This site exists because the person who built it is in a long-distance marriage. Video calls are lovely, but sometimes you want to do something together — quietly, side by side, the way you would at the kitchen table. So: paint by numbers for two people who aren’t in the same place. One canvas, two brushes, live.
Paint one canvas from two places
You each get half the paint kit. Their brush wanders across your screen in real time, filling in the sky while you do the flowers.
A date that isn't a video call
Put on the built-in lofi or classical music, chat in little speech bubbles, and just be together doing something with your hands.
Something to keep
Paint a photo of the two of you. When the last cell fills in, you both get the finished painting — plus a replay of every brushstroke.
Plan tonight’s painting date
Pick a picture, send them the link, and keep the call running while you paint.
Ideas that work well: paint a photo from a trip you took together; run a mystery painting where one of you uploads a surprise photo and the other watches it emerge cell by cell; or pick the ultra-fine detail level and make it a week-long project you return to every evening. Time zones don’t matter — the canvas saves itself, so one of you can paint at breakfast and the other before bed, leaving the painting a little further along each time.
It’s free, with no account and nothing to install — everything runs in the browser, on computers and tablets alike. Start on the home page, or read how photos become paintings.