Painterly SREF Style Guide for Midjourney
Painterly SREF code
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How to Use This Painterly SREF Code
Step 1: Find Your Style
Browse our extensive styles list and find the perfect style reference for your project.
Step 2: Copy the Code
Click the "Copy" button to get the SREF code. It's as simple as --sref XXXXX.
Step 3: Create Your Prompt
Combine your prompt with the SREF code. Don't forget the aspect ratio! e.g., --ar 16:9
What is Painterly SREF style
This artistic rendering captures a bold, textural style characterized by distinct, unblended patches of color used to define light, shadow, and form. It gives the subjects a handcrafted, robust quality, moving away from smooth photorealism towards expressive interpretation. When generating images in Midjourney, using this approach yields strong compositions where brushwork visibility is emphasized, making it perfect for expressive portraits or stylized scenes. A good prompt incorporates key subjects alongside this specific visual treatment.
Painterly Prompt Ideas
- A lone lighthouse standing against a dramatic stormy sea, rendered in a bold painterly technique, thick impasto texture, warm yellow light emanating from the window
- Close-up portrait of an elderly man with deep wrinkles, expressive eyes, defined by distinct blocks of ochre and brown pigment, painterly
- A still life of antique books and a quill pen on a wooden desk, illuminated by soft sidelight, highly painterly illustration
- Futuristic cityscape viewed from a high vantage point, architecture defined by strong color divisions, painterly aesthetic