Did you know that you can have an artist come to your wedding and live paint a portrait for you right then and there!? And, as a special bonus today, we are giving away a live wedding painting experience for one lucky couple in the Washington DC area!
Photo Credit: Amber Reinink Photography
As the action of your wedding day unfolds, an artist will capture a scene on a canvas. Then when your wedding is over, you get one awesome wedding day memory to cherish forever! Now that you know about live painting, let me introduce you to an incredible live wedding and event artist available in the Washington DC area, Jamie Peterson at The Painted Lens.
Photo Credit: Amber Reinink Photography
Jamie is a live event painter based in Washington, DC. She has been painting for over a decade, mostly with oil paint on canvas. She is especially known for her incredibly detailed portraits!
I’ve been to events where a live artist is painting and it is really neat. You can talk to the artist and ask questions. You can see their work unfold throughout the night. A live artist is a two-for-one! It is entertainment for your guests – a conversation starter unlike any other! – and you get the finished project.
Photo Credit: Amber Reinink Photography
We are giving one lucky Washington DC area couple a live wedding painting from Jamie! Say, what!? Yes, Jamie will come to your wedding and paint a portrait for you to have and to hold!
To win, all you have to do is leave a comment below with your wedding month and reception location. This live portrait session is only open to weddings taking place in the Washington DC area in 2014. Hurry, hurry, you have until Friday at 5pm to enter to win.
Photo courtesy of The Painted Lens
What are you waiting for!? Enter the live wedding paining contest by leaving a comment below! You can find out more about The Painted Lens and Jamie’s live wedding event painting on her website and blog.
In the meantime, if you looking for more local wedding ideas? Be sure to look through our DC area wedding idea galleries and find wedding advice from local DC area pros. If that isn’t enough, check out our collection of local DMV weddings from the real world and the best DC area wedding vendors who make it all happen.
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I’ve never seen anything like this before! What a unique keepsake and beautiful piece of art to treasure for years after the big day.
Getting married in September at Mrs K’s Tollhouse for a super intimate, local Silver Spring wedding!
So cool, I’d love to have for my vineyard wedding on June 24th!
Wow! This is so cool! Getting married at the Carnegie Institute for Science this December
August-31, 2014, 5:30pm-12am
Malmaison (3401 K St NW) Washington, DC 20007
my mother is a painter. having a fellow artist in room would thrill her & the whole family during the wedding day!
The opportunity to have Jaime as part of our wedding couldn’t be more fitting for our wedding at a museum. Crossing our fingers!
Specs: Corcoran, May 2014!
What a super giveaway. My family would love this! Getting married July 12th at The Fairmont Georgetown.
I would love to have this for my wedding! Such a fun keepsake! We are getting married this June 28th at Airlie Center in Warrenton, VA.
I’m getting married at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in March 2015.Having a painting created in a place full of amazing paintings would be so special!
We are getting married on Sept. 27, 2014 at Belmont Country Club in Ashburn, VA and would love an opportunity to have a painting of our day. Our wedding has an underlying art theme. Both my fiance and I are potters and are giving away hand-painted porcelain cups as favors. Your paintings are astounding and we are very hopeful!
This is amazing! I am getting married at River Farm in Alexandria on June 7. This would be such an amazing memory of our special day, and fun for our guests to watch throughout the evening!!
This would be so great! We are getting married October 18 at the Riverside on the Potomac in Lessburg,VA
This is great! We are getting married October 18 at the Riverside on the Potomac in Leesburg, VA.
What a wonderful and unique way to remember your wedding! My fiance, Nick, and I are getting married on May 24 in Middleburg, VA. We would love to have you join us and help celebrate. It’s such a wonderful keepsake of our special day and of the place where I grew up. Thank you for doing this and we hope to see you soon!
More specifically, Whitehall Estate. 🙂
Awesome idea! We are getting married June 28th at St. Francis Hall!
What a fabulous way to remember one of the most amazing and special days in a couples life. Our family and friends would absolutely love this! So creative! My fiancee and I are getting married at Riverside on the Potomac on October 25th 2014.
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This is such an amazing concept! My fiancé and I would LOVE to have you at our wedding! Our reception will be at Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Va on August 2, 2014.
Thanks!!
Such a great idea for a wedding. We are getting married on October 4, 2014 at Andrew Mellon Auditorium.
This is so awesome! Our wedding will be at the Carnegie Institution on November 15 of this year. 🙂
Hi! This is such an awesome opportunity! We are getting married at Longview Gallery on November 15. It would be so cool to have live art happening in the art gallery setting! And an amazing way to remember our special day!
Hi Jamie! My fiancé, Brian, and I are getting married at the St. Regis Hotel on June 14, 2014. Our ceremony is taking place on the Astor Terrace and our reception is taking place in the ballroom. A painting of the most important day of our life would be a lifelong treasure and a keepsake that we will share with our future children and hopefully (!) grandchildren. We would be truly honored to be chosen. Thank you!
Does Baltimore count?? We are getting married at the Peabody on July 18 2015
Yes, Baltimore counts! Thanks for entering!
Jamie,
This is such a great, unique idea! I would love to have you at our wedding…August with the reception at the Ritz Carlton in Georgetown.
A painted picture of our wedding might be the one thing that convinces my fiancé to take down his lovely “dogs playing poker” picture that currently resides in our apartment. Help a girl out! 🙂
Obviously something that would be treasured for years – and so unique! What a fabulous idea.
We’re getting married at Prince William Forest Park in Triangle, VA on August 30th.
Would love to win! Thank you.
Kevin and I are getting married on July 12, 2014 at the Hotel Monaco Alexandria! We are moving into DC proper soon and this would be lovely addition to our new home!
Wow what a unique and creative idea! We are getting married at Artisphere and this would be such a perfect addition to the ambiance that we are excited to create. Thank you for the opportunity and sharing your talent 🙂
What a fun idea that will turn into an heirloom piece! My fiancee & I are getting married on October 26th here in Washington DC. *fingers crossed*
What a cool and different idea! Little piece of entertainment as well! We would be very lucky to have Jamie at our wedding on October 4, 2014 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in downtown Washington DC!! A spectacular venue for a spectacular artist 🙂
Joanna and Deuce
What an amazing and original idea! I was an art history major and what a great way to incorporate my love for art at my wedding with a live wedding painting…I’m OBSESSED!
I am getting married next June in DC and this would be such a beautiful and special addition to the wedding! <3
OMG, this is PERFECT timing! We are getting married in 23 days (April 19) and this was on our wish list to have at our wedding (it’s on my Pinterest board and everything), especially since we are getting married in a small gallery in DC! We are mostly paying for the wedding ourselves and so couldn’t splurge on something that isn’t a necessity, but it would truly be the highlight of our day! 🙂
GREAT idea having a giveaway for it!!!
Oh my goodness, this would be incredible! My fiancé loves art and we’ve been looking for months how to fill our walls. This would be the most incredible surprise – and it’s impossible to surprise him 😉
Gorgeous. Thank you for sharing your talent!
Better than a photographer. I am a widow with a child with autism who has been blessed to find a man who loves us both. Our new life together starts on May 3rd in Vienna VA. I cannot think of a better way to have the day represented.
How cool! We’re getting married in October at the Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center!
We’re getting married October 12th at the Barns at Hamilton Station Vineyards in Hamilton, VA. Thanks!
OMG this would be amazing- such a fun idea!! We’re getting married May 15, 2015 at the Carnegie Institute of Science.
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