I have always been an artist by nature, but I married too young and had to put art on the back burner while I raised a family. I retired shortly after my last child ( #8) finished college. When I retired I bought a digital camera, then a computer, then a couple of the less expensive editing programs. I struggled to learn to use the computer, and the programs. After that I bought a painting program and learned to use it. It was all trial and error and frustrating as there was no one to answer all the questions I had. This all took a...more