Friends of mine got married a couple of years ago and had a live painting done. It was absolutely atrocious. The know it's a monstrosity but still display it over their fireplace (they appreciate that their friends paid for it).
I went to a wedding where the artist badly drew people on purpose, and it was advertised as such. It was a lot of fun. People would go sit at the artist's table and they'd chat with them while they sketched, and everyone got bad drawings as party favors. The same artist drew the bride and groom for the wedding invites.
The problem with calling it "talent" is it ignores the years of practice someone puts into building their skill to the level it is by ascribing it to something they were born with and didn't need to work to achieve, while also discouraging novices who assume their lack of skill is simply because they weren't born "talented" and can never achieve the same level as someone who is.
You can keep prevaricating and insisting on continuing to use the word "talented," but it reads as dismissive and the very people you're trying to compliment are going to bristle at it.
Iām SO SO grateful for you, I have been pushing this for years. I did not spend 20 years learning to draw to be called āso talentedā like I woke up like this š
I will look that up. It sounds like folks have different definitions of skill vs talent. I was just paying respect to their ability to accomplish something like thatĀ
This is definitely really well done, and fantastic preparation by the artist. This is hard work and they did an incredible job. (I know as I have done the same but itās very intense!!)
Yes. Itās often a prepared piece (decided beforehand what will be made), but the painting progress is done during the wedding. (There are always exceptions but generally this is what I have seen).
Itās very intense, the environment is difficult as people constantly take you out of concentration, sometimes itās hard to see for the artist (dimmed lights), and thereās a time limit. This artist is very good at her work, well prepared and can work in this busy environment. I applaud her for that.
Its really well done, i assume they make a little bit of a start in advance though, agree on the pose and stuff ?
Its nice how she idealised them a little bit subtly, too attractive people made to look a little fitter and taller, but just enough so that if someone see the picture in the future, they remember them that way too.
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u/Craig_E_W Jul 02 '25
I've seen a few live wedding paintings, and this is the best I've seen. I'd love to have had this at my wedding