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PH-0970 · Photo prompt

Watercolour Painting Portrait

Repaints your photo as a loose watercolour portrait on cold pressed paper with bare white around the edges. One photo is enough.

What you get

Repaints your photo as a loose watercolour portrait on cold pressed paper with bare white around the edges.

What you need
  • One photo to upload with the prompt
  • One blank to fill in: colour
Best inGeminiAlso works in ChatGPT
91 words
Prompt · September 19, 2026
Use the attached photo. Keep the face, features, hair and pose clearly recognisable, and repaint the picture as a loose watercolour portrait on cold pressed paper: wet edges, blooms where the pigment pooled, visible brush strokes, and large areas of white paper left bare around the shoulders. A limited palette of [colour] and warm grey with a few darker accents. The face is the most resolved part and everything else dissolves into wash. Visible paper grain, no outlines drawn in pen. Aspect ratio 4:5. No text, no watermark, no extra people.
Input photoInput 1 for the example
Example result of the Watercolour Painting Portrait prompt
Example result. Made with Nano Banana 2.1 from this exact prompt and the input above, with the bracketed parts as written. The input was generated as well: no real person, place or brand. Your result will differ; change the brackets to make it yours.
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How to use it

  1. Fill the blanks under «Make it yours» — the prompt updates as you type.
  2. Copy the prompt and paste it into Gemini together with your photo.
  3. Not quite right? Reply with what to change — the model keeps the rest.

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