My sister-in-law has some beautiful silk tulips at her house. I had thought they were real when I spotted them. I took some reference photos so I could paint them. I had been visiting her, the light was shining through her front door, and was perfect for this still life painting. This is not a photoshopped or manipulated photo. I used Corel's Painter IX.5 art software and a Wacom an electronic graphics tablet that comes with a wireless stylus pen. It allows you to draw/paint/hand write as if you are holding a pen/marker/brush/pastel/ pencil/etc. instead of using a mouse. The art program allows you to pick the medium, such as watercolors, colors, brush and brush size, pressure of stroke, blend, & transparency. You can adjust like a photo editing program would do the brightness, etc. I used watercolors, pastels, chalks, and blender brushes to create this digital paint. It took me many long hours to paint this work, with all the color glazes layered and blended together. I don't always have the time to work on one like this, as it can be quite painful with my arthritis and my hands are a bit wobbly. Still, when I do get determined to do a more detailed painting, in the end I am happy that I got it done as I envisioned it. Often I work on these paintings in stages, and store them in jpeg files until I'm ready to work on them some more. I hope you like Pam's beautiful flowers as much as I do.