AI example of a loose watercolour portrait of a woman on textured paper — Example made with this prompt on Nano Banana 2 from a photo of a fictional person. AI-generated.

Watercolour Portrait Prompt

Turns your photo into a loose, luminous watercolour painting on textured paper.

Nano Banana 2
1 photo
4:5
Art styles

Prompt

Repaint the uploaded photo as a loose watercolour portrait on cold-press paper. Keep the person's face and likeness recognisable from the uploaded photo. Soft wet-in-wet washes in [rose, ochre and teal], fine pencil underdrawing showing through, crisp details only around the eyes and mouth, white paper left bare for highlights, gentle paint blooms and drips at the edges.

Upload one photo. One clear, well-lit photo of yourself, face visible

Use this prompt

#watercolour
#painting
#portrait
#art

How to use this prompt

01
Upload a photo
Upload one photo. One clear, well-lit photo of yourself, face visible
02
Paste the prompt
Press Use this prompt to open it in Photo studio, or Copy prompt to paste it into Gemini. Replace any words in [square brackets] with your own details.
03
Generate and download
Run it on Nano Banana 2 at 4:5. If the first result is close but not right, change one detail at a time and run it again.

Where this trend comes from

Watercolour and other painted restyles were among the artistic Nano Banana trends Google highlighted from 2025.

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