Independent studio tools from Oslo

Nice Software

Software for the working artist.

Small, focused tools for painting, materials, invoices, studio time, documentation and the business around your work. Built independently by a painter in Oslo.

Explore the studio tools

All tools are free to try. No signup, no card, no commitment.

Inspired by the everyday realities of being a working artist.

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Meet the maker

Tools for the work around the work.

The studio shelf

All tools are free to try. No signup, no card, no commitment.

Watercolor scene — two painters mixing real pigment in the studio

Make the material.

Wax & Pigment

Calculate pigment, wax, oil, firmness, and repeatable batches.

Pigment dataBatch calculatorPDF export

Watercolor scene — a painter checking a canvas with his phone

See the work differently.

Painting Mirror

Use your phone to check perspective, value, grayscale, and composition while you paint.

MirrorGrayscaleMarkup

Watercolor scene — a painter at the studio table starting a timer

Understand where the hours go.

NotaTime Studio

Understand time spent on paintings, projects, grants, and commissions.

Time trackingiCloud syncWidgets

NB-0042Due 03.06

Artwork sale - May1,200.00 EUR

TOTAL1,200.00 EUR

Invoice the work professionally.

NotaBill Studio

Create clean invoices, collector records, and COAs without fighting spreadsheets.

InvoicesCOAsPDF export

Also from the studio

SlowReadOne sentence at a time — a calmer way to read anything.→Studio MatterA material design system built from real painted surfaces.→

Free · No signup · No catch

A Timeline of Modern Art, mapped.

Seventeen movements from Realism to Ultra-Contemporary, arranged in a single interactive wheel — click through eras, trace who influenced whom, and get a five-minute technique to try in the studio for each one. Built for painters, not art historians. Yours to keep, forever free.

Open the timeline →

For artists

Why these tools exist

Studios do not need more software.
They need fewer small frictions.

A clean invoice.
A better photo.
A timer that makes sense.
A mirror check before repainting the whole canvas.
A pigment recipe that can be repeated.

Nice Software builds tools for those moments.