Photo to Charcoal Drawing, Free
Turn a photo into a dark, smudged charcoal drawing on textured paper. Free, in your browser, nothing uploaded.
How it works
Open a photo
A portrait, a pet, a building or a landscape: JPG, PNG, HEIC or WebP, at full resolution, in this tab.
Choose the drawing
Pencil sketch, line art or a colouring page. Move Detail and Line weight until it looks drawn, not traced.
Download the PNG
At the photo's own size, ready to print, colour in, paint over or use as a reference.
Photo to Charcoal converter: free and online
Convert photo to charcoal in your browser: drop in a Photo file and download the Charcoal. The file is converted on your own device and never uploaded, so this photo to charcoal converter is safe for private and confidential files.
The picture keeps its pixel size, and you see the result before you download it.
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Why it matters
Drawn from the photo itself
Every line follows an edge in your picture: no generated face, no invented detail, nothing that is not in the photo.
Nothing is uploaded
The drawing is made in your browser. Family photos stay on your device.
Line art for tracing and colouring
Line art and colouring pages come out as clean black lines on white, which print well and trace well onto paper, canvas or a light box.
Questions
How do I convert Photo to Charcoal?
Drop your Photo file on this page, check the preview, and press Download. The Charcoal is made in a few seconds, with no sign-up.
Is my Photo file uploaded anywhere?
No. The photo to charcoal conversion runs in your browser, on your own device. The file never leaves it.
How do I turn a photo into a pencil sketch?
Open the photo, keep the style on Pencil sketch and download. Detail darkens the strokes; Line weight makes them broader and softer.
How do I turn a photo into line art?
Choose Line art. Lower the Detail to leave out skin, fabric and background texture, so only the main outlines are drawn.
Can I make a colouring page from a photo?
Yes: choose Colouring page for bold black outlines with the specks cleared away. For a whole printable book, use the KDP colouring page maker.
Is this AI?
No. It is image processing, run in your browser: the pencil sketch divides the photo by a blurred copy of itself, and line art finds the edges with a difference of two blurs. Nothing is generated, and nothing is uploaded.
Which photos work best?
A sharp photo with clear light and shade. A plain background gives the cleanest line art; a busy one draws busy.