Colored Pencil and Peppers

The past two weeks have been spent shifting my thinking

 from a PC  laptop to a huge new computer monitor, an iMac.

I am struggling with many issues but think I have been able to add to my blog.

 Several weeks ago I found a lot of these wonderful peppers

 at the Farmers Market and bought many more of them for a dining table centerpiece.

 Taking some of them into the studio I drew this sketch on white paper.

This pen and ink was in a previous blog.

 I no longer have PhotoShop Elements so could not lighten the right side of this photo. 

Before the peppers dried I worked on this colored pencil painting 

using the above reference photo and the actual peppers to capture the bright colors.

Again, without PSE I could not lighten the white background 

of this photo taken by my iPad. 

Perhaps there is someplace on this Mac to accomplish 

what I need but otherwise I may be reinvesting in PhotoShop.

 Saturday I enjoyed a tour through the house and studio by the 

Renwick Alliance. So most of last week was not spent 

learning the iMac but getting ready for the tour. 

Now I will again work at learning by shifting my thinking 

and back to the studio for some much needed creative work.