# Oil Painting Style Portrait Prompt with Reference

- Model: [Nano Banana Pro](/models/nano-banana-2-1.md)
- Creator: [Library Social (@library.social)](/@library.social.md)
- Label: AI-generated
- Use cases: Portraits
- AI keywords: portrait, painting, playful
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- Published: 2026-11-01
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## Prompt

```text
Create a vibrant and artistic oil painting of a smiling, beautiful person, using the uploaded photo as a facial reference without altering their features or appearance. The background is pure beige, filled with dynamic and expressive splashes of oil paint in {splash_colors} that organically spread across the scene. In the foreground, a realistic human hand holds a painter's palette knife as if actively painting the man's sweatshirt sleeve, creating the illusion that the portrait is being painted in that very moment. The visual style combines detailed ink drawings with loose watercolor textures, including paint drips, fine splashes, soft pigment diffusion, watercolor bloom effects, and the natural texture of the paper. The image features strong contrast, an expressive and dynamic artistic look, a clear hand-painted aesthetic, a focused composition, soft lighting, a high level of detail, and a modern illustration style. 9:16 aspect ratio.
```

## Variables

Replace each `{variable}` before you paste the prompt.

| Variable | Label | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `{splash_colors}` | splash colors | blue, orange, and purple |

## About

A detailed prompt for Gemini Nano Banana Pro 2.0 to create a vibrant, artistic oil painting portrait of a smiling person, using an uploaded photo for facial reference. The style combines oil painting with ink drawings and watercolor textures against a pure beige background with dynamic paint splashe

Prompt from YouMind OpenLab (github.com/YouMind-OpenLab).

## Credit and licence

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