You do not need to buy anything to put Christmas art on your TV this year. Every painting below is a free YouTube video in 4K: an original Christmas painting in a frame, held on screen for one to two hours while only the light moves slowly across it. Open it on your TV, go full screen and it hangs on the wall like a canvas for the whole evening.
It works on any TV that runs YouTube - a Samsung Frame, an LG, a Sony, a TCL, a Roku, a Fire TV stick or a Chromecast. There is no Art Store subscription, no download and no account beyond the YouTube app you already have.
Playing now
These are out already, free to play today.
Coming through December
New Christmas and winter paintings come out every other day until the New Year. Each card says when its painting goes live; until then its page has a subscribe button so you hear the moment it is out.
Silent, or with music?
Most of them are completely silent, so they sit happily behind dinner, gift wrapping and conversation, or under your own playlist. A few come with sound and say so in their title:
Put one on in a minute
- On your TV, open the YouTube app.
- Search for Quiet Frame TV and pick a painting, or open one of the links above on your phone and tap the cast icon.
- Press play and go full screen. Turn the brightness down a little and set the picture mode to Movie or Filmmaker - a dimmer screen looks far more like a painting.
The full step-by-step guide covers every brand, and how to stop the TV switching itself off after a few hours. On a Samsung Frame there is also a way to show free art in Art Mode itself - see free art on a Samsung Frame TV without the Art Store.
Questions
Is it really free? Yes. Every video plays free on YouTube. YouTube may show an ad at the start; YouTube Premium removes them.
Do I need a Frame TV? No. Any smart TV, streaming stick or Chromecast that plays YouTube works.
Can I leave it on all day? Yes - that is what they are made for. On an OLED TV keep the brightness moderate and leave the TV's own panel-care features on, because a painting is mostly still.
Can I have a painting to keep? Join the email list at the bottom of this page and we send eight of our paintings free as 4K files: a Christmas & winter set and a bouquet for each season. Framed canvas prints of our paintings are in the print shop.
