Pricing
Live wedding illustration in Portugal starts at €X and is priced by the hour booked, not by the number of drawings. Rui Charnock's three packages run from four hours to nine, every price is on this page, and travel beyond the included radius is quoted at cost before you book rather than after.
Everything below is the actual price. There is no form in front of it and no "packages from" that turns out to mean something else once you ask.
How much does a live wedding painter cost in Portugal?
A live wedding painter in Portugal generally costs from a few hundred euros for a short booking to well over a thousand for a full day, depending on the hours booked and on whether guest portraits are included as well as illustration.
Rui Charnock's packages start at €X and are published in full below. Four hours produces about eight illustrations; nine hours produces about eighteen. Additional hours, travel and the deposit are itemised rather than folded into a single figure.
Most live wedding artists working in Portugal do not publish prices at all. These are the actual numbers, not a starting point that changes after an enquiry, and there is nothing on this page you have to send an email to see.
Packages
| Package | Hours | Price | Illustrations | Guest portraits | Prints |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceremony and portraits | 4 hours | €X | about 8 | about 90 minutes | — |
| The day — most booked | 6 hours | €X | about 12 | through the drinks gap | 2 × A3 |
| Getting ready to last dance | 9 hours | €X | about 18 | extended session | 4 × A3 and a bound set of scans |
- Original artwork, finished in studio
- High-resolution digital files
- No peak-season surcharge, and no charge for a second location on the same site
Everything else that can appear on a quote
| Additional hour | €X |
|---|---|
| Travel | Included within X km of Lisbon |
| Beyond that | €X per 100 km, plus accommodation over 200 km |
| To hold a date | X% deposit, balance two weeks before |
Prices are for weddings in Portugal. Dates in June, July and September book first — usually eight to twelve months out.
If the date is free I will say so today.
Check your date WhatsAppWhat changes the price
Hours, and whether you want guest portraits as well as illustration. That is genuinely it. There is no peak-season surcharge and no charge for a second location on the same site.
Travel beyond the included radius is charged at cost, and I will tell you the number before you book rather than after.
For planners
Happy to be quoted directly into a client proposal. Ask and I will send a one-page PDF with the same numbers as this page, your client's date held for seven days, and no commission structure to negotiate.
Check your date
Tell me when and where. If I am free, I will come back with what it costs and roughly how the day would run — usually the same evening.