Quick Study: a tool to paint a photo in seconds
In brief
- Quick Study leverages Claude Opus 5.5 High to generate a painting from a photo.
- The transformation takes just a few seconds using a canvas element and a simulated brush.
- The tool follows a prior experiment with P5.js for watercolor-style illustrations.
Simon Willison introduces Quick Study, a tool that uses the Claude Opus 5.5 High model to turn a photo into a digital painting in just a few seconds via a canvas element and a simulated paintbrush. It builds on a previous experiment using P5.js to simulate watercolor illustrations, according to the author's announcement.
This summary gives you the essentials. The full article, its figures and quotes are on Simon Willison's Weblog.
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