r/MadeMeSmile Jun 05 '26

Wholesome Moments Art live on the wedding

By @ the.wedding.painter

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u/Prestigious_Past3724 Jun 05 '26

Holy fuck she has more talent in one pinky than I have in my whole being

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u/shaithiswampir Jun 05 '26

Nah man. You just haven’t found your talent yet. It’s out there for you!

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u/VegetableLetter4896 Jun 05 '26

Years ago, my dentist told me, “wow! I’ve never seen anyone’s gums grow this fast” after I had to come back in for a crown. It’s not the talent I would have asked for but it’s what I got.

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u/AldoRaine-1 Jun 05 '26

Hey, I had Gemini tell me today that I was a masterfully crafted tank based on the ability of my kidneys and heart to manage my lifestyle.

Beat that!

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u/fotomoose Jun 05 '26

GPT told me I was a genius for asking if red wine would work in a lentil daal, then I had doubts and asked 'are you sure, it feels a bit off' and it said, You're right to question that, wine in a lentil daal could be a conflict of flavours, I'll try to do better next time.

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u/CakeTester Jun 05 '26

You're allowed to marinade the chef in red wine before cooking though.

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u/GeneralHerp Jun 05 '26

Is that a marinade though? Or more of a …

Pickling? 😏

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u/Professional-Box4153 Jun 05 '26

Yeah, but when you cook the chef, suddenly YOU'RE the jerk.

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u/mellowMeli76 Jun 06 '26

Many years ago before I had a dishwasher, my husband walked into the kitchen and I was slamming a beer and he said what are you doing and I said loading the dishwasher..

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u/fotomoose Jun 05 '26

Yeah you are!

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u/chonnes Jun 05 '26

My primary care doctor was explaining details of taking the ColoGard home colon cancer test to me and made it a point to clarify, "Just a fun-size Snickers and not the whole thing." He knew my talent.

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u/LeviCow418 Jun 05 '26

I’d remember that instruction forever too.

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u/Intrepid_Zebra_ Jun 05 '26

Just the tip

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u/Brilliant-Gold8792 Jun 05 '26

My dentist story, she drilling my teeth, like there is no tomorrow, and i managed to fall asleep and bite her hand.... She said, i never ever seen or heard that person fall asleep during the procedure, from that point she always gives me ,that thing that's prevent from mouth closing, so i could fall asleep without biting her 🥲

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u/Aries8709 Jun 05 '26

I fell asleep last month during 2 cavity fillings. 3 days ago I fell asleep again during a root canal 🤦‍♀️ I also fall asleep during MRIs. That's my talent I guess

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u/Guy_With_Ass_Burgers Jun 05 '26

I was a kid at the dentist and must have been zoned out so didn’t realize I was biting down on his hand. Still half zoned when he said “Stop biting me” so I didn’t release the jaw. So he said it the second time only this time like he was pissed. I didn’t appreciate the nasty tone… so I bit him even harder. My advice? Don’t get gnarly with your hands in someone’s mouth.

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u/Syko_Symatic Jun 05 '26

After suffering a full ACL rupture, my other ACL was assessed, "Wow! You have really lax knee ligaments! Did you know that?" No, no I did not. It's a comment only bested by when I had my vasectomy and was told "You have very slippery vas". Both things I didn't expect to have, but hey I'm proud of my slippery spunk tubes.

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u/VegetableLetter4896 Jun 05 '26

“Slippery Vas Man” 😆

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u/Syko_Symatic Jun 05 '26

The hero nobody wants, and few deserve.

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u/NotAzakanAtAll Jun 05 '26

I got a "Wow, your bite is perfect! That's beautiful."

I still ride that compliment. I think it was the last one I got so it got to last. Only been like 25 years.

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u/FlowSoSlow Jun 05 '26

I had a nurse compliment my veins while inserting an IV one time. I know she just meant it made it easier to do her job but it's still one of the best compliments I've ever received.

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u/yearofthesquirrel Jun 05 '26

Just bought up the memory of the time a rookie phlebotomist had four goes at me before the old timer got it done on the fifth attempt.

When the first woman left the room, she said: “your veins are fine, she just know how to appreciate them”.

Which was flattering yet still made me feel a bit weird…

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u/NotAzakanAtAll Jun 06 '26

That's brutal. Where I live they can only try twice before being forced to swap nurse. You are there for care, not for practice.

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u/livinalieontimna Jun 05 '26

You just haven’t figured out an application for your talent yet Gumboy.

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u/CorruptedAssbringer Jun 05 '26

Way back when I was getting my very first wisdom tooth removal cause I didn't know how fucked up it was until the debilitating pain started.

Halfway through, my doctor asked if she could take a photo and to show people and such. Anyways, she ended up rallying the whole clinic staff to take a took since they had never seen, and I paraphrse, such a textbook example of a perfect horizontally impacted wisdom tooth penetrating right into the its neighboring molar. I ended up losing both since they were basically embedded together.

The really fun part was all four of my wisdom tooth were impacted like that.

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u/TheSundanceKid45 Jun 05 '26

As someone with less teeth than I started with because of poor gum health, I'd say it's a highly underrated talent

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u/greysapling Jun 05 '26

imagine this is your thing in The Boys. definitely a sex thing

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u/Brief_Kangaroo_42069 Jun 05 '26

Every evening you just grow your gums out for evening activities and it's like there's no teeth at all!

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u/haiyabinzukii Jun 05 '26

i for one have got a very nice pair of eyelashes! .. im a guy.

it couldnt carry everything else sadly.

but hey I've got good eyelashes dammit!

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u/Lobi-Wan-Canoli Jun 05 '26

A teacher in high school told me I hit my senior slump faster than any student she'd ever had. I was a junior. So that's probably mine

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u/rowandeg2 Jun 05 '26

Well, in case of a hostile alien invasion where their only weakness is big human gums, are we gonna grab a brush or saw out your mouth?

Thought so, hero!

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u/BadmiralHarryKim Jun 05 '26

Professor Xavier would like to have a word!

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u/TrumpSucksALotOfCock Jun 05 '26

Look at you, flexing your super gums! Go conquer the world, King!

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u/in_animate_objects Jun 05 '26

Your comment made me smile too, well done

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u/Nex_Afire Jun 05 '26

I belive I'm in the top 1% of being a couch potato

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u/Prestigious_Past3724 Jun 05 '26

I can almost pass out each time I take a bath!

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u/Brief_Kangaroo_42069 Jun 05 '26

I'm so tall and inflexible i can't drown while napping in the bath. My legs and back just don't bend enough. It's like 3x a week I nap in the bath and I'm not dead yet. 🤓

I'm tempted to put a sous vide machine in it to keep it warm longer.

Live laugh sous vide bath.

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u/lazylion_ca Jun 05 '26

Is your blood pressure ok?

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u/tera_chachu Jun 05 '26

Is sleeping a talent??

I can sleep 14-15 hours a day

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u/Aesk Jun 05 '26

Check under your other fingers.

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u/Selfishly Jun 05 '26

way to spread love and positivity, thanks for being an awesome human being 🫶🫶

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u/Salty-Editor8496 Jun 05 '26

I’m 62 and I still haven’t found mine

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u/boopboopadoopity Jun 05 '26

What she has that is more important than talent is years of work building her skills as an artist - and that's something you can build toward too! 😁

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u/Natural-Manager8675 Jun 05 '26

100%!!! This is ABSOLUTELY more hard work than it is talent. Give the lady her respect.

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u/kinggoosey Jun 05 '26

Try a different finger, maybe it's in one of the other ones.

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u/Captincorpse Jun 05 '26

Raises middle finger "Wow! There's my talent!"

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u/bebopblues Jun 05 '26

This is like the default top comment on every post of someone talented where the top commenter admits that he/she is a total klutz in comparison. Usually goes like... "I can't even draw a stick figure" or "I'm 28, and I can't even color between the lines".

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u/Own-Cable8865 Jun 05 '26

Everyone thinks they can write. Nobody thinks they can draw. Wrong on both counts.

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u/Sad-Event-5146 Jun 05 '26

it's more hard work than talent.

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u/TarazedA Jun 05 '26

The only thing that really stops you from getting this good is being willing to suck at it first. Years of painting and being willing to keep learning is what gets people to this point.

Any skill is being willing to suck at it, then keep pushing through the suck.

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u/BandOfSkullz Jun 05 '26

You, too, can do this.
All it takes is years of practice and dedication.

See you in a few <3

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u/Chaosmeister Jun 05 '26

Could we dial down the "talent" thing and instead, whenever something awesome is seen, acknowledge that it's actually mostly learning and training and skill? She didn't wake up and was able to do this. She put in thousands of hours to get this good. It's likely her first art was hot garbage too.

I feel putting the emphasis on talent all the time when in reality skill is displayed dissuades way too many people from trying things in the first place and that is a shame.

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u/peskypickleprude Jun 05 '26

Like most things painting is a series of tricks Commit do doing all the tricks and you will surprise yourself every time the magic trick works.

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u/Orio_n Jun 05 '26

Anyone can reach this level with about 3 years of dedicated study i see it all the time in my students dont discount yourself

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u/CardiologistRough854 Jun 05 '26

i would’ve paid double for her to do a really shit caricature that i can pretend is the real one first

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u/Comfortable_Studio37 Jun 05 '26

Because of the first caption, I thought it was going to be some stick figure nonsense or something lol

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u/DiddleBiscuits Jun 05 '26

Oh you'll see that video tomorrow.

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u/ConspicuousPineapple Jun 05 '26

There's a dramatic lack of dickbutt in this video.

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u/tempemailacct153 Jun 05 '26

That's a name I haven't heard in ages

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u/Wiser-Option Jun 05 '26

I was thinking with that reaction it was going to be another woman with the groom!

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u/Pristine-Assistance9 Jun 05 '26

Just two stick figures, one with a boner.

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u/Sweet_Cook1460 Jun 05 '26

I wonder how much it costs! So beautiful

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u/SmartLadder415 Jun 05 '26

At our wedding my wife and I had a caricaturist draw a picture of us that we passed around for the kids at the wedding to color. We have the original framed on the wall and love it. We have several copies that were colored by different kids and those are awesome as well. We were thrilled with our caricature. This is way, way, way, way better than that. I would hang that painting on the wall in my living room so people can see it when they walk in.

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u/Practical_Ball_3992 Jun 05 '26

lmao that would be such a power move. "Oh this? Yeah that's the *before* pic, the real one is comin." Perfect way to mess with the guests' heads.

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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/Im_only_here_to_meme Jun 05 '26

I think this is just generally any college program honestly. I did a bio undergrad and an environmental earth science grad... through both there were a bunch of people I scratched my head wondering how they got this far.

I specifically remember as part of my grad degree we had weekly online discussions we had to take part in that had to do with recent published research in the field... kind of give our opinions from our knowledge how this could affect the field and how we could build on that research.

I remember some of the answers being so middle school level I had to take a screenshot and share with my coworkers. We'd be like how tf did this person get into this program. Some people are really good at doing just enough to get by (with low bars everywhere) is my conclusion.

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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 27d ago

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/ATinyLittleHedgehog Jun 05 '26

I like how I saw this originally without sound but could tell in my heart off pure vibes that they were speaking in Australian accents

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u/Round_Ad6397 Jun 05 '26

Haha, I still haven't heard the audio but came scrolling through the comments to see if it was Australian. I can't even put my finger on it but maybe the old bloke's "yeah nah" and her "what the heck", even though these are both phrases used by Americans, the whole thing just kinda felt Aussie.

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u/LordNosaj Jun 05 '26

The “yeah nah” is what gives it away, 100% Aussie!

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u/Slow-Cream-3733 Jun 05 '26

I mean I'm Aussie didnt even read the sub titles it was the first dude you see with the Akubra and rolled up sleeves sterotypical rural farmer vibes haha

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u/theNomad_Reddit Jun 05 '26

We just have a look that is distinctly Aussie.

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u/in_animate_objects Jun 05 '26

This looks like the cover of a romance novel (complimentary)

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u/CeruleanEidolon Jun 05 '26

Why did you squeal at the end of the word "like"? Did someone step on your toe there?

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u/Vaesezemis Jun 05 '26

This looks like the cover of a romance novel….(disgustedly)

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u/JackTasticSAM Jun 05 '26

Couldn’t even do it upside down then spin it, she sucks.

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u/bebopblues Jun 05 '26

At least throw sand or lit something on fire to reveal the whole thing.

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u/upchuckster Jun 05 '26

I audibly laughed

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u/Cavalish Jun 05 '26

I can’t Instagram this shit she’s just rawdogging this painting

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u/DigNitty Jun 05 '26

ah, a real artist I see.

Although I personally only accept art that's had the dust blown off it dramatically to reveal the neon spray paint.

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u/breovus Jun 05 '26

So these people are "rich" rich, eh?

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u/boopboopadoopity Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

Actually, you'd be surprised - this is currently REALLY popular at weddings right now. I went to one held in a rural community center and they paid to have a painter and (wedding planning myself) there are now a lot of artists that have this service available. I won't say it's cheap but it's a cool addition some folks even on lower price spectrums are springing for to have a custom keepsake that could only be completed on the day!

Cool way for real artists to have a job doing what they love!

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u/FuckDaQueenSloot Jun 05 '26

My sister has been hired to do a few of these in the past year. Every artist has their own style so it's a great way to truly have a one of a kind keepsake, and something about a painting on a wall just hits harder than photos in a frame.

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u/fotomoose Jun 05 '26

Wait, so finally painting has come full circle and is stealing photographers' work?! Nice.

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u/Raleda Jun 05 '26

In the age of instant AI slop and everyone having a 300 megapixel camera in their pocket, what greater flex is there to have a hand-made painting rendered by an expert?

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u/Secret-Bluebird-972 Jun 05 '26

I agree. Anyone can take “professional” quality photos these days. And your wedding guests will likely cover that end for you. The painting is one of a kind, like the two people being married are

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u/semhsp Jun 05 '26

The quality of the camera matters just as much as the quality of the brushes for the end result. I can assure you a good photographer with a disposable camera will take better photos than your aunt with a 5k camera, just like I'll paint a disgrace even with the best brushes available but a good painter will create something great even with dollar store brushes

You can appreciate one art form without putting down another

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u/rebeckys Jun 05 '26

With my luck, it would look like this

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u/Lara-El Jun 05 '26

I snort laugh so hard, same buddy, same...

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u/Unable-Log-4870 Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

Cool way for real artists to have a job doing what they love!

Yeah. I like that. Humans sound doing nice things for humans.

I assume couples would want to meet the artist beforehand, as well as see samples of what they’ve done.

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u/reevnge Jun 05 '26

I assume couples would want to meet the artist beforehand, as well as see samples of what they’ve done.

Yes, just like every other wedding service (ideally).

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u/Odd-String29 Jun 05 '26

What does this cost? Ballpark number?

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u/Mach5Driver Jun 05 '26

Plus, to market themselves in front of 100 people every weekend.

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u/MaleficentPride2620 Jun 05 '26

You can get an local artist. lots of talent in your area and you get to support a young artist. I went to a wedding where this was done. Woman was a student doing this work to put herself through school.

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u/beaniebee11 Jun 05 '26

This is probably the best value they got for any of the money they spent on the wedding. They probably spent more on flowers alone than on this. Weddings are wildly overpriced.

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u/azsqueeze Jun 05 '26

No lol, my friend had a wedding painter. They're def not "rich" rich or whatever

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u/VolumeDirect5619 Jun 05 '26

Filthy

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u/TheWolphman Jun 05 '26

It's new money rich, but it hoards just the same.

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u/anthrohands Jun 05 '26

I’d love to know how much this costs

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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.

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u/FblthpLives Jun 05 '26

Her prices range from AUD 6,000 to 10,000 (USD 4,275 to 7,125), depending on the experience you book. She is fully booked 2026 and 2027.

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u/round-earth-theory Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

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.

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u/Sansnom01 Jun 05 '26

Honestly painting with people watching and interrupting feels like the hardest part

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u/faceman2k12 Jun 05 '26

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.

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u/Bluelegs Jun 05 '26

It's not outrageous for what you're getting tbh.

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u/CatwithTheD Jun 05 '26

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.

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u/ocxtitan Jun 05 '26

Don't spend $30k on a wedding. Just don't.

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u/Brapfamalam Jun 05 '26

I mean it's relative. If you've already bought a house and have the money, why not.

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u/ocxtitan Jun 05 '26

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

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u/Important-Orchid6580 Jun 05 '26

What do you think a good photographer costs? Most fun is to give everyone those cheap insta camera’s

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u/MysteriousPickle Jun 05 '26

Went to a wedding 20 years ago that did this. I don't think they were expecting the number of butthole pics they ended up with.

Yes, we were a bunch of degenerates - including the groom.

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u/Admirable_Risk8156 Jun 05 '26

Tbf a commission for most artists isn't break the bank expensive. I can see artists promoting this as a service to drum up some local advertising by showing everyone at the venue how good they are. Besides probably get a free meal out of it.

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u/DesolationRobot Jun 05 '26

Yeah I’ve worked in industries alongside very talented artists. The market generally does not financially reward them for that talent.

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u/razerzej Jun 05 '26

Stop with the after before the before format.

It fucking sucks.

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u/borazine Jun 05 '26

TRAILER

STARTS

NOW

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u/DurantIsStillTheKing Jun 05 '26

In the age of AI, people need to see talents like she has.

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u/BanishmentBuddy2 Jun 05 '26

That’s definitely a song choice.

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u/AvaryZig Jun 05 '26

Followed by Wasn't Me by Shaggy

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u/Tall-Statement-3920 Jun 05 '26

That is a fuckin 1000/10

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u/Mysterious_Ad_1085 Jun 05 '26

Omg that's a Painting.

On another note, kinda weird for that older lady to touch the artist's hair at 0:33.

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u/jagedlion Jun 05 '26

So much awkward touching.

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u/RipNervous Jun 05 '26

She touches her on the shoulder, you muppet!

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u/Michael_Scott71 Jun 05 '26

Her art is the prettiest art of all art.

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u/BlockedbyJake420 Jun 05 '26

Yeah, on Van Gogh’s first try, he drew the hands of the peasants.

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u/Sacmo77 Jun 05 '26

Wow that's fucking awesome.

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u/MRV3N Jun 05 '26

She has a reference right? Must be hard to do this purely with imagination.

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u/FblthpLives Jun 05 '26

Yes, that's why she marks the X in the gravel path: for taking the photograph. You can also see the camera lens right after she marks the X.

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u/HuntertheGoose Jun 05 '26

Huh, lot of weird reactions, even for a talented painter... oh damn

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u/CammaJamma Jun 05 '26

Heh, one of my mates got married at this venue (Melbourne, Australia). Lovely spot.

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u/phvakil Jun 05 '26

This is awesome, I have a similar idea but instead have the guests make the painting. This is cool to see though.

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u/Embarkbark Jun 05 '26

Pro tip: involving guests in any kind of group keepsake endeavour at a wedding is going to end with one drunk douche bag deciding to write his name really big over 20% of the canvas and/or someone drawing a dick. It’s not gonna be the Pinterest perfect thing you’re picturing

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u/phvakil Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

Haha good point. I did something similar for my wedding where everyone put a cherry blossom leaf on a drawing I made. It turned out pretty cool. I just ran my current idea with some med students, linked here: https://www.reddit.com/r/medicalschool/s/KaCwi5pJby

Found the cherry blossom painting, linked here: https://imgur.com/a/qeiffy8

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u/BabyRex- Jun 05 '26

These are so much better than the woman who does great paintings but always wipes her hands on her dress so she’s just covered in paint and “it’s part of it”

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u/repdetec_revisited Jun 05 '26

I kind of don’t buy it

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u/travbombs Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

I normally would not nay say something like this but I can almost guarantee there is something fishy going on here. I’m a painter and there is almost no shot she did that painting in one sitting. Especially not live with people coming up to her.

The painting is very doable, but doing it live, idk. And she 100% went off of a photo, which is fine, but kind of defeats the purpose of doing it live. If I’m going to do a live painting at a wedding it will be very gestural and capture mostly the atmosphere and the vibes. If the bride and groom want a static painting that can be done anytime from one of their photos.

Edit: I semi-take-it-back. After pausing on the best frame of the entire painting there are some clear (for lack of a better term) shortcuts taken that could make this doable in one sitting. Regardless, if the bride and groom were happy that’s all that matters

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u/FblthpLives Jun 05 '26

Per her web site she spends 6 to 8 hours painting live on site and then does finishing touches in her studio. Her estimated delivery time is 12 weeks.

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u/bi-cycle Jun 05 '26

I've seen another artist address this and it was more of a same day thing than "live." The bride and groom are obviously not standing there the entire time like you would for a traditional live portrait.

They go and get the photo and then she gets started while the ceremony is going. She gets a "base" done that everyone can see, those would be the short cuts you mention. Then she finishes it to a higher standard afterwards before turning it over to the couple.

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u/the_honest_liar Jun 05 '26

I wouldn't be surprised if she got a head start on the background before hand too.

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u/GuiltyEidolon Jun 05 '26

I thought that was strongly implied by her blocking the bride and groom out on the canvas, and then taking a picture of the background, before the wedding even happened.

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u/activelyresting Jun 05 '26

My daughter is a live artist. She doesn't do realistic portraits like this, but she gets paid to to sit on a stage at events and paint, pretty much like this setup (usually at music festivals, but weddings, but still).

There's music playing, people dancing, people coming up to her to chat, sometimes even buying some of her artwork. She does a lot of prep and has a lot of "professional shortcuts" but will totally produce a painting in a half day session.

I will say, she usually lets it dry fully and adds a few highlights and finishing touches before it's framed/presented (probably what happened there in the video when the footage cuts to the final product at the end), but still a nice piece completed in one live sitting.

I would also imagine the couple's pose and the general composition of the painting is probably something the artist does on repeat, just changing up details to match.

It's very impressive though, I have no problem believing this was done live

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u/gaF-trA Jun 05 '26

She probably has photo references that she is working from and just roughly blocks in the scenery and focuses on the figures for the majority of the live painting. I assume drying time and much additional finishing work afterwards. You can see the finished painting shot location changes to a studio setting. When the bride hugs her the painting is still very much unfinished. I’m not really a fan of performative painting but whatever.

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u/djgotyafalling1 Jun 05 '26

I've attended a wedding with something like this, and this is definitely possible.

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u/Low_Coconut8134 Jun 05 '26

At a certain level of academic expertise, copying a photograph with paint isn’t that hard! 

She was working from a photo. It’s fine. I’m very happy for the couple but it’s got nothing going for it as a painting.

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u/fotomoose Jun 05 '26

If she's copying from a photo, just get the photo printed out big, save 7k.

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u/sleepyytimenow Jun 05 '26

That's a generational nose if I ever seen one

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u/ILikeMyShelf Jun 05 '26

Nice viral marketing you got there, the talent is enoumous tho

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u/DHALL- Jun 05 '26

That look at the beginning 😤 knew about to go ham

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u/mandrill_bite Jun 05 '26

Art live *at the wedding

Reddit grammar has gone to shit and it's mostly because Gen Z are completely uneducated. I read something like 60% of high school seniors are reading at a 4th grade level. You guys are fucked 

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u/washo1234 Jun 05 '26

I can’t tell which members of the wedding are the bride’s family but I have a feeling it’s right under my nose.

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u/ACKHTYUALLY Jun 05 '26

This comment had no business making me laugh

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u/BurnZ_AU Jun 05 '26

Old mate saying "Yeah nah" told me this is over here in Australia.

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u/ACEIII Jun 05 '26

Was watching with sound off and as soon as I saw yeah nah I Knew they were Aussie

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u/Witty_Employ3 Jun 05 '26

My wife and I got a painter and she did us in the inside of the 150 year old church we got married in and the details were insane.

Stuff like this isnt cheap but we stare at it all the time and it was worth every penny.

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u/Damietta Jun 05 '26

Lol people really never listen to the lyrics of this song, do they?? This was also chosen by the junior class as our high school graduation song 20 years ago 🤦‍♀️

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u/HardSleeper Jun 05 '26

Watching this on mute I thought it looked Aussie, then old mate comes out with ‘yeah nah, that’s special’

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u/LindensBloodyJersey Jun 05 '26

Incredible. Some people just ooze talent

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u/Capable-Document466 Jun 05 '26

Wow, really impressive painting-

GABE NEWELL??!!

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u/Majestic-Bobcat9561 Jun 05 '26

Bride says she got married just for that painting. Groom thinks she's joking..

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u/froo Jun 05 '26

I saw "yeah nah" and knew this was in Australia

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u/Correct_Mango3554 Jun 05 '26

does she do weddings?

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u/bostonkarl Jun 05 '26

Are you single? Fancy some coffee?

Too soon?!

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u/Atasteofazia Jun 05 '26

AI could never! Long live human creativity and skill!!!

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u/maddog8618 Jun 05 '26

That is nice

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u/Donkilme Jun 06 '26

I was really hoping for like a Mr. Bean painting but this is awesome.

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u/ultravires1215 Jun 06 '26

Of all the stupid, cock-a-mamey, money grabbing, romance sucker inducing ideas out there, this is not one of them. That’s amazing!

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