A bride painted after Klimt, gold leaf around her

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The hands 132

132 hands to paint in: 5 eras, 39 painters and 88 modern movements. Tap one to start with your photo, or browse the gallery of art.

The studio

What are we painting?

The canvas

Painter 132

Masterworks 78

Tap one to see it large. Paint after it and its hand is the painting’s; its subject never is.

Palette

How the palettes are sampled

One painting a day is free, no account. Three painters take it; the first to finish hangs.

What shall we hang here?The line above becomes the first.

Begun as one line

Painted here

32 canvases from the studio, every one typed first. Tap a plaque to put its line in the studio and paint your own.

a quiet kitchen at first light, bread and a blue jug on the sill, a cat asleep by the window, painted in the Dutch Golden Age

my grandfather at eighty, one lamp lit, his hands folded on the table, the rest of the room gone dark, painted after Rembrandt

a walled hill town at noon, cypresses and a white road, a girl carrying figs, painted in the Renaissance

our old grey lurcher lying on the cool stone of the hall, one ear up, listening for the car, painted after Velázquez

a fishing boat tied up at dusk, ropes coiled on the quay, one lantern just lit, painted in the Dutch Golden Age

our brick house seen through the open garden gate, the hall door open too, sun on the back step, painted after De Hooch

a girl reading by a tall window, a map on the wall, pearls on the table, painted in the Dutch Golden Age

peonies, sweet peas and one white iris in a blue jug on the kitchen table, a petal already down, painted after Rachel Ruysch

a black labrador seated at full length beside a stone column, the leash on the floor, the evening sky behind, painted after Van Dyck

a market square after rain, a woman with a basket of pears, pigeons on the wet stones, painted in the Dutch Golden Age

the white farmhouse on the low road under a sky three times its size, rain coming across the field, painted after Ruisdael

our daughter on her wedding morning, gold everywhere except her face, which is exactly hers, painted after Klimt

my wife in a black column dress at the top of the stairs, one hand on the chrome rail, the city lit behind the glass, painted in the Art Deco hand

a lighthouse in a storm, one lamp lit, waves breaking on black rock, painted in the Romanticism

my mother at sixty in silver satin, full length beside a column, pearls at her throat, the storm clearing behind the drapery, painted after Van Dyck

a rowing boat pulled up on the river bank, poplars, late summer haze, painted in the Impressionism

my husband in a white dinner jacket at the lacquer piano, bow tie undone, one hand still on the keys, painted in the Deco Fashion Plate hand

a night ferry crossing under plum blossom, lanterns doubled in the water, painted in the Ukiyo-e

our daughter dancing in a red dress in the kitchen, arms up, the tiles and the fern and the yellow chair all around her, painted in the Cut-Paper Collage hand

a frozen canal at dusk, skaters small under a pewter sky, one lantern lit, painted in the Dutch Golden Age

my father in a black coat against a bare grey wall, one hand on the pommel of a walking stick, the light on his face only, painted after Velázquez

my sister in a beaded drop-waist dress and a long string of pearls, a fan half open, hair cut sharp at the jaw, painted in the Deco Fashion Plate hand

my son at twenty-one in a dark blue coat with a high collar, seated, his hand on an open book, the drapery a deep red, painted after Ingres

our red setter sitting very upright and very pleased with herself, ears lifted, the rings of colour opening behind her like a struck bell, painted in the Orphist Discs hand

a dachshund running along a yellow beach under a striped umbrella, the sea and the sand and the sky each one flat colour, painted in the Cut-Paper Collage hand

The eras

Five centuries, one wall

Each era is keyed to a decade and its pigments, and its swatches are sampled from a museum scan on the shelf. Tap one to paint in it.

Painted here in the Renaissance — *Renaissance*1470–1500

Painted here in the Dutch Golden Age — *Dutch Golden Age*1650–1670

Painted here in the Romanticism — *Romanticism*1810–1840

Painted here in the Impressionism — *Impressionism*1870–1890

Painted here in the Ukiyo-e — *Ukiyo-e*1820–1850

The wall 39 painters

Eight schools, one hand each

Every painter here has been gone seventy years or more, most of them a century or three. Each tile was painted in this studio after that hand, never after their pictures. Tap one to paint in it.

Italian Renaissance and Baroque2 painters

Painted here after Leonardo da Vinci — *Leonardo da Vinci*1452–1519

Painted here after Caravaggio — *Caravaggio*1571–1610

Dutch Golden Age8 painters

Painted here after Rembrandt van Rijn — *Rembrandt van Rijn*1606–1669

Painted here after Johannes Vermeer — *Johannes Vermeer*1632–1675

Painted here after Frans Hals — *Frans Hals*1582–1666

Painted here after Jacob van Ruisdael — *Jacob van Ruisdael*1628–1682

Painted here after Jan Steen — *Jan Steen*1626–1679

Painted here after Pieter de Hooch — *Pieter de Hooch*1629–1684

Painted here after Aelbert Cuyp — *Aelbert Cuyp*1620–1691

Painted here after Rachel Ruysch — *Rachel Ruysch*1664–1750

Flemish and Spanish Baroque4 painters

Painted here after Peter Paul Rubens — *Peter Paul Rubens*1577–1640

Painted here after Anthony van Dyck — *Anthony van Dyck*1599–1641

Painted here after Diego Velázquez — *Diego Velázquez*1599–1660

Painted here after Francisco de Zurbarán — *Francisco de Zurbarán*1598–1664

French12 painters

Painted here after Nicolas Poussin — *Nicolas Poussin*1594–1665

Painted here after Claude Lorrain — *Claude Lorrain*1604–1682

Painted here after Antoine Watteau — *Antoine Watteau*1684–1721

Painted here after François Boucher — *François Boucher*1703–1770

Painted here after Jean-Honoré Fragonard — *Jean-Honoré Fragonard*1732–1806

Painted here after Jean-Siméon Chardin — *Jean-Siméon Chardin*1699–1779

Painted here after Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun — *Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun*1755–1842

Painted here after Jacques-Louis David — *Jacques-Louis David*1748–1825

Painted here after Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres — *Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres*1780–1867

Painted here after Théodore Géricault — *Théodore Géricault*1791–1824

Painted here after Eugène Delacroix — *Eugène Delacroix*1798–1863

Painted here after Hyacinthe Rigaud — *Hyacinthe Rigaud*1659–1743

The English school3 painters

Painted here after Thomas Gainsborough — *Thomas Gainsborough*1727–1788

Painted here after Aubrey Beardsley — *Aubrey Beardsley*1872–1898

Painted here after William Morris — *William Morris*1834–1896

Romantic4 painters

Painted here after Caspar David Friedrich — *Caspar David Friedrich*1774–1840

Painted here after J. M. W. Turner — *J. M. W. Turner*1775–1851

Painted here after John Constable — *John Constable*1776–1837

Painted here after Francisco Goya — *Francisco Goya*1746–1828

Edo Japan1 painters

Painted here after Katsushika Hokusai — *Katsushika Hokusai*1760–1849

The last masters5 painters

Painted here after Vincent van Gogh — *Vincent van Gogh*1853–1890

Painted here after Claude Monet — *Claude Monet*1840–1926

Painted here after Gustav Klimt — *Gustav Klimt*1862–1918

Painted here after Egon Schiele — *Egon Schiele*1890–1918

Painted here after Philip de László — *Philip de László*1869–1937

The Moderns 88 hands

Made ours, never named

The hand a movement left behind: a palette, a grain, a surface. Airbrush and spray paint, risograph and cyanotype, gold leaf and stained glass. No living painter is named and none who died inside the last seventy years; each tile was painted here in that hand. Tap one to paint in it.

The decades10 hands

Painted here in the Synthwave Airbrush hand — *Synthwave Airbrush*1980s

Painted here in the Platinum Print hand — *Platinum Print*1900s

Painted here in the Pictorialist Haze hand — *Pictorialist Haze*1910s

Painted here in the Mod Pop hand — *Mod Pop*1960s

Painted here in the Rock Poster hand — *Rock Poster*1970s

Painted here in the Disco Glam hand — *Disco Glam*1970s

Painted here in the Grunge Zine hand — *Grunge Zine*1990s

Painted here in the Y2K Gloss hand — *Y2K Gloss*2000s

Painted here in the Ultra Real hand — *Ultra Real*2020s

Painted here in the Vaporwave Plaza hand — *Vaporwave Plaza*1990s

The print room11 hands

Painted here in the Risograph hand — *Risograph*Now

Painted here in the Cyanotype hand — *Cyanotype*1840s

Painted here in the Field Guide hand — *Field Guide*1850s

Painted here in the Matchbook hand — *Matchbook*1950s

Painted here in the Tattoo Flash hand — *Tattoo Flash*1940s

Painted here in the Chalk Pastel hand — *Chalk Pastel*Now

Painted here in the Op-Art Field hand — *Op-Art Field*1960s

Painted here in the Pop Grid hand — *Pop Grid*1960s

Painted here in the Screenprint Pop hand — *Screenprint Pop*1960s

Painted here in the Halftone Pop hand — *Halftone Pop*1960s

Painted here in the Diamond Dust hand — *Diamond Dust*1980s

Street art5 hands

Painted here in the Stencil Mural hand — *Stencil Mural*Now

Painted here in the Paste-Up hand — *Paste-Up*Now

Painted here in the Spray Paint hand — *Spray Paint*1980s

Painted here in the City Mural hand — *City Mural*Now

Painted here in the Die-Cut Sticker hand — *Die-Cut Sticker*Now

Psychedelic7 hands

Painted here in the Neon Kaleidoscope hand — *Neon Kaleidoscope*1960s

Painted here in the Cosmic Candyland hand — *Cosmic Candyland*Now

Painted here in the Aurora Chrome hand — *Aurora Chrome*Now

Painted here in the Tie-Dye Swirl hand — *Tie-Dye Swirl*1970s

Painted here in the Light Bloom hand — *Light Bloom*Now

Painted here in the Balloon Cosmos hand — *Balloon Cosmos*Now

Painted here in the Nouveau Poster hand — *Nouveau Poster*1960s

Playful4 hands

Painted here in the Golden Age Cel hand — *Golden Age Cel*1930s

Painted here in the Boardwalk Charmer hand — *Boardwalk Charmer*Now

Painted here in the Space Captain hand — *Space Captain*Now

Painted here in the Sundae Shop hand — *Sundae Shop*Now

Drawn and painted16 hands

Painted here in the Watercolour hand — *Watercolour*Now

Painted here in the Charcoal hand — *Charcoal*Now

Painted here in the Quiet Oil hand — *Quiet Oil*Now

Painted here in the Bright Oil hand — *Bright Oil*Now

Painted here in the Hyper-Real Oil hand — *Hyper-Real Oil*Now

Painted here in the Sumi-e Ink Wash hand — *Sumi-e Ink Wash*Now

Painted here in the Folk Surrealist hand — *Folk Surrealist*1940s

Painted here in the Cut-Paper Collage hand — *Cut-Paper Collage*1950s

Painted here in the Pattern Field hand — *Pattern Field*1880s

Painted here in the One Line hand — *One Line*Now

Painted here in the Natural History Plate hand — *Natural History Plate*1850s

Painted here in the Urban Sketchbook hand — *Urban Sketchbook*Now

Painted here in the Etched Plate hand — *Etched Plate*1650s

Painted here in the Architect’s Drawing hand — *Architect’s Drawing*1920s

Painted here in the Archive Print hand — *Archive Print*1930s

Painted here in the Contour Map hand — *Contour Map*Now

Deco and glass13 hands

Painted here in the Art Deco hand — *Art Deco*1930s

Painted here in the Byzantine Mosaic hand — *Byzantine Mosaic*1100s

Painted here in the Stained Glass hand — *Stained Glass*1200s

Painted here in the Deco Fashion Plate hand — *Deco Fashion Plate*1920s

Painted here in the Continuous Line hand — *Continuous Line*1920s

Painted here in the Bauhaus hand — *Bauhaus*1920s

Painted here in the Gold Leaf Panel hand — *Gold Leaf Panel*1900s

Painted here in the Colour Discs hand — *Colour Discs*1910s

Painted here in the Magnified Bloom hand — *Magnified Bloom*1930s

Painted here in the Floral Wall hand — *Floral Wall*Now

Painted here in the Imperial Court hand — *Imperial Court*1900s

Painted here in the Dynasty Scroll hand — *Dynasty Scroll*1100s

Gilded Icon1400s

Pop9 hands

Painted here in the Pop Silkscreen hand — *Pop Silkscreen*1960s

Painted here in the Sparkle Silkscreen hand — *Sparkle Silkscreen*1960s

Painted here in the Comic Burst hand — *Comic Burst*1960s

Painted here in the Supergraphic hand — *Supergraphic*1970s

Painted here in the Sticker Storm hand — *Sticker Storm*Now

Painted here in the Nine Tile Wall hand — *Nine Tile Wall*1960s

Painted here in the Candy Carnival hand — *Candy Carnival*Now

Painted here in the Neon Statement hand — *Neon Statement*Now

Painted here in the Inverted Pop hand — *Inverted Pop*1960s

The movements9 hands

Painted here in the Orphist Discs hand — *Orphist Discs*1910s

Painted here in the Orphist Greys hand — *Orphist Greys*1910s

Painted here in the Cubist Facets hand — *Cubist Facets*1910s

Painted here in the Constructivist Poster hand — *Constructivist Poster*1920s

Painted here in the Neo-Expressionist hand — *Neo-Expressionist*1980s

Painted here in the Biomorphic Surreal hand — *Biomorphic Surreal*1930s

Painted here in the Surreal Desert hand — *Surreal Desert*1930s

Painted here in the Umbrella Procession hand — *Umbrella Procession*1950s

Painted here in the Botanical Abstraction hand — *Botanical Abstraction*1920s

Tomorrow4 hands

Painted here in the Neon Noir hand — *Neon Noir*Now

Painted here in the Solarpunk Garden hand — *Solarpunk Garden*2070s

Painted here in the Stellar Dream hand — *Stellar Dream*Now

Painted here in the Holographic Chrome hand — *Holographic Chrome*Now

Meld ArtAn old master’s light under a modern hand. A preview, on its own page.

The studio, by the month

From the free painting on

The first painting is free and always will be. After it, a plan: paintings by the month, full size and unmarked, the unused ones rolling over.

Sitter

For one wall at home.

$12/month

about 80¢ a painting

Every plan includesEvery hand on the shelf · Five palettes · Three painters a line

15 paintings a month
The hung frame, full size, no mark
Every era and every palette
Unused paintings roll over

Choose Sitter

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Collector

For a house with more than one wall.

$29/month

about 58¢ a painting

Every plan includesEvery hand on the shelf · Five palettes · Three painters a line

50 paintings a month
All three frames, full size, no mark
Every era and every palette
Unused paintings roll over

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Patron

For studios and the family’s friends.

$79/month

about 40¢ a painting

Every plan includesEvery hand on the shelf · Five palettes · Three painters a line

200 paintings a month
All three frames, full size, no mark
Every era and every palette
A named palette of your own, sampled from your canvases
Unused paintings roll over

Choose Patron

Billed monthly by Stripe · Cancel from Manage, any time · A person answers the mail

How it works

Three steps to a painting

Step one
Choose the hand
Five eras keyed to their pigments, a painter gone a century, or a modern hand described and never named. Or let the studio pick, and read the plaque.
Step two
Type the line
A few words is plenty. Three painters take the same line at once; the first to finish is the one that hangs.
Step three
Watch it hang
About 31 seconds, then it dissolves onto the canvas in the frame above. It stays on this wall for a day.

Why Painted

Painted, not filtered

Three painters, one line: Every line goes to three engines at once. The first to finish hangs; the other two are kept behind it.
Hands, dated or described: Renaissance to Ukiyo-e, each keyed to a decade and its pigments; the Moderns described by their palette, mark and surface. No living painter’s name is ever in a prompt.
The face, the dog, the house: A photograph is kept: the same person, the same markings, the same windows. Every painting is scored against the face; one that drifts is painted again, and the better of the two hangs.
Palettes, sampled: Five swatches per palette, measured from a museum scan on the shelf: a Vermeer, a Botticelli, a Turner, a Monet, a Hiroshige. Nothing is picked from a chart.
A mark, admitted: The free painting carries a small Painted mark in one corner. We would rather say so here than hide it.

The ledger

What the studio set aside for each line

No reviews yet. Instead, the receipts: every line painted while this page was built, with the seconds and the cents the studio reserved for it.

22:33 · 69e122bca quiet kitchen at first light…Dutch Golden Age32s to hang 21¢ for three

22:36 · 4543bfffa fishing boat tied up at dusk…Dutch Golden Age31s to hang 21¢ for three

22:39 · 134938f7a girl reading by a tall window…Dutch Golden Age30s to hang 21¢ for three

23:03 · a161ae00a market square after rain…Dutch Golden Age33s to hang 21¢ for three

23:27 · a145186da frozen canal at dusk, skaters small…Dutch Golden Age35s to hang 21¢ for three

23:28 · ce010424a walled hill town at noon…Renaissance32s to hang 21¢ for three

23:30 · 40285a19a lighthouse in a storm, one lamp lit…Romanticism30s to hang 21¢ for three

23:32 · 25600170a rowing boat pulled up on the river bank…Impressionism29s to hang 21¢ for three

23:33 · d84ec65fa night ferry crossing under plum blossom…Ukiyo-e29s to hang 21¢ for three

9 lines · 27 paintings · 1.89 dollars at the studio’s reserved 7¢ a painting, read from its own queue. The engine’s bill runs higher.

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The hands 132

The studio

Painted here

Five centuries, one wall

Eight schools, one hand each

Italian Renaissance and Baroque2 painters

Dutch Golden Age8 painters

Flemish and Spanish Baroque4 painters

French12 painters

The English school3 painters

Romantic4 painters

Edo Japan1 painters

The last masters5 painters

Made ours, never named

The decades10 hands

The print room11 hands

Street art5 hands

Psychedelic7 hands

Playful4 hands

Drawn and painted16 hands

Deco and glass13 hands

Pop9 hands

The movements9 hands

Tomorrow4 hands

From the free painting on

Sitter

Collector

Patron

Three steps to a painting

Choose the hand

Type the line

Watch it hang

Painted, not filtered

What the studio set aside for each line

Your first painting is free