Oil painting look on photo's

[B...@kanuck.com]

If your looking for an inexpensive method of creating this effect, and
please no flack from the purists, it can be accomplished.

I use the HP 1120C it has the flat transport so you can feed maximum
size of 13X19 sheets of Canvas.

I buy the Gesso coated canvas at the art store and cut it to the
desired size I need, then I spray it with a matte coating to control
the bleed. I then print the image and give it about 12 hours to flash
usualy overnight, then I coat it with Kamar varnish and voila a very
acceptable image with the look and feel of a canvas painting.

Fine detail in a photograph does not always work, and small subject
fields do not always turn out well, but what you can do is keep some
small scraps of 140lb cold press water colour paper around and print
out a sample on it. If it turn out to your approval then go ahead and
print on the canvas, it will look pretty much simular.

I've done some nice images this way and it wont cost you an arm and a
leg either.

hopes this helps

Buk