	Painting AI Gallery		A gallery of various paint treatments of images by AI applications.

Painted Images

There are a variety of reasons to turn a photo into a sketch.

It can turn a flat, bland image into unique & attractive artwork.
It may bring out the main content versus background noise.
It usually prints more crisp on a home or professional printer.
They make wonderful framed print, greeting and note cards

See the PROMPT descriptions for each sample and try one of these on your images. Each application will likely return a different 'look' of the same image and prompt.

Variety of Paint Schemes

You can give a flat, bland photograph an exceptional look, corresponding to the era and to your liking. AI allows you to "paint" an image in whatever style you like. Example paint scheme include:

Masters - Specify a specific 'old master' who's style you admire and will fit the picture.
General styles - Different eras embraced various looks. Use one you like, examples include Renaissance, Baroque, and Romanticism; though some may be too dramatic.
Tinting and lighting – Colorize a B&W photo, or emulate a look you've seen and liked, or be creative.

Note: All images are the property of Gary W. Clark and AI treatments were conductd by him.

Original

Painted

1923 Photograph

Prompt: paint in the Frederic Remington style (Gemini 3.0)

Painted 1923 photograph in a Frederic Remington style

c. 1918 Photograph

Prompt: Apply a Norman Rockwell style of painting to the portraits, do not change scene. (Gemini 3.0)

The "do not change scene" statment needed to be added as the first version did not say this and Gemii put them in a period-correct room. with a fireplace sitting in overstuffed chairs. It was a great image, but not what was requested.

Norman Rockwell style of painting

1909 Photograph

Prompt: apply a Renaissance painting style, classical composition, soft natural lighting. (Gemini 3.0)

Renaissance painting style

1936 Photograph

Prompt: paint in American Gothic style by Grant Wood. (Gemini 2.5)

American Gothic style of Grant Wood. Notice the added church-like window popular in Grant Wood's paintings. You can usually supress such additions by adding 'do not change scene' to the prompt.

1956 Photograph

Prompt: Create a colorized version typical of the 1950s, soft colors (Gemini 2.5)

Colorized 1950s Family Portrait

1927 Photograph

Prompt: Paint this image in the American Gothic style by Grant Wood, do not change faces. (Gemini 3.0)

The 'do not change faces' statement was needed as the first attempt changed the people. This is truly a magnificent rendition. The only change it made was a typical Gothic element by Wood, the window in the building in the background. Trivia: The woman with the camera, too the picture of the boys with their guns in an open field, above. She was this author's grandmother.

1939 Photograph

Prompt: Paint in a Norman Rockwell style, do not change people or faces. do not change scene. (Gemini 3.0)

Norman Rockwell's dramatic colors.