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Located in Kitchener and servicing Southwestern Ontario and beyond, Emily Paints Events specializes in live wedding paintings and custom portraits. Emily's original live artwork immortalizes your wedding day in an entirely different way. Many people don't get the chance to have original artwork. With a live painter you will not only have original artwork, but you will have the immersive experience of being able to see it created. Having a live painter at your perfect wedding will take your day to the next level. Your guests will be amazed that they get to witness an entire painting unfold while they enjoy your reception, and they will love that they can pick themselves out of the painting! At the end of the night you will have your first family heirloom availiable to take home with you and enjoy as part of your new life together.

Services offered

Emily's services include the following:

  • Live ceremony paintings
  • Live reception paintings
  • Live first dance paintings
  • Paintings from photographs
  • Portraits from photographs
  • Live portraits
  • Custom artwork

Other services

Photos and paintings are inherently different. When you look at a painting you feel different emotions compared to looking at a photograph. By creating the painting live on the spot, she is able to capture the enchanting atmosphere and sweet emotions of the event. While creating the piece of art for you, she is also able to add people to the painting that are not able to attend, this could include parents or grandparents that have passed away, or family pets that are near and dear to your heart.

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Frequently asked questions

What type of entertainment do you provide?

Face painting

What is the appropriate age range for your audience?

All ages

What is the starting price for your wedding entertainment services?

$2,000
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100% Recommended by couples
Melinda
Melinda S. Sent on 17/03/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Best choice I made to hire Emily!

Emily is such a sweetheart and was such a pleasure to work with for our wedding. Our guests were blown away by her talent! Her work is by far AMAZING! All the details were captured beautifully. I am so glad I booked with Emily, now we will always have a beautiful canvas to look at everyday to remind us of our love and how special our wedding day was! Definitely recommend having Emily paint your wedding, you will not be disappointed and her prices are reasonable! Thank you so much again Emily
Megan
Megan W. Sent on 15/08/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Professional and Beautiful Work

We cannot recommend Emily enough for being a part of our special day. She is professional, talented and an all around kind person who is easy to work with. She arrived early to check out the venue and prep her area. She painted throughout the reception and we, as well as our guests, were amazed by the work she had completed by the end of the night. She painted our vision perfectly. We cannot wait to see the finished product and appreciate she takes time to update her clients along the way. Emily is a great person to have at your wedding day.
Tracy
Tracy M. Sent on 28/10/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Professional, Amazing, Flexible, Kind Soul

Emily painted a very precious and beautiful moment for us on our wedding day Sept 26 2020 at the Cambridge Mill. I surprised everyone having Emily at our wedding, they all loved what she was doing for us. She is extremely professional, flexible and she is such kind soul. I would recommend her to anyone who wants to capture a special moment. She won't let down, gurantee you will love her work. I will always be grateful to her. ❤
Shannon
Shannon A. Sent on 06/03/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Our wedding

Emily was beyond professional with us. Everyone loved the idea of a live painter and she did a magnificent job. She got every detail in there and the end result was the most amazing. I would definitely encourage other future brides and grooms to have a live painter.
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Kristen L. Sent on 13/09/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Incredibly talented and professional!

Emily is such a talent. We had her at our wedding on Sept 7th to live paint our first dance. All correspondence leading up to the event was polite, courteous, and punctual. She was totally on the ball and it filled me with confidence that she was going to be a professional on the day. She was such a perfect addition to our wedding- she set up to the side of our hall but was still very visible so our guests could watch and interact with her. While I could go on and on about her 'in event' professionalism and courteous, the painting she created for us was outstanding. Her attention to detail in capturing both myself and my husband, as well as the detail she gave our parents makes it without a doubt our favourite wedding memory. We had a very significant family member who was not able to attend our day and with the help of some reference pictures, she painted him in with stunning likeness.

For couples looking for an interesting and unique addition to your day, with the benefit of being able to take home an incredibly special memento from your day should look no further. Emily is your person!
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Alexandra C. Sent on 05/05/2019
5 out of 5 rating

A must have keepsake of our wedding!

Emily was absolutely amazing to work with! Her painting captured every detail of the night perfectly. We feel so fortunate to have such a unique piece of art to display to remember our wedding. I highly recommend hiring Emily for your wedding or any other event to have a truly one of a kind keepsake.
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Meet the team

Emily McDougall
Emily McDougall
Artist

I can't remember the morning I woke up and decided I was going to be an artist. I've just always been one. I'm a big believer in true love and I'm all for the romantics. So naturally, I paint love stories.

I have spent the last 20 years drawing, painting, and developing my artistic style. There is nothing more rewarding to me than being able to capture a memory and the emotion of it in the form of fine artwork.

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