Wedding Bells

  I got a gig the other day as a wedding painter for a friend of mine. She asked me to paint her wedding several months ago, and I immediately said yes. I had no idea what to do. As far as I knew it had never been done before. I put together a go bag of art supplies, put on my fanciest paint spattered shirt and headed out. I was mighty nervous and looking for some guidance. I kinda felt my way through, finding a great place to set up to sketch. Fourth row back, just behind the families. Apparently I was the only one who thought it was a great spot, as no one sat in the row with me. It took me a while to notice due to the giant craniums on the people in front of me. Great. So, I start sketching the trellis they made for the ceremony, some of the river background, random guests, and the stress goes away. Then the music starts, and I'm snapping pics for reference and getting ready to sketch. I did two sketches before the ceremony was over. And I'm pretty quick. Then everyone heads to the reception. I grab a quick close up of the bride and groom and one of them together, then I fade into the night. I've started on the watercolors and hope to be on acrylic paintings by next week. I realize as I'm watercoloring that the travel set of paints I'm using has no black in it. Really? I'm supposed to paint with no black? I'll let you know how that goes (lol). So, here's more art: