How to make a wall art mockup
Five steps, about a minute once you have done it once. The browser tool and the app work the same way.
1. Pick a room
Choose an interior photo in the shape you need. Square works for an Instagram post and most Etsy thumbnails, 3:4 for a portrait listing photo, 9:16 for Reels and Stories. Pick the shape first and you will not have to crop later.
2. Add your artwork
Bring the image in from your photo library. In the app you can put several pieces on the same wall, which is how a diptych or a gallery wall becomes one product shot.
3. Set the size
Drag to position, pinch or use the slider to scale. Match the piece to something real in the photo. A sofa is roughly two metres, a door is about two metres tall. Getting scale right is the whole point of a room mockup.
4. Choose a mat and frame
Add a double mat and frame and set the width of each. A wider mat reads as more expensive. A frame colour picked from the artwork looks intentional. One picked from the room looks like decor.
5. Match the shadow, then save
Set the shadow direction to match the light already in the photo, and keep the intensity low. A shadow falling the wrong way is the single thing that makes a mockup look pasted on. Then save to your photo library, at full resolution and with no watermark.