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Artist, Illustrator, Graphic Designer and Teacher from Lisbon, Portugal

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by Catarina Garcia

Live Wedding Painting

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What is Live Wedding Painting?

Live Wedding Painting is a unique way to capture the magic of your special day as it happens. An artist paints a chosen moment of your wedding—such as the ceremony, first dance, or reception—in real time, creating a beautiful work of art right before your guests’ eyes. By the end of the celebration, you’ll have a timeless, one-of-a-kind painting that preserves the atmosphere, emotions, and memories of your day forever.

How Does a Live Wedding Painting Unfold?

The process begins with choosing the perfect composition featuring the bride and groom—this sets the stage for the artwork. I take reference photos to capture key details, then continue painting live during the celebration so guests can enjoy watching the piece come to life in real time.

Throughout the event, I may also create quick sketches of guests, either live or later from photographs, offering a personal and memorable touch. By the end, you’ll have a unique painting that reflects both the atmosphere and emotions of your wedding day.

Live Wedding Painting

Roraine & Tyler – Live Wedding Painting

 

“Live wedding painting is more than art —

it’s your love story captured on canvas, unfolding in real time.”

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“As you celebrate, I paint the magic of your day — transforming the atmosphere

emotions, and details into a one-of-a-kind artwork you’ll treasure forever.”

Why Hire a Live Wedding Painter?

Photos capture how your wedding looked, but a painting captures how it felt. A professional artist creates a one-of-a-kind artwork that becomes both a keepsake and a centerpiece in your home. Unlike photos tucked away in albums, a live painting is a timeless heirloom you can treasure every day.

Available in Portugal and Beyond

I am based in Portugal and available to paint live at weddings throughout Lisbon, Porto, Coimbra, and other regions. For couples planning destination weddings, I also travel across Europe to capture your special day on canvas. Wherever your celebration takes place, I bring my easel, paints, and passion to create a timeless artwork you’ll treasure forever.

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If you’re looking for a professional artist painter,

for a live event, in Portugal, contact me for more details at

[email protected]

 

I can do it in acrylics (can add a oil layer after the wedding), watercolor and line sketch.

I’m also available to do paintings and drawings from pictures. Send me a message if interested.

About Me

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I am a professional fine artist (drawing and painting) and illustrator, passionate about transforming drawing into creations that bring beauty and meaning to everyday life.

My work seeks to bring poetry into the present, blending tradition with contemporary expression, exploring nature, and using drawing as a universal language.

When I am not drawing, I am probably experimenting with new techniques or imagining the next project.

Drawing portraits from observation is one of my main skills so you can count on me for that!

I have a degree in fine art – painting and a master in Drawing (Fbaul). Erasmus scholarship in Turin, Italy and an intensive drawing course at the Slade School of art, London. I have work published throughout the world and I’m represented by Trindade Gallery, Porto.

Other related wedding services:

Textile Design for Wedding | Ilustração Design Têxtil Casamento

Drawing for the groom’s jacket

with the love phases scenes.

Drawings for the wedding invitation.

In this case, the owl and the pussycat love story.