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Watercolor Girl Playing Violin in Old Courtyard

Turn your photo into a full-body watercolor portrait of a violinist in an old stone courtyard with warm lantern light and soft paint texture.

Prompt Content

Using the uploaded photo, create a full-body hand-painted watercolor portrait of the same person standing in an old stone courtyard while playing a violin. KEEP — Keep the uploaded person’s exact face structure, including forehead shape, jawline, cheek structure, nose, lips, chin, natural facial asymmetry, eye shape and original eye colour. Keep the original skin tone, natural skin texture, pores, freckles, marks and fine facial details. Keep the original hairline, natural hair density, texture and visible facial hair if present. Keep the person’s natural age and body proportions, including shoulder width, torso length, arm length, hand size, waist, leg proportions and overall height. Do not make the person slimmer, taller, younger or more symmetrical. CHANGE — Dress the person in a flowing deep-burgundy dress made from soft matte fabric, layered with a lightweight cream shawl and worn brown leather ankle boots. Place a polished warm-brown wooden violin beneath the chin, with a realistic dark fingerboard, four visible strings and a natural wooden bow. Change the pose so one foot is slightly forward while both hands hold the violin and bow naturally. Change the setting, lighting and colour grade to match the watercolor courtyard scene. SCENE — Place the person in a weathered stone courtyard with aged beige-gray walls, rounded arched doorways, climbing green vines, small terracotta pots and scattered dry leaves. Make the architecture behind the subject softly defined rather than sharply detailed. It should feel like an old European courtyard at early evening, with several small warm lanterns placed around the walls. LIGHT — Use soft warm lantern light coming mainly from the front-left, gently illuminating the face, hands and upper violin while keeping the right side slightly softer and shaded. Add faint cool ambient light from the open courtyard so the face does not look pasted onto the background. CAMERA — Use an 85mm lens at f/2.8, camera at chest height, with the full body visible and natural perspective. GRADE — Use muted burgundy, cream, stone gray, olive green and warm brown watercolor pigments, medium-low contrast, translucent washes, visible paper grain, soft pigment bleeding and irregular painted edges. OUTPUT — Vertical 9:16 composition, 2160 × 3840 resolution, full-body portrait, no text or watermark. DO-NOT — No face slimming, no skin whitening, no changed eye colour, no plastic smoothing, no invented jewellery or tattoos.

Photo Guide

  • Use a sharp photo of at least 1200px on the longest side.
  • A front or three-quarter face angle preserves facial structure better.
  • Use even daylight so the original skin tone remains easy to match.
  • Keep the full face, hairline and shoulders unobstructed in the photo.
  • A warm evening courtyard look works best from a neutral daylight source.
  • Heavy beauty filters are the main thing that ruins facial texture in this style.

How to Build

  1. 1Open Gemini and choose image generation with your uploaded photo.
  2. 2Paste the full prompt without removing the KEEP or CHANGE sections.
  3. 3Use a 9:16 portrait canvas if Gemini offers aspect-ratio controls.
  4. 4Upload one clear reference photo with the face fully visible.
  5. 5Generate the first watercolor courtyard version and inspect the face first.
  6. 6If the result is wrong, re-upload the clearest photo and regenerate with KEEP unchanged.

Pro Tips

  • Use a three-quarter photo so the nose and cheek structure stay consistent.
  • Choose natural hair photos so the watercolor hairline follows the reference.
  • Keep the face evenly exposed so warm lantern light does not alter skin tone.
  • Avoid sunglasses because they interfere with the requested eye shape and colour.
  • A visible full-body reference helps preserve proportions in the violin pose.

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