HRoss wrote:
Robert, I smiled after reading your post and seeing your work. I had a photo of a Tiger, shot in Profile, that I loved when I saw the shot on my camera back screen. When I got home and looked at the image in PS I was upset with myself because the sharpness wasn't there. I did the same thing you describe, and then printed it both on Canvas and also Linen surface paper. People think its a magnificent Painting...Great info and suggestion. It works well.
Print it on textured paper, hang it where they can't get close enough to see it isn't really oil paint and just act humble about your other hobby of oil painting.
Back in 2016 the first image I turned into a painting was a Mallard flying past at the park. I did that in the style of the great illustrators like Rockwell. As you can see here that first attempt was sort of an "almost".