Personalized art from your photo

Turn your photo into an oil painting – and paint it yourself.

Give your favorite photo a warm, expressive oil painting feel. Then, paint your personal design yourself as a paint-by-numbers picture.

Transform your own photo into an oil painting and then paint it yourself
  • Personal photo as basis
  • Directly compare stylistic effects
  • Create your own paint-by-numbers picture
  • Production on demand

Expressive imagery

A familiar photo with picturesque depth

The oil painting style emphasizes light, color, and visible brushstrokes. This gives people, animals, and special memories a warm, classic visual language.

Pictumira does not deliver a finished oil print. The style serves as the starting point for your personal design, which you then create yourself with the clear paint-by-numbers structure.

Test photo in oil painting style
Original photo next to an artistically rendered version on canvas

How to achieve your design

From Photo to Oil Painting Style

A good source photo and a clear style decision lay the foundation for your personal design.

  1. Motive

    A photo with a clear main subject

    Portraits, pets, and couple pictures are particularly suitable if the face or subject is clearly recognizable and not too small.

  2. Effect

    Choose light and color mindfully

    Warm lighting moods and distinct contrasts support the expressive, painterly effect of the oil painting style.

  3. Implementation

    Paint yourself field by field

    After selecting the style, you continue with size, orientation, and photo upload in the familiar Pictumira workflow.

Good to know

Questions about the photo in oil painting style

The choice of style changes the effect of your photo. You then paint it yourself.

How do I turn my photo into an oil painting?

On the art page, you select the oil painting style and upload your photo. This generates personal designs, from which you choose your favorite for the paint-by-numbers picture.

Will I receive a real oil painting?

No. The term describes the visual style. You receive a personalized paint-by-numbers picture and paint it yourself with the colors belonging to the motif.

Which photos suit the oil painting style?

Portraits, animal photos, and emotional memories with clear light and color contrasts are particularly well suited.

Do I have to be able to paint?

No. The numbered canvas and the corresponding paints guide you step-by-step through your motif.

Photo is transferred into a picturesque pictorial world and painted by hand

Your photo. Your visual language.

See your photo in the oil painting style.

Compare the effects and then begin your personal draft.

Select oil painting style