No. The painting is created digitally from your photo in seconds, in the brushwork and colors of the chosen style. You see the result right away, can try several styles, and order it printed on archival fine-art paper.

Will people still look like themselves?

Yes. The style is applied to your photo, so faces, expressions and poses carry over. Generate a few variations and keep the one that captures them best.

Which painting style should I choose?

Oil painting is the classic, with rich, textured brushstrokes. Impressionist is lighter and more colorful. Watercolor is soft and fresh. Old Master suits portraits with character. Try several on the same photo before you decide.

Will the print be sharp enough for a large frame?

Upscale the painting before ordering and it is prepared for print, then printed on one of five archival fine-art papers from 180gsm to 315gsm. You choose the size and see a preview before you order.

Creating paintings is part of a PicturaLabs plan, starting at $9 a month (€11 in the EU), and you can cancel anytime. Prints are priced separately by size, paper and frame, and you see the price before you order.

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Turn Your Photo into a Painting, Printed for Your Wall

Upload a portrait, a landscape or a holiday snapshot and turn it into an oil painting, an impressionist canvas or a watercolor, then we print it for you, delivered to your door. Not just another download.

Turn Your Photo into a Painting

Printed on archival fine-art paper
Framed or unframed
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Phone photo of a smiling grandfather in a straw hat holding a basket of tomatoes in his garden

The same photo as a textured oil painting

ONE PHOTO, PAINTED

Four kinds of painting

People, places and moments: each style repaints the whole photo in its own brushwork and keeps what matters in it.

Grandfather with a basket of tomatoes as a textured oil painting — Original

Original phone photo of a grandfather in a straw hat holding a basket of tomatoes — Original

Original phone photo of a winding road through Tuscan hills at sunset — Original

Oil Painting

Thick, textured brushstrokes you can almost feel, in warm and saturated color. The classic painting look for portraits and landscapes.

Two kids running on a beach as an impressionist palette-knife painting — Original

Original phone photo of two kids running hand in hand along a beach — Original

Impressionist

Broad palette-knife strokes and light, lavender-tinted color, in the spirit of the French Impressionists. Lively and full of light.

Two kids running on a beach as a watercolor painting — Original

Watercolor

Clear, bright gouache and watercolor washes on white paper. Fresh and summery, especially for holiday photos.

Grandfather with a basket of tomatoes as a Rembrandt-style portrait — Original

Old Master

Deep shadows and warm candlelight, like a portrait from Rembrandt’s studio. Made for portraits with character.

FROM PHOTO TO PAINTING

From photo to painting in three steps

No painting skills, no waiting weeks for an artist and no prompt writing. Your photo is enough.

Upload a photo
A portrait, a landscape, a holiday or a family moment. Sharp, well-lit photos give the best paintings.
Pick a painting style
Choose oil painting, impressionist, watercolor, Old Master or any of 80+ styles. Generate a few variations and keep the best one.
Print or download
Upscale it for sharp detail, then download it or order a framed or unframed print, delivered to your door.

Turn Your Photo into a Painting

MADE TO LEAVE THE SCREEN

Your photo, framed like a painting.

Above the fireplace, over the dining table or in the hallway. Order it framed, or as a print for a frame you already love.

Two impressionist paintings of Tuscany and a beach in oak frames above a linen sofa — Impressionist pair · Oak frames

Oil painting of a grandfather with tomatoes in a gold frame above a white fireplace — Oil painting · Gold frame

Oil painting of a Tuscan landscape in a walnut frame above a rustic dining table — Oil painting · Walnut frame

Oil painting of kids on a beach in a white frame above a bed in a coastal bedroom — Oil painting · White frame

Old Master portrait of a grandfather in a carved wooden frame in a home study — Old Master · Carved wood frame

Watercolor of kids on a beach in an oak frame in a bright hallway — Watercolor · Oak frame

5 archival fine-art papers
Framed or unframed
Printed in labs in the US, Europe and the UK

PAINTING FROM PHOTO QUESTIONS

Before you pick a photo

Which photos work, how it compares to a hand-painted commission, and how printing works.

Sharp, well-lit photos with a clear subject: a portrait, a landscape, a holiday scene, your pet. Phone photos are fine. Very dark or blurry photos give muddier paintings.

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Your next favourite wall art starts with one photo

Upload a photo or describe an idea, choose from countless preset styles, and order the one you love as a framed fine-art print.

Create Your First Artwork

Turn Your Photo into a Painting, Printed for Your Wall

Turn Your Photo into a Painting

Printed on archival fine-art paper

Framed or unframed

Delivered to your door

Turn Your Photo into a Painting, Printed for Your Wall