Kate and Jeff’s Live Wedding Painting in Greensboro – by North Carolina Live Wedding Artist
Kate and Jeff. Live Wedding Painting at the Starmount Forest Country Club in Greensboro NC. 16×20 Oil on Linen. Artist – Tesh Parekh (www.RaleighWeddingPainter.com, 919-622-5399, email: tesh@teshfineartphoto.com)
This was my second live wedding painting in March. Earlier this month, I had painted Lauren and Joseph’s wedding at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Raleigh. I had a very short notice to paint Kate and Jeff’s commission! Anne (Kate’s mother) discovered my wedding painting service less than a week before the wedding! She really wanted a live oil painting for Kate and I am glad that I could create this unique gift for her.
Anne wanted me to paint at the reception. So, I suggested painting bride and groom dancing. I am thankful to Anne for giving me the creative freedom. This was a surprise gift. So, I setup in a corner where I had a good view of the dance floor.
I arrived at the Starmount Club, a beautiful venue in Greensboro NC, couple of hours before the reception. I decided on the composition and started the underpainting (below).
By the time the guests arrived, I had my underpainting finished (below). Then it was time to wait for the first dance. I photograph professionally, and also take photos as I paint. However, I do not use photos for reference when painting live (unless there are constraints that force me to use photos). So, it was a challenge to capture the bride and groom during couple of minutes of first dance! I make quick pencil sketches for reference as I paint. I also sketch guests and other details. I will be publishing those pencil sketches in a later post.
I like the tonal scheme of this painting. When painting live, I have to balance realism with the need to paint details which make every event unique. The atmosphere inside the club was warm and romantic and that is what I have captured in this painting. Each event is unique, so, I use process which best serves the painting.
awesome painting! thanks for sharing.
Thank you, Ricardo!
Tesh – We are thrilled with the painting of Kate and Jeff’s first dance! It is exactly what we wanted for them. The colors are beautiful and the composition perfect. They were so surprised when they arrived at the reception and we told them we had commissioned you to create a painting for them as a wedding gift. Kate had never seen or known of anyone that has done this; she was completely surprised. It was perfect! She had been involved with every wedding decision, so it was great to surprise her with something that she did not know anything about! It was a last minute decision to even research doing this for them and everything just fell into place …. you lived close to us; you were available, and we loved your work. It was meant to be we decided. I knew if I didn’t do it, I would regret it. I was right … because we love the painting, our guests loved watching you paint during the evening and, most importantly, Kate and Jeff are thrilled to have this special rememberance of their wedding day. THANK YOU so much for working with us; it was a pleasure to meet you! FROM: Kate’s parents!