Pastel Impasto Classical
Illustration · Impasto · Classical
Recipe
The examples above were generated with Nano Banana Pro and Seedream 4.5. The recipes below are written for GPT Image and Flux, so treat the settings as a starting point rather than the exact run.
GPT Image
Full sentences. Describe the scene, then the medium, then the flaws you want kept in.
The recipe is the style, not the picture. Put your own subject in and the highlighted part of the prompt changes.
A classical subject painted in heavy pastel impasto, every form assembled from short thick strokes of pale pink, mint and lilac. Nothing blended, marble reading as broken colour rather than white, the background dissolving into the same strokes so the figure barely separates from it. Visible paint thickness, no line, no smooth passages anywhere.
Use the examples as a reference
Download the examplesSend the example as an input image to the images.edits endpoint alongside the prompt, or attach it in ChatGPT. It follows composition closely, so describe your subject firmly or it will copy the example.
Recommended settings
- Size
- 1024 x 1280
- Quality
- High
- Background
- Opaque
- Output
- PNG
Tips
- 1Say the background uses the same strokes. Separation ruins it.
- 2Pale broken colour, never white marble.
- 3Short thick strokes throughout, no blending.
Things to try
A rearing horse in the same treatment
different subject, same paint
Warmer
peach and ochre strokes
Darker
the same handling on a dark ground
Crowd
a procession of figures
Looser
fewer, larger strokes
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