Photo to painting converter

Repaint a photo in oil or acrylic. The composition stays the same.

Every image model

One workspace

Painting styles you can create

Turn a photo into a painting in three steps

  1. 01

    Open Morphic

    Sign up and start creating on a free-flowing, infinite visual canvas.

  2. 02

    Upload your photo and name the medium

    Add the reference image and describe the painting look, from thick oil to a loose watercolour wash.

  3. 03

    Generate and compare styles

    Morphic repaints the photo and holds the composition. Try a few mediums side by side, then export the best.

Use cases

Wall art from a favourite photo

Repaint a holiday view, a pet, or a family shot into a painting you can print and frame. The composition you loved stays put while the medium gives it the feel of a hand-painted piece. Generate at the largest size for a canvas print and check the brushwork holds. It turns a phone photo into something worth hanging.

Wall art from a favourite photo

Painted portraits and gifts

Make a painted portrait as a gift without commissioning an artist. Describe how much facial detail to keep so the likeness reads clearly under the brushwork. Oil and pastel suit a warm keepsake, while ink wash gives a quieter, graphic feel. Compare a couple of versions and pick the one that flatters the subject.

Painted portraits and gifts

Illustrated covers and editorial art

Turn a photo into a painterly image for a book cover, a blog header, or an editorial spread. A painted treatment lifts a stock-looking shot into something with a point of view. Match the palette to the piece and keep the layout so text still sits where you planned. Iterate on the Canvas until the mood is right.

Illustrated covers and editorial art

Style studies and mood boards

Explore how a scene would read across oil, watercolour, and gouache before you paint it for real. Because the composition is held, the studies are directly comparable. Artists use it to test a palette or a stroke direction, and designers use it to fill a mood board fast. Keep the versions you like and move on.

Style studies and mood boards

Prompt examples

Landscape photo repainted as a classic oil painting

Oil landscape

Repaint this landscape as a classic oil painting, keep the composition, thick visible brushwork, warm palette

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City street photo repainted as a loose watercolour

Watercolour city

Turn this street photo into a loose watercolour, soft washes and bleeding edges, hold the layout

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Portrait repainted in bold acrylic with the pose preserved

Acrylic portrait

Repaint this portrait in bold acrylic, confident strokes, keep the face detail and the pose

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Photo rendered as a soft pastel drawing

Soft pastel

Render this photo as a soft pastel drawing, chalky texture, muted colour, keep the composition

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Photo converted to a minimal ink wash painting

Ink wash

Convert to an ink wash painting, black and grey tones, minimal brush marks, hold the subject placement

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Still life repainted with thick palette knife impasto

Palette knife

Repaint this still life with a palette knife, thick impasto texture, keep the arrangement and light

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All on Morphic

Your complete restyle stack

Simple pricing

Get started for free today, with the option to upgrade or cancel anytime.

Basic

$9/ month
billed as $0 per year

1100 monthly credits

1 user only

All models

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Standard

$24/ month
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3625 monthly credits

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All models

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Pro

$45/ month
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6350 shared monthly credits

1 user

+ up to 4 more at extra cost

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Pro Max

$170/ month
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24650 shared monthly credits

1 user

+ up to 9 more at extra cost

All models

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Enterprise

For higher limits

Custom

pricing and billing terms

High-volume credits
Custom seat limits
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Pricing Gradient

Free

For playing around

$0

forever free

Up to 20 credits
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Limited models
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FAQs

How does photo to painting work?
It is an image-to-image restyle. You upload a photo and Morphic uses it as the reference, then repaints it in the medium you name while keeping the composition, the subject placement, and the light. The layout stays the same, so it reads as your photo painted rather than a new scene invented from the prompt.
Which painting styles can I choose?
Oil, watercolour, acrylic, gouache, pastel, and ink wash are the common ones, and you can push toward a period or an artist-adjacent feel by describing brushwork, palette, and canvas texture. Naming the medium and the stroke size gives the model the most to work with. Swap image models if one renders a brush better than another.
Will it keep my composition?
Yes, that is the point of starting from your photo. The framing, the horizon, and where each element sits are held while only the medium changes. If you want a looser interpretation, say so in the prompt and the model will take more liberty with the strokes and edges.
Can I use it on landscapes and portraits both?
Yes. Landscapes take well to oil and watercolour, with skies and foliage gaining visible brushwork. Portraits work best when you describe how much detail to keep in the face, since a heavy impasto can soften features. Run a couple of versions and compare on the Canvas.
Is the result high enough resolution to print?
The render is a raster image sized for screen and small prints. For a large canvas print you can generate at the largest size the model offers and upscale, then check the brush detail holds. It produces a painting-style image, not a layered or vector file.
Do I need to sign up?
You can look through the examples without an account. To repaint your own photo, a free account takes under a minute to create.

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