Finding someone you love, commit to, and want to spend the rest of your life with is something worth celebrating and remembering. Whether it’s just an engagement party or a leading wedding event, your friends and family would all want to document the day to keep the memory locked in.
As the couple and chief celebrants of the occasion, the yearning to document every moment and highlight the best to make the event memorable usually falls on you. One of the many ways to capture the happiest moments from your engagement or wedding is through portrait painting.
In this article, let’s delve into highlight five ways to make your engagement and wedding memorable with the help of art:
- Convert a photograph into a painting.
- Turn a candid photo into a portrait.
- Make a painting of all your bridesmaids and groomsmen.
- A romantic painting of you and your partner.
- Live portrait painting.
Convert A Photograph Into A Painting
Making custom portraits from photos is one of the most used mediums for capturing a moment in a painting. However, if you feel painting during the event is risky or prefer a more structured affair, commission an artist to paint a portrait from your favourite event photo.
The photo doesn’t have to show you and your spouse alone. You’ll want it to be memorable and unique, so pick something that’s out of the ordinary, like a photo of everyone on the dancefloor having the time of their lives.
Alternatively, go with a moment where the audience played a game, and everyone was happy. Or, if there’s a photo showing everyone who attended your wedding, make original custom portraits with that instead.
If you prefer not to leave the decision to change, it’s best to choose the photo well ahead of the event day. That way, you’re not running around at a loss for the perfect photo after your wedding. Discuss with the photographer and event planner and execute with ease.
Turn A Candid Photo Into A Portrait
A candid photograph is an unplanned moment caught on camera, usually without the subject’s permission or knowledge. Some people even believe you can perceive what the subject is thinking or feeling at that moment and that it shows their most authentic form.
Because they’re unaware they’re being photographed, the subjects do not pose, put up a show or contort into what others might perceive to be a pleasing image. That’s what makes candid photos a marvel.
And guess what? To have a candid photo of you and your partner in a moment of love is divine, and one of the best options of pictures to paint? Now that’s something!
The key is hiring a photographer with a creative instinct to find the best moments and an artist who perfectly captures the exact moment with a flourishing eye. So even if you know the photographer is around, they’ll know the exact moment to get the best candid photo.
Make A Painting Of All Your Bridesmaids And Groomsmen
We’re sure you’ve admired those photos where the bridesmaids and groomsmen lined up looking happy for their friends. No doubt, if you’ve got that group at your wedding, you want those photos too.
You’ll get the usual photograph but then get creative and have a painting too. For example, if the artist is a digital painter, they could paint a digital landscape portrait from the photo you choose.
The best part about digital painting is that everyone in the group can get a copy of it without the artist having to paint the same thing multiple times. Where a hardcopy painting can’t go, digital art will go there.
For the painting idea, you can go simple with a painting of your bridesmaids and groomsmen standing together. Or go crazy with everyone striking a pose or scouring to catch the bride’s bouquet when she throws it. It’ll be a chaotic image, but it’s one you’ll love to pieces.
A Romantic Painting Of You And Your Partner
This is the painting that takes the cake. You and your better half are the stars of the show and this painting, so it has to be romantic, fun, lovely, cute, and every other emotion you can think of. It doesn’t have to be an exact rendition of a wedding photo, so splurge on this one.
Some ideas to try are a painting that shows you dancing crazily, cutting your cake, soiling each other’s faces with cake, playing a couple’s game, or sharing your first kiss as a married couple.
This idea also works for couples who couldn’t get engaged or married at their preferred venue. Simply ask the artist to incorporate your preferred location into the painting.
Let’s say you wanted a beach wedding or engagement but got elsewhere instead. Your unique wedding painting idea could be to paint you and your spouse sharing your first kiss as a married or soon-to-be-married couple but on a beach with a light breeze blowing.
Live Portrait Painting
Want to add more pizazz to your wedding or engagement party? Hire a portrait painter to paint a portrait live. It’s what’s in vogue at weddings, where a couple brings over an artist to paint a portrait during the event.
If you like surprises, you don’t even have to dictate the exact image of what the artist should capture. The secret sauce is in being spontaneous. Let them observe the mood, run wild, and give you a memorable surprise while you focus on enjoying this moment of your life.
Who knows? You might end up with the most beautiful image from your party. But, of course, all the photographs wouldn’t hold a candle to it.
Conclusion
An engagement or wedding is a meaningful and memorable moment in someone’s life. It’s an event that you’ll want to remember for the rest of your life, especially if you genuinely love your partner.
Try these painting suggestions in this article to make it more unique and capture those romantic moments that are sure to occur. You’ll have the most unforgettable event, and your partner will love you even more.
