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Home > Photo Editor > Photo To Watercolor

Turn Your Photo Into a Watercolor Painting

With a single click, you can turn your photo into a unique watercolor painting.

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Watercolor Effects For Any Photo

Get creative with our exclusive watercolor filters, designed to turn your photo into a one-of-a-kind watercolor painting. In addition to being incredibly easy to use, these effects are unique to BeFunky – crafted in-house by our innovative team. Discover these custom watercolor filters in our Photo Editor, simply upload a photo and find your favorite effect! Choose from our classic filters, try the enhanced Watercolor DLX, or go for realism with our AI-powered Watercolor GFX. These one-click watercolor effects eliminate the mess, art supplies, and time necessary with classic watercolor painting.

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Go From Photo to Watercolor Instantly

Harnessing AI technology, our base watercolor filters identify important details in your image – such as facial features, textures, depth, and shadows – for captivating results. Preserve the essence of your images while replicating that classic watercolor painting effect.

The same scene of a man holding a baby in a forest, transformed with a vibrant watercolor photo filter featuring bright greens, purples, and yellows
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Create Realistic Watercolor Art From Your Photos

With unparalleled results, Watercolor GFX is our most realistic watercolor filter yet. With GFX, you can customize how closely the effect resembles your original photo – without losing detail or adding distortion to serene landscapes, pet photos, and more. You'll also have the option to choose from several different variations. But no matter your choice, expect extreme accuracy, airy brushstrokes, and the perfect color bleed.

The same desert scene with cacti and a red rock mountain, enhanced with a vibrant watercolor photo filter adding soft, painterly textures and vivid colors.
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Enhance Your Photos With a Watercolor Effect

Our Digital Art DLX effects take the already popularized Artsy effects up a notch. Watercolor DLX refines the rendering process – making it easy to convert photos into works of art. This watercolor effect softens the details of your image and applies the original color palette in the dynamic movement of each digital brush stroke.

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Go From Photo to Watercolor On Any Device

Download our mobile app to apply a watercolor filter to your photo with a single tap.

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Turn Any Photo Into Watercolor Art

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Customize Portraits

Add an extra layer of uniqueness to your portraits by turning them into watercolor paintings. Call attention to the best and most unique features of your subject.

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Elevate Abstractions

Experiment with your abstract artwork by layering a watercolor filter! You may find that it elicits a completely new interpretation.

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Bring Your Nature Photography to Life

Use a watercolor effect to bring your nature photography to life with vivid colors, unique textures, and brushstrokes that mimic motion.

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Emphasize the Beauty of Landscapes

Emphasize the natural beauty of your landscape photos. Each effect will produce a different result – from serene to intense – perfect for any landscape with any mood.

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Transform Your Pet Photos

Turn any photo of your pet into a work of art – in just a few clicks! Perfect for highlighting unique features and preserving special memories for years to come.

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Create a Traditional Watercolor Painting

Keep it simple! Turn any photo into a traditional watercolor painting with this tutorial.

Give Your Photo a Watercolor Effect in 3 Steps

You can instantly transform a photo into a watercolor painting!

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01. Upload Your Photo

Open your image in BeFunky's Photo Editor.

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02. Choose a Watercolor Effect

Go to the Artsy section and choose your favorite watercolor effect.

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03. Save Your Image

Save your image to the location of your choosing.

Go From Photo To Watercolor Instantly!

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