Turn Any Picture Into a Painting Online For Free

Quick and easy art transformation

Turn photos into art in a matter of seconds with Picsart. No rocket science is involved! A couple of taps, and you’re good to go.

Variety of AI painting filters

Get realistic results with AI-powered painting filters and select from a variety of artistic styles available to get the look you want.

High-resolution output

Crystal-clear visuals that captivate with remarkable detail and clarity.

How to turn photos into paintings

Upload image to the photo editor

Upload image to start editing a picture from your photo library.

Upload

Apply photo effects

Customize design

Download your photo

Save time and effort bringing your creative vision to fruition

Adding artistic and hand-drawn flair to digital images or designs used to be (and can still be) an incredibly laborious process. What’s more, creating a cross-hatching photo effect or an embossing effect on an image can be painstaking work for a digital artist. But Picsart’s artistic filters and effects can easily transform a plain photo in no time at all. The end result? A unique image that stands out from the crowd, whether you’re creating personal or corporate marketing materials.

Add a bit of whimsy with cartoon and anime photo filters

The question on so many people’s mind these days: “Where can I get the cartoon filter?” The Picsart cartoonizer tool is an easy way to convert selfies into playful cartoon or anime drawings. Beyond just your average cartoon filter though, Picsart's Magic effects create beautifully saturated, colorful portraits that truly pop. Ditch the mundane social media profile and make it look as though you've jumped straight out of a pop art poster or a comic strip!

Explore new depths and textures in your designs with artistic filters

Enhance your designs and digital art in a million different ways with artistic photo filters. Want to create a kaleidoscope look? Try our Polygon artistic filter. How about a disco ball effect? The Holiday Party photo effect is right up your alley. Or maybe a sketch look is more your taste? The Sketcher photo effect may suit you better. From more subtle color changes to complete transformations, there’s no shortage of ways to push the creative boundaries with the help of photo filters and effects.

Discover more photo effects and filters

Unlock a world of stunning visual possibilities with Picsart's latest photo filters.

Photo-to-cartoon effect

Turn your selfie into a cartoon and see yourself in a whole new light!

Watercolor photo effect

Paint any photo like a photo, without any paint. Simply apply the Picsart watercolor photo effect.

Blur image photo effect

Easily blur images with Picsart’s suite of Blur filters. The result? Images with a soft, dreamy quality.

Colorize images

Breathe new life into dull photos in seconds with Picsart’s Colorize effect.

Light photo filters

See how your image looks when various shades are applied through the Light filters.

Paper photo effect

Create creases and paper-like texture easily with the Paper photo effects.

Photo to art FAQs

How do I turn my photos into art?

Do I need any special skills to use Picsart's photo-to-art converter?

No, you don't need any special skills to use Picsart's photo-to-art converter. It’s really as easy as choosing a filter and applying it to your image. No complicated photo editing necessary!

How many different photo-to-art filters are available in Picsart's photo Editor?

The Picsart photo Editor offers a wide range of photo-to-art filters, including effects you won’t find anywhere else. Our artistic, cartoon, painting, watercolor, animation, and pop sketch photo effects produce some incredible changes on your photos with just a single tap. And the best part is that you can experiment with any or all of them to achieve the look you’re going for.

Can I customize the settings of the photo-to-painting filters?

Sure! Once you’ve applied a filter or an effect, you can tweak the light, color saturation, clarity, and other details of your image. And unlike other simple photo editors that only let you apply filters, you can layer on stickers, frames, text, and anything else to customize your photo so that the resulting product is even more impressive than the original.

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