One photo in · A painted portrait out · Free to try
Oil Painting Portrait
Upload one photo and turn it into a classical painted portrait — real brushwork, warm gallery light, and a likeness that stays yours.
One photo, a painted portrait
A real painted portrait, rendered by the model this page runs. Drag the divider to compare the original photo with the painted result. Every output is AI-generated, so your finished picture varies with your photo, your prompt, and the style you describe — treat this as a guide to what the tool can do, not a fixed result you will get back exactly.
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What is an AI oil painting portrait?
Visible brushstrokes, warm chiaroscuro light, and canvas texture instead of camera pixels — one photo of you repainted as a classical fine-art portrait, the same person underneath.
Instead of commissioning a painter for weeks or wrestling with filters that just smear the colours, you upload a clear picture and the model rebuilds the skin, the hair, the fabric and the light in an old-master painterly style while keeping the sitter recognisably you. The photograph goes in unaltered, you choose the canvas size, and the cost of the run is shown before you agree to it.
A failed run is refunded automatically unless it broke the content policy, so a portrait that never renders is not charged. What it will not do is invent a sitting you never had: the pose you upload is the pose you get back.
Creative engine
How the painted portrait comes together
Upload a photo, pick the look, choose the format and resolution, and the credit estimate updates before you generate.
Real brushstroke texture
The photograph is repainted with actual brushstroke texture and warm gallery light rather than covered with a flat colour wash. Look at the edge of a cheek or a collar — a filter leaves the photographic edge intact, a repaint replaces it with a loaded stroke.
Likeness preserved
Face, pose and clothing carry through, so the portrait reads as you and not as an invented sitter. That is the whole difference between a painting of someone and a painting of you, and it is the first thing to check in the result.
Set the format, check the credit estimate, and generate; a run that fails is refunded unless it broke the content policy, and the estimate moves with the format so the cost is visible first. An oil painting is the slowest-looking of the drawn styles — the pencil sketch strips the same photo back to line and shading, and the caricature exaggerates instead of flattering.
Paint your portrait in three steps
From one photo to a gallery-style portrait, with the cost shown before you commit.
Paint my portrait
Add one clear photo with your face well lit and in focus. A calm pose and an even light give the model the most to paint from.
Pick the look
Steer the style if you like — a warm Rembrandt mood, a brighter Impressionist feel, more or less visible brushwork. Clear direction keeps the result on-brief.
Check credits and generate
Confirm the estimate, generate the painted portrait, and download it. When a portrait fails the credits come back, with content-policy blocks the one exception.
Who paints a portrait
Anniversary gifts, memorials, a hallway that needs something framed.
A gift or keepsake
Turn a favourite photo of a parent or partner into a hand-painted-looking portrait for a birthday or anniversary, without a commission or a wait.
A striking profile picture
Stand out with a painted avatar that reads as fine art instead of another snapshot, on socials or a professional page.
Art for the wall
Mock up a canvas-style piece from your own photo before you print and frame it, so you see the look first.
Painted portrait FAQ
Common questions about turning a photo into a painted portrait with Kavel.
It is a full repaint, not an overlay. The model rebuilds your photo with brushstroke texture, canvas grain, and painted light, so edges soften and colours are laid down like pigment rather than left as camera detail. The output is a finished image you can download and print.
That is the aim. The model keeps the face, pose, and clothing recognizable and paints the style on top, so the portrait reads as the same person. A clear, well-lit photo carries the most likeness onto the canvas.
By default a classical old-master look — warm chiaroscuro light and visible brushwork. Ask for something else in the prompt, like a brighter Impressionist feel or heavier impasto, and the render follows it. A failed or unwanted run takes seconds to redo.
A sharp, evenly lit portrait with the face clearly visible. Busy backgrounds and harsh phone flash give the model less to work with; a calm pose against a simple backdrop paints cleanest.
Yes — a painted portrait of a loved one is one of the most common uses. Generate at the highest resolution for printing, and make sure you own the photo you upload before you turn it into a keepsake.
New accounts start with free credits, so the first few runs cost nothing. After that the price depends on the resolution and how many images you ask for, and the estimate updates on screen before you press generate. A failed run is refunded automatically (unless it broke the content policy).
Kavel pricing — you pay per generation, never per seat
Credits are shared across everything Kavel runs. You see the cost before each run, and a failed job is never charged.
Free
What's included
- 15 credits before you sign up
- +40 when you create an account
- +100 a week from daily check-ins
- = 488 a month — 97 images or 12 videos
- No card, no account
- Free engine every day Grok Imagine
- Photo editing Nano Banana 2 Lite
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Starter
What's included
- 3,150 credits per month
- Up to 630 images or 78 videos Grok Imagine Nano Banana
- Clean downloads, no watermark
- Every model unlocked Veo 3.1 Seedance Nano Banana
- Cost shown before you generate
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Creator
What's included
- 7,200 credits per month
- Up to 1,440 images or 180 videos Grok Imagine Nano Banana
- Clean downloads, no watermark
- Every model unlocked Veo 3.1 Seedance 2 Nano Banana 2
- No shared queue
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Studio
What's included
- 13,200 credits per month
- Up to 2,640 images or 330 videos Grok Imagine Nano Banana
- Clean downloads, no watermark
- Every model unlocked Seedance 2.5 Kling 3.0 Veo 3.1
- No shared queue
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Charges appear as “KAVEL AI” on your card statement. You can cancel any time from Settings → Billing; cancellation takes effect at the end of the period you already paid for. Operator details, the full model list, and the refund window are on the about page.
Other painted and drawn finishes
Other art styles for the same photo, and the model behind the edit.
Paint your portrait
Brushwork, gallery light, and a likeness that stays yours. Look at it at full size before you think about a frame.