Leslie,
Thank you for the website for the Paintshop Pro program. I have a digital camera so I can take some photos and then manipulate them. I do like my old fashioned camera though.
Yes, I find underpainting difficult. I am watching Peggy's tapes on alla prima painting and I may just go back to that way of painting, she has some very logical steps that make that process easier to understand. I am probably making the underpainting method too difficult. I didn't even know when to add the reflected light, though like many things I suppose I could do that whenever I felt like it. It all just takes lots of practice.
Joan
P.S. Meine Mutti war in der nahe von Stade geborn. Stade ist zwischen Hamburg und Cuxhaven. Meine Tante sind schon da gewohnen. Ich habt viel mal besuchen meine Tante. Ich find Deutschland sehr schon.
P.S.S. That's probably enough german for the forum

! Leslie, I may e-mail you in german because I enjoy 'talking' with you and I enjoy writing in german. Though I wish there was a german 'spellcheck' on my computer.