Free Reference Photos to Paint
Don't waste any more time looking for photos to paint! Step inside and find the photo you want in just two clicks.
Our photos will help improve your pictures, free you from wasted time searching for reference and subject photos and provide you with all the inspiration you need.
Reference photos need to be dynamic; they need a lead in - a road or river, for example and they need to motivate. The technical side of painting or drawing is important, but good composition is essential.
Subject photos need high resolution. As well as good composition, the photos in our free galleries offer detail that stock photos rarely provide. This is important. When painting on-site you walk up closer to distinguish the finer detail. This option is not usually available when painting from photos, but with our high quality, high resolution photos you can zoom in as close as you need, with no discernible loss of detail.
All you need do is choose your colours and add your own personal style. As an added bonus many of our photos can be cropped to provide two or three uniquely different paintings.
Please note these are not stock images. Each image is specifically published for the benefit of artists wishing to produce a dynamic and creative painting or drawing. For that reason, our photos are all taken in-house and all conform to this philosophy.
Feel free to contact us with suggestions for future subjects; we even welcome criticisms should you feel the need.