Wedding Illustration

Bespoke hand painted watercolour live illustrations of you and your guests, and other special details, on the day as it happens.

I create stylish, flattering and joyful fashion portraits of you and your guests, in just 5-10 minutes

A wonderful way to entertain your guests and create a unique memento of your day.

All wedding guest portrait packages also include an A4 Bridal Couple portrait created in my studio.

To find out more about my live illustration packages and prices, just fill my contact form via the link below.

“We had Helen at our wedding to do live portraits of our guests. It was a wonderful addition to the day, all of our guests commented on what a great idea it was and how beautiful Helen's portraits were. We loved that so many people had a personalised portrait to take home at the end of the day and keep as a memento.

Helen was great from start to finish and we would not hesitate to recommend her to anyone else looking for something different at their wedding!”

— Chelsea and Mark

Joyful and stylish illustrations

Hand painted watercolour and ink illustrations, created in just 5-10 minutes of you and your guests.

A unique and wonderful way to capture your day. Your guests can watch me work, and you’ll have many special mementos of the day to treasure.

Wedding Illustration Packages

You can choose from my Gold, Silver or Platinum Guest Portrait packages, or my Capture Your Day Package, which includes a ceremony illustration, as well as guest portraits

Availability

Please note that my calendar may not be fully up to date as events can often change.

Contact me for my most up to date calendar and availability.

“We booked Helen for our London wedding last weekend. We were blown away by how awesome she was, everyone loved the idea and said how unique it was. It really added an element of magic to our day.

Our guests took the illustrations home as favours and we had so many beautiful comments.


Helen was a pleasure to work with, friendly & professional from start to finish and super accommodating on the day with getting as many illustrations of our guests done as possible, maybe even a few more which we really appreciated. We really loved her set up, it was gorgeous.”

— Natalie and Robert

Live Illustration Gallery

Hello, World!

How Does It Work?

Check out a few of my FAQs below, or you can also ready my recent blog post about ‘How Live Illustration Works’.

  • All my live illustration packages include the below as standard:

    A5 Watercolour Portraits of as many of the guests as possible in the time frame

    Materials and packaging for each original artwork

    30 minutes set up / take down time at the venue

    My day rate for live illustration work

    The original illustrations being given as gifts to your guests

  • Each portrait takes 8-10 minutes to create, so I can create around 6 portraits per hour.

  • I need enough space for a small folding table and chair.

    If your venue can provide this, fantastic, but I can bring my own folding table if required.

  • I am based in Reading, Berkshire, so travel within 1 hour of Reading is included in my prices.

    I can travel to further locations at £0.50 per mile.

  • If you’d like to book me for your special occasion, just email me at helenanneridley@gmail.com, confirming the date, time and location of your event. You can also fill in the enquiry form below!

Book Me For Your Event

To find out more about my live illustration packages, and to receive more details on my prices and packages please fill in my contact form via the link below.