In Episode 40 of The Composed Artist, host Stephanie Gaffney dives deep into the art of live wedding painting, offering practical tips and strategies to enhance your skills and speed.

Drawing from her decade of experience as a live wedding painter, Stephanie addresses common questions from aspiring artists, covering essential topics like planning your composition, optimizing your posture and brushwork, and effective time management during events. Emphasizing the importance of communication with clients to set expectations and the benefits of using larger forms and brushes to cover the canvas more quickly, this is a must listen episode for any artist!

| Links for Things Discussed in this Episode |

–5 Mistakes Live Wedding Painters Make PDF | https://stephaniegaffney.com/5-mistakes-wedding-painters-make/ 

–Sign up for Paint Week with the Paint Coach | https://paint-coach.teachable.com/p/paint-week-portraits-2025?affcode=787790_28jhmu24 

–Get notified for The Wedding Painter’s Blueprint course in 2026 | https://stephaniegaffney.com/wedding-painters-blueprint/ 

–Ken Goshen on Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/kengoshen/ 

–The Composed Artist Episode on Contracts | https://youtu.be/g3LvZLIBQ20 

| Connect with Stephanie |

Website | https://stephaniegaffney.com/

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/torregrossafineart/   

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| Connect with The Composed Artist |

Website | https://stephaniegaffney.com/podcast/ 

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| Affiliates & Sponsors | 

Get Contracts from The Legal Paige | https://thelegalpaige.com?aff=603 USE CODE: TCA10

Take the “Foundations of Oil Painting” course from The Paint Coach | https://paint-coach.teachable.com/courses/oil-painting-foundational-skills21?affcode=787790_28jhmu24 

Laurie Anne’s Art To Print Course | https://learn.laurieanneart.com/

Get 20% off the 2025 Creative Climb Planner when you use the code “COMPOSED20” | https://www.candicedennis.com/COMPOSED20 

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Honeybook | https://share.honeybook.com/stephaniegaffney 

Sign up for Personalized Coaching from Stephanie year-round! | https://calendly.com/stephaniegaffneyedu/1-1-artist-coaching-session 

Stephanie’s Amazon Store | https://www.amazon.com/shop/torregrossafineart?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_aipsfshop_aipsftorregrossafineart_2AK0V82BHBS81X7RKR8G

Get Stephanie’s Goal Setting Workbook! It’s packed with tools to help you evaluate your business, track your growth and adjust as needed, and turn vague dreams into concrete plans – and plans into real success. Just click the link: https://stephaniegaffney.com/goal-setting-workbook/ 

Thank you!