Smelling the roses

I've been thinking of taking a watercolour class, and turning my paintings into cards.

Problem is, time and money conspire against me.  I'd love to learn a traditional technique and add it to my repertoire, but this doesn't look likely to happen any time soon.

While thinking about this conundrum, I've found an app (I keep wanting to say 'application'!) called 'waterlogue', and have been using it on my phone.  It turns my photos into watercolours.  Magic!

Problem is, my phone's temperamental, and patches keep getting taken off the images.

Instead, I tried it on my iPad.  It gives me a bigger view of the final results, and saves them without any chopping.  Magic again!

I turned a photo of a rose into a 1950s style watercolour, then printed it for just a few cents and turned it into a card for Mother's Day.

There was no problem in the end....just my mixed up thoughts about technology, saving money and time, being pleased with the results of combining creativity with buttons and screens, and taking the chance to smell the roses - every which way.  Who knows?  I may get to take that class in the future - or I may not.  In the meantime, this is how I'm sharing the loveliness.