Upload your image
Start with any image, such as a portrait, pet photo, flower, illustration, sketch, or simple landscape. Your image becomes the source for your printable paint by number project.
CREATE PAINTABLE ART FROM IMAGES
Turn your images into creative painting experiences.
Create paint by number guides from your images, then choose a numbered cell grid or a contour map for markers, fixed-color sets, or mixed paints using built-in or custom Color Sets. Upload an image, generate a printable guide, and make it by hand.
Image inStart from almost any image: illustrations, portraits, pets, flowers, or simple landscapes.
Guide outCreate numbered cell grids, contour maps, and printable legends.
Create by handUse markers, pencils, acrylics, or paint-mixing recipes with your chosen or custom Color Set.
How it works
From image to paint-by-number project in three steps.
No technical setup. Upload an image and turn it into a printable paint by number guide, numbered grid, or contour map you can paint, color, and share.
Create your guide
Choose a numbered grid or contour map, select a built-in or custom Color Set, and adjust the detail level. Image To Grid creates the printable guide and color legend for your workflow.
Print and create
Download or print your guide, then fill it by hand with markers, pencils, acrylic paints, or mixed paints using the suggested colors.
Examples
Printable guides for many kinds of images.
Turn your image into paint by number style grids, contour maps, fixed-color marker guides, paint-mixing plans, or pixel-style artwork you can print and follow, including custom drawing children actually want to paint.
Portraits
Turn faces into a printable paint by number guide with numbered cells and a clear legend.
AI Drawings
Generate a unique drawing with any AI image tool, then upload it here to turn it into a printable paint-by-number guide.
Pets
Create a personal pet painting guide with readable shapes, color regions, and printable references.
Still Life
Turn a simple still life — like fruit in a bowl on a table with a window behind — into a printable paint-by-number guide.
Landscapes
Simplify skies, hills, and backgrounds into larger regions for contour-style painting guides.
Favorite Image
Turn a favorite character, animal, car, or cartoon-style image into a printable paint-by-number activity your child can enjoy at home.
Why people use it
Turn personal images into printable paint-by-number activities.
Create custom guides from photos, drawings, pets, favorite characters, simple landscapes, or AI-generated images. Perfect for families, teachers, creative hobbyists, and anyone who wants a more personal painting project.
Kids and family projects
Make printable activities from the things children already love, like cartoon-style characters, animals, cars, superheroes, pets, birthdays, or family photos.
Classroom and learning activities
Create custom worksheets for art lessons, color practice, patience, planning, visual structure, and themed classroom projects.
DIY and craft projects
Turn your own images into relaxing handmade projects, from simple paint-by-number pages to contour guides, mosaics, and physical pixel-style artwork.
Pet photo keepsakes
Convert a favorite dog, cat, or pet photo into a personalized printable guide that feels familiar, fun, and meaningful to paint.
Personalized gifts
Create unique painting projects for birthdays, family memories, anniversaries, holidays, or special moments using images that matter.
FAQ
Questions before you start.
Everything you need to know before turning an image into a printable paint-by-number guide, numbered grid, contour map, or color reference.
Can I turn my own image into paint by number?
Yes. Upload an image and create a printable paint-by-number style guide with numbered areas, a matching color legend, and export options for printing or saving.
Can I print or download the generated guide?
Yes. You can download or print the generated numbered grid, contour map, guide, and color legend so you can paint, color, or work from paper.
Can I choose between a grid and a contour map?
Yes. You can create a numbered grid when you want a structured paint-by-number layout, or a Color Contour Map when you prefer smoother color regions and natural boundaries.
Can I customize the colors or use my own Color Set?
Yes. The editor includes built-in Color Sets, custom Color Set options, and controls for adjusting the final result. You can work with fixed colors or paint-mixing style guides depending on your project.
Can I use markers, pencils, or brush pens?
Yes. Fixed-color guides are especially useful for alcohol markers, brush pens, colored pencils, crayons, and other tools where you want to match each number to a limited set of ready-made colors.
Can I use acrylic paints?
Yes. Paint-mixing guides are designed for acrylics and similar paint workflows when you want suggested mixed colors instead of only ready-made marker or pencil colors.
Can I save my project and continue later?
Yes. You can save your work as a project file and reopen it later so your image, settings, edits, contour state, and generated result are available again.
Can I create pixel art or mosaic-style artwork?
Yes. You can generate pixel-style artwork, mosaic-like guides, and simplified color grids from images or illustrations, then print or export the result.
Does it work on mobile?
Yes. The editor is responsive and works on mobile devices. For detailed editing, previewing, and print setup, a tablet or desktop screen is usually more comfortable.
Do I need an account or payment to try it?
No. The current editor can be tried without creating an account or making a payment. Usage limits or quick human verification may apply to keep image processing available for real users.
Start creating
Bring an image into the studio and make it paintable.
Open the editor, upload an image, and turn it into a printable paint by number guide, numbered grid, or contour map for markers or mixed paints.