Storybook Watercolour

Name: Storybook Watercolour Portrait
Brand: Yugal
SKU: YUG-2030-STORYBOOK-WATERCOLOR
Price: 3499.00 INR
Availability: InStock

Britain and Sweden · 1880s–1920s

Your story, as a page from a picture book.

₹3,499

20 × 30 in canvas, wrapped on a wooden stretcher · AI-assisted, checked by hand

Create your portrait

Before you pay: see your portrait free, in up to three styles
After you order: approve it, or ask for up to 2 revisions, before we print
Free delivery across India, usually within two weeks of your approval

Made to order, so it can't be returned except for damage or a print defect. Prepaid only. Questions

“Of Foreign Lands and Peoples” by Robert Schumann · Musopen · Public domain

The studio

The portrait, in Storybook Watercolour

01Photographs
02Confirm it's you
03Preview

Add a photograph of the couple

JPEG, PNG or WebP. Faces clearly visible, soft light, no sunglasses.

I have permission to use these photographs, and I agree that Yugal may use them only to create the portrait. They are deleted within 30 days if I don't order, or 7 days after delivery if I do. Privacy policy

Photos that work best

Both faces clear and well lit, looking at the camera or slightly to the side
A recent photo, as close as a passport photo or a little wider
Two separate photos also work: one of each person

Sunglasses, heavy filters or very dark rooms
Group photos or faces that are tiny in the frame

What happens next

Confirm it's you with a one-time code
In a minute or two, see your portrait, free, in up to three styles
Order the one you love; you can still ask for 2 revisions before we print

The photographs

Used only to make the portrait. Deleted within 30 days if you don't order, or 7 days after delivery if you do.

The canvas

Storybook Watercolour, on your wall

Your portrait is printed on canvas and wrapped around a wooden stretcher, the picture continuing over its edges. No ornate frame, nothing to assemble: it arrives ready to hang.

20 × 30 inches, shown in proportion above a sideboard.

A Storybook Watercolour couple portrait as a 20 × 30 inch canvas, hanging above a teak sideboard in a sunlit living room — 20 × 30 inches, shown in proportion above a sideboard.

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The surface

A print on canvas, not oil paint: the texture of the canvas shows through the faces and the folds of fabric.

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The edge

Gallery-wrapped: the picture carries on around the sides of the stretcher, so it needs no frame.

The back of a gallery-wrapped canvas: wooden stretcher bars with the canvas folded and stapled at the corner — 03

The back

Stretched over a wooden frame and finished neatly at the corners. It arrives ready to hang.

Size: 20 × 30 in51 × 76 cm, portrait
Made as: Canvas on a wooden stretcherGallery-wrapped, no frame needed
Edges: The picture wraps aroundFinished on every side
Arrives: Ready to hangFree delivery across India

The story

Storybook Watercolour Britain and Sweden · 1880s–1920s

The golden age of children's books gave us a gentle way of drawing people: fine ink lines, clear watercolour washes and a kindness in every face.

We borrow its warmth and its lightness. Your portrait is a new work inspired by this tradition, not a copy of any illustration.

In the museums

The paintings behind the style

Three public-domain paintings from the tradition, as they hang in the collections that care for them. Notice the light, the dress and the way the sitters hold themselves: this is the language the portrait borrows.

Fig. 1The Garden SeatKate Greenaway, c. 1890sPublic domain · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Fig. 2A young girl dressed up for ChristmasKate Greenaway, before 1901Public domain · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Fig. 3Breakfast under the Big BirchCarl Larsson, 1896Public domain · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)

Learning to see it

How to recognise it

Transparent watercolour over fine pen-and-ink outlines; cream paper left showing for the lightest parts; careful detail in flowers, lace and fabric; a gentle, kindly mood. Sage green, dusty rose, buttercup yellow and sky blue.

Its time and place

Britain and Sweden from the 1880s to the 1920s. Kate Greenaway drew children and gardens for picture books in London, and Carl Larsson painted his own family and home in watercolour in the 1890s.

How we make yours

We draw the two of you in ink and wash, in a garden or by a window, your faces true to life with the same soft line. Your portrait is a new work, made with AI and checked by a person. It is inspired by the tradition and is not a copy of any illustration.

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Our promise

Made with care, shown honestly

Preview first
Nothing is printed until you have seen and approved the portrait.
Human checked
A person reviews every portrait for likeness and quality before printing.
Honest about AI
AI-assisted and human checked. A new work inspired by the tradition, not a hand painting.
The photographs stay private
Used only to make the portrait. Deleted within 30 days if you don't order, or 7 days after delivery if you do.

The archive