Watercolor, Fashion & Real Weddings

Your Favorite Wedding Artist's Journal

Real weddings, behind-the-scenes studio life, and honest takes on the live art industry—by Portland wedding artist Danison. Because some of us like to read.

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Your guide to live watercolor guest portraits.

New to live watercolor guest portraits? Start here, friend. I'll walk you through how guest portraits work, what’s included, and why they’ve become a favorite for stylish celebrations.

Live wedding artist creating watercolor guest portraits

Guest Portrait Basics

What Is a Live Wedding Artist and How Does It Work?

A simple guide to what live wedding art is, how the experience works, and where it fits into your wedding day.

Start here

Watercolor guest portraits displayed at a wedding

Live Art Options

Watercolor Guest Portraits vs Live Wedding Painting

Compare two popular wedding art experiences so you can choose the one that fits your celebration best.

Compare options

Fashion-inspired watercolor guest portraits arranged on a table

Investment Guide

Wedding Guest Portraits: What Your Investment Covers

Learn what goes into live watercolor guest portraits beyond the painting time, from prep to post-event delivery.

Understand the investment

Wedding guest holding a watercolor portrait keepsake

Guest Experience

Wedding Guest Experiences: Favors Are Officially Out

A fresh look at why couples are choosing meaningful guest experiences over traditional wedding favors.

Rethink guest favors

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Personalized Signature Drink Signs: Adding Your Furry Friends to the Mix

As a fellow dog owner and lover, I HIGHLY recommend personalizing your drink signage with your fur babies. With the weddings trending to be more personalized, this is an easy and perfect way to incorporate our fuzzy friends into the details of the big day!

The popularity of personalized drink signs at weddings, parties, and events continues to grow tremendously! So today, I’ll be talking about WHY you need this for your life and how to work with artists to create the PAW-fect signature drink and/or bar signage.

Live Watercolor Wedding Guest Portraits: A Unique Keepsake for Your Big Day

Let’s talk about live watercolor guest portraits, one of the hottest and most popular trends hitting the wedding industry in 2024! What are live watercolor guest portraits? In short, an artist—like myself—shows up to your wedding to create small pieces of art, using your guests as the subjects of said art! The artist will sketch and paint your guest’s likeness in real-time throughout the night so that they can leave your event with a piece of art to frame and cherish.