EVERY MONDAY INCHIE - APRIL 2, 2012

After a few hours of frustration over the past couple of days, I am finally excited about this week's Inchie.

My initial try became a disaster, but then I had a brainwave. I don't have those too often, and you super-artists out there will probably think I've lost a few marbles, instead!

Before I actually joined the Inchie challenge I had to practice first, to see if I would be able to accomplish anything. Like my sister, ChrisJ, I am pending cataract surgery so trying to create something on a square inch of card seemed impossible. I won't show you my very first tries, but this one was about half a dozen later and I was quite pleased with it.

I called it "Secluded" and hoped that it might fit an upcoming Inchie theme one day.

So, in the midst of losing my marbles and tearing out my hair, I was looking through all my completed Inchies and saw that this one could have possibilities.

This week's theme is "river" and, after all, there is a river in front of those houses, but it needed to be highlighted.

So I went to open it up in MS Office Picture Manager to look at it more closely, and discovered that I have a Paint option that I had never noticed before.

So, please bear in mind that this is the very first time I have ever "painted" on computer (well, in reality, it's quite obvious!).

I simply took my original drawing and painted over it. Now that I have done it once and am getting the hang of the 'textures' and the tools, I am sure I could do a better job, but I just don't have the time or the inclination to do it over again.

I am not even sure if it is 'legal' to do this in the Inchie challenge, but, take it or leave it, this is it for this week!

River