Live painting
at your wedding.

No - wedding live painting is Poland-only. The format depends on me being physically at your venue with paper and supplies, and I limit myself to Polish weddings so I can keep the quality consistent. If you are getting married in Poland and want English-speaking communication throughout, that works perfectly fine. For destination weddings abroad, I would point you toward a local live painter.

Price depends on how many hours I am at the wedding, how many portraits you want painted, the venue location, and whether you also commission a pre-wedding portrait of the couple for a ceremonial reveal. Concrete quote within 48 hours of filling out the form with your date. Standard: 30% deposit secures the date, balance after the event. Simple contract, no surprises.

I can stay 3 hours and paint a selected group of guests, or stay through the whole reception and paint anyone who walks up. We design the plan together based on what you want - a cocktail hour activation, an all-night attraction, or a single highlighted moment. Details get nailed down on the brief call before the date.

Yes. The couple portrait is painted ahead of the wedding from your photos and a short consultation. It can be ceremonially handed over on the day - often as a parent or witness gift - and it doubles as venue decor. Some couples combine both: a couple portrait revealed during the reception plus live guest painting throughout the night. Two completely different deliverables, one event.

A5 paper portraits, painted on watercolor paper. Each portrait is signed and dated, and guests take theirs home the same night. Portraits dry quickly enough to handle by the end of the reception. If you want a different format - larger pieces or a single group composition instead of individual portraits - we discuss it on the brief and adjust the plan.

Polish and English, both fluent for project communication. Briefs, calls, contracts, email - either works. Most of my international clients are publishers and brands in the EU, UK, and US, and English is the default for those projects. If your team prefers Polish, we switch. Contracts can be issued bilingually if your legal team needs it for review.

Fill out the inquiry form on the contact page with what you need, your timeline, and any references. I reply within 48 hours - usually faster on weekdays - with either a scoped quote or a short list of clarifying questions. No automated funnel, no nurture sequence. You write to me, I write back. That is the whole process.

Illustration work - books, covers, editorial, advertising, packaging - is fully remote and available worldwide. Live painting - wedding and event - is Poland-only because the format requires me on-site. If you are an international brand hosting an event in Poland, that works. If you need live painting abroad, I would refer you to a local artist rather than overpromise.

I am Anna Karwala, an illustrator based in Poland with a fine arts degree and over a decade of professional practice. I work on children's books, editorial illustration, advertising commissions, and live painting at weddings and corporate events. My studio is small on purpose - the illustration work is entirely my own hand, no ghost-illustrators, and the portfolio is the work I do. For bigger live-painting events I bring in a small, hand-picked team of painters so everyone gets a portrait, but the studio and its standards stay mine.