The invention discloses a picture processing method and device, and belongs to the picture processing field. The picture processing method comprises capturing gesture operation in a preset scope during the display process of a first picture; obtaining a first material when the gesture operation is matched with first preset gesture operation; adding the first material to the first picture based on the display position indicated by the first material, and displaying a second picture obtained after the material is added. Through simple gesture operation, an electronic device can be triggered to add a material to a displayed picture, the user does not need to select the material needing to be added manually, the steps are simple, and the picture processing efficiency is improved.