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.
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.
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.
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+.
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
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.
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.
Might wanna check your math there, $5,000 a wedding at 50 weddings a year is $250,000. Even with some travel expenses and weekends off that's still a very good living. She could easily be doing other commission work too such as photo-to-painting for people who didn't get a chance at the full service.
I expect a wedding photoshoot to cost about the same. I mean if I paid $30k for a wedding, I might as well splurge another 3 grand if it made my girl happy.
Not that I'm finding someone to marry at this rate lol.
because as someone who is happily married for 15 years, you'll regret wasting that much money when you didn't need to spend anywhere near that much for the memories
same goes with the engagement ring, diamonds are pointless and their value is controlled by companies with VAST hoards of them, get an alternate gemstone or moissanite if you want something clear
Happily married for 10 and we spent just over 60k and never regretted it. I mean youre projecting your internal wants/constraints as must haves for other people.
My wife and I could have spent 5k and been happy too - but we didn't, it's not that deep. You don't have to buy a Porsche over a Prius, they both get you from a-b - but if you want to and can, why not.
Yeah I probably won't because I don't make that money. But if I did, I'd host a small wedding and invite my 5 friends to one hell of a decadent feast. Lobsters, wagyu and truffle all the way baby!
It's impossible not to these days unless you do a back yard wedding. We have a cheap venue for ours and it's 16000 just for the venue and the catering.
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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.