The process of the wedding painting will be on display for your guests to view while the pose for their own individual sketch drawings. This novelty is always a hit!
Every event painting is a custom experience! You may choose from a variety of unique art options to tailor the best package for you. Celebrate your engagement with an art and photography session during which the artist gets to really study you, in order to better express your love and personality in a painting. Commission a unique illustrative monogram, wedding logo, and event graphics to perfectly tie in the mood and theme of your wedding.
Live wedding art packages include additional studio time for completion of wedding painting, since event time will be split between ceremony painting and reception sketches. During reception sketches, the ceremony art can be displayed as a “work in progress”.
Photography and 11″ x 14″ watercolor painting on paper by Heather Griffin
Live event paintings on canvas are done with either acrylic paint or oil paint — depending on location, timeline and preferred medium. Oil paintings require more time for drying. Acrylic paintings allow faster completion.
Display custom engagement artwork and bridal portrait painting to elevate your wedding reception to a new level of romantic sophistication. Include the novelty of live art to your rehearsal, bridal shower, or even bachelorette party! For those confident and adventure seeking, you can also commission a honeymoon boudoir painting, directed and photographed by the artist at the end of your wedding night, to be painted in her studio.
Oil painting on canvas by Heather Griffin
Planning Your Painting
Planning your unique painting begins well before your wedding day. Meet with the artist to share your love story, your styles, personalities, and determine which loved ones you want featured in your wedding painting. Wedding packages include engagement photography during an in-person meet and greet with the artist during the artist engagement session. This photography will be used for announcing the upcoming wedding on social media as well as creating a custom piece of engagement art that you may use for save-the-dates and display at the wedding.
During your artist visit you will explore painting ideas for composition, painting location, and what moment you want to feature in your wedding painting. If you want to add live guest sketches to your live wedding painting package, your canvas will probably show a moment from the ceremony. For those wanting the live painting of the canvas to get all the artist’s attention throughout the evening, you may also choose a moment from the wedding reception such as first dance! All the details will be considered and squared away with the artist prior to the actual event.
Painting Process
On the day of your wedding, Heather Griffin will arrive early to begin painting the background area of the canvas. She will set up her composition, match colors to the real life ambiance of your day, and photograph the key features of the ceremony/reception. [Photos will allow her to revisit all the fine details after the original moment has passed.]
Live painting will continue throughout the ceremony and reception. Paintings are typically refined and professionally photographed in the studio, after the event– unless a destination wedding calls for extra time to finalize on location. Wedding packages which feature both a wedding canvas and live guest sketches will include a much larger amount of time for detailing the canvas in the studio.
Watercolor sketch paintings are rendered quickly with light pencil, pen and watercolor on paper.
Location
Heather Griffin is based in Rowlett, TX, and provides live wedding painting for Dallas, Fort Worth and surrounding North Texas areas.
Destination Weddings
Not within driving distance of North Texas? Not a problem! Heather Griffin enjoys travel and will gladly come paint your event, even if that involves a road trip or airport adventure. Travel fees are will be determined based on location, venue, and the custom live art add-ons you would like included in your wedding weekend.
Oil on canvas live wedding painting by Heather Griffin
Anniversary Paintings
Even your wedding already passed, it is not too late to commission your own wedding painting! This is a fantastic option for anniversary gifts or spontaneous events only captured in snapshots which you want to honor with art and do more justice to the memory. Send Heather your favorite photos from the day and collaborate a vision to bring new life into the romantic moment.
Art Delivery
Local art pickup in Rowlett and Dallas Texas is free! The painting will be refined and professionally photographed after the event.
Timeline of completion for wedding paintings will vary depending on canvas size, the medium used, hours spent painting on location, and the amount of time available in the artist’s studio schedule.
Completion of live painting canvas average (Summer 2024, onward) is 2-4 months, varying pending canvas size/medium. Oil paintings take much longer for drying time. Wedding packages that include both canvas and sketches will require more studio time studio time to complete the canvas.
Completion of encore watercolor sketches: 3-6 weeks.
Every painting is a unique, original work of art and timelines vary accordingly. Please inquire about any specific deadlines prior to booking your event, to ensure studio time is available to complete the work within the desired timeframe.
Booking
To secure the date of your event, half of the package total is due as a nonrefundable deposit. Remainder is due 3 weeks prior to your event. Custom party packages also available which combine live event art, art gift commissions, photography, and/or design of event graphics or custom illustrative invitations!
Request availability and pricing for your event:
Live Wedding Painting for weekend events over a month away starts around $2700. Inquire directly to learn about current promotions and special discounts for weekday events.
Live Wedding Painting & Event Art
Live wedding art makes your day a magical experience! Allow Heather Griffin the honor of beautifully capturing a special moment from your day on her canvas. Your family and friends will be captivated in watching this process unfold and delighted by the opportunity to model for Heather during your wedding reception in fast sketches or fast watercolor paintings! Once your wedding day is done, your unique heirloom painting will continue to brighten your home through the years to come, and your guests will have their drawings/paintings as a souvenir of your fantastic event!
Every event painting is a custom experience! You may choose from a variety of unique art options to tailor the best package for you. Celebrate your engagement with an art and photography session during which the artist gets to really study you, in order to better express your love and personality in a painting. Commission a unique illustrative monogram, wedding logo, and event graphics to perfectly tie in the mood and theme of your wedding.
No matter the event, an artist on site is a delight which will entertain your guests. A live painter brings an elegant ambiance to a wedding ceremony. After your wedding canvas is begun, you also have the option to provide live watercolor sketch paintings or pen caricatures for your guests! The process of the wedding painting will be on display for your guests to view while the pose for their own individual sketch drawings. This novelty is always a hit!
Every event painting is a custom experience! You may choose from a variety of unique art options to tailor the best package for you. Celebrate your engagement with an art and photography session during which the artist gets to really study you, in order to better express your love and personality in a painting. Commission a unique illustrative monogram, wedding logo, and event graphics to perfectly tie in the mood and theme of your wedding.
Live wedding art packages include additional studio time for completion of wedding painting, since event time will be split between ceremony painting and reception sketches. During reception sketches, the ceremony art can be displayed as a “work in progress”.
Live event paintings on canvas are done with either acrylic paint or oil paint — depending on location, timeline and preferred medium. Oil paintings require more time for drying. Acrylic paintings allow faster completion.
Display custom engagement artwork and bridal portrait painting to elevate your wedding reception to a new level of romantic sophistication. Include the novelty of live art to your rehearsal, bridal shower, or even bachelorette party! For those confident and adventure seeking, you can also commission a honeymoon boudoir painting, directed and photographed by the artist at the end of your wedding night, to be painted in her studio.
Planning Your Painting
Planning your unique painting begins well before your wedding day. Meet with the artist to share your love story, your styles, personalities, and determine which loved ones you want featured in your wedding painting. Wedding packages include engagement photography during an in-person meet and greet with the artist during the artist engagement session. This photography will be used for announcing the upcoming wedding on social media as well as creating a custom piece of engagement art that you may use for save-the-dates and display at the wedding.
During your artist visit you will explore painting ideas for composition, painting location, and what moment you want to feature in your wedding painting. If you want to add live guest sketches to your live wedding painting package, your canvas will probably show a moment from the ceremony. For those wanting the live painting of the canvas to get all the artist’s attention throughout the evening, you may also choose a moment from the wedding reception such as first dance! All the details will be considered and squared away with the artist prior to the actual event.
Painting Process
On the day of your wedding, Heather Griffin will arrive early to begin painting the background area of the canvas. She will set up her composition, match colors to the real life ambiance of your day, and photograph the key features of the ceremony/reception. [Photos will allow her to revisit all the fine details after the original moment has passed.]
Live painting will continue throughout the ceremony and reception. Paintings are typically refined and professionally photographed in the studio, after the event– unless a destination wedding calls for extra time to finalize on location. Wedding packages which feature both a wedding canvas and live guest sketches will include a much larger amount of time for detailing the canvas in the studio.
Location
Heather Griffin is based in Rowlett, TX, and provides live wedding painting for Dallas, Fort Worth and surrounding North Texas areas.
Destination Weddings
Not within driving distance of North Texas? Not a problem! Heather Griffin enjoys travel and will gladly come paint your event, even if that involves a road trip or airport adventure. Travel fees are will be determined based on location, venue, and the custom live art add-ons you would like included in your wedding weekend.
Anniversary Paintings
Even your wedding already passed, it is not too late to commission your own wedding painting! This is a fantastic option for anniversary gifts or spontaneous events only captured in snapshots which you want to honor with art and do more justice to the memory. Send Heather your favorite photos from the day and collaborate a vision to bring new life into the romantic moment.
Art Delivery
Local art pickup in Rowlett and Dallas Texas is free! The painting will be refined and professionally photographed after the event.
Timeline of completion for wedding paintings will vary depending on canvas size, the medium used, hours spent painting on location, and the amount of time available in the artist’s studio schedule.
Completion of live painting canvas average (Summer 2024, onward) is 2-4 months, varying pending canvas size/medium. Oil paintings take much longer for drying time. Wedding packages that include both canvas and sketches will require more studio time studio time to complete the canvas.
Completion of encore watercolor sketches: 3-6 weeks.
Every painting is a unique, original work of art and timelines vary accordingly. Please inquire about any specific deadlines prior to booking your event, to ensure studio time is available to complete the work within the desired timeframe.
Booking
To secure the date of your event, half of the package total is due as a nonrefundable deposit. Remainder is due 3 weeks prior to your event. Custom party packages also available which combine live event art, art gift commissions, photography, and/or design of event graphics or custom illustrative invitations!
Request availability and pricing for your event:
Live Wedding Painting for weekend events over a month away starts around $2700. Inquire directly to learn about current promotions and special discounts for weekday events.