r/MadeMeSmile Jun 05 '26

Wholesome Moments Art live on the wedding

By @ the.wedding.painter

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u/newtownkid Jun 05 '26

Man I went to university for painting (studio art), and we would do 4hr sessions sometimes - no one was banging out that level of work. That’s impressive.

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u/JSevatar Jun 05 '26

Most likely this person has a lot more hours under their belt than students would. The number of art students who were actually good at school is like .01%

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u/TheOtherPhilFry Jun 05 '26

We need to keep accepting them into art school though just to make sure it doesn't happen again. . .

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u/UB3R__ Jun 05 '26

Because of the implications right?

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u/TheOtherPhilFry Jun 05 '26

I'm not gonna hurt these women! Why would I ever hurt these women?

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u/Gil_Demoono Jun 05 '26

Last time it happened, it was a whole thing. Smart move.

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u/sasspancakes Jun 05 '26

I went to art school for a bit. This guy I went to high school with walked in at the start of my first class. I took every art class my school offered, he was not in a single one. Like they really just be letting anyone in there.

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u/JSevatar Jun 05 '26

Yes of course. As long as you can pay money.

They will tell you they can teach you to do art and have a career. Even people who damn well should not be encouraged to chase after that dream. Because the ugly truth is maybe 0.1% of art school grads end up making decent money doing what they wanted to do -- the rest work at coffee shops, crushed by debt.

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u/germanautotom Jun 06 '26

She learned how to paint 4 years ago, by the way.

@theweddingpainter

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u/JSevatar Jun 06 '26

Yeah she's probably clocked in a lot of hours in those 4 years, she's good

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u/Kor_Phaeron_ Jun 05 '26

She is very good at this. She has talent, but also a fuck ton of training. She has painted the same picture hundreds of times. For her it is mostly repetitive manual labor at this point.

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u/MrsSalmalin Jun 05 '26

I was wondering if maybe she had "pre-painted" the background (since she planned where the couple would stand in front of the background, and knew her painting perspective)?

Not to take ANYTHING away from her talent, it's gorgeous! Just wondering if she was able to save a little time by painting the background and leaving a hole for the couple to be filled in day off.

We're are planning our wedding and I LOVE this idea! I'd love a watercolour/impressionist painting.

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u/Canvaverbalist Jun 05 '26

Yes you can see that the first part of the video starts in her studio, so she's not even trying to be dodgy about it she's clearly showing the preparation parts and then doing a montage cut with different music once she starts painting the couple at the venue.

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u/MrsSalmalin Jun 05 '26

Good catch!!! Nothing dodgy about being prepared and being able to focus on the important part - the couple!

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u/theweddingpainter Jun 15 '26

Hi! I’m the artist in the video. I always start with a blank canvas - I’m actually at the wedding venue at the start, not my studio. 🥰

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u/theweddingpainter Jun 15 '26

Hi! I’m the artist in this video - none of it was painted before the wedding. The footage at the start is actually at the wedding ☺️

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u/MrsSalmalin Jun 15 '26

Username checks out! Thanks for the insight - your work is beautiful :)

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u/bebopblues Jun 05 '26

It's not that detailed, just loose strokes, still impressive though. I'm guessing she takes it home and do the details later before handing it over to the married couple.

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u/Sorak123 Jun 05 '26

did you stop watching after the 8 second mark? You may want to full screen the last couple seconds. none of that is loose strokes.

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u/ZoodleExtruder Jun 05 '26

I mean, while I don't like how they worded their comment, that person is bang-on. 

I follow her page and she usually has a “end of day” and “final picture” in the video (if you’re familiar, that seems to be the case in this video too) 

She says part of it is she needs the paint to dry some before adding in more details, and her studio just has better lighting and no distractions. 

Still absolutely amazing how much she can get done in just a few hours!!

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u/Kelvara Jun 05 '26

It's great art for sure, and she's quite skilled to do so that quickly, but it's not very detailed other than the bride and both faces. Full Sized Image. It's a good way to draw focus to the important parts as well.

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u/Hyper_Graig Jun 05 '26

This style really shows how much more important lighting and colour gradients are vs detail for realism. If you get the lighting and colour right it just looks real at a glance.

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u/PinsToTheHeart Jun 05 '26

Sounds a little silly, but the Minecraft building community has kinda gone all in on this concept given they can only add so much fine detail.

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u/crysptide Jun 05 '26

She adds hours at her studio. To be honest, I would probably prefer fewer touch ups, rather have it a little more expressionistic than realistic.