My first good photo minp

[ponygirl74]

http://ponygirl74.deviantart.com/art/I-Dream-of-Fire-505597359
I bought a Wacom Introus graphics tablet last year and I've been a bit intimidated by it and the fact that I only have Photoshop elements on my computer , most tutorials on DeviantArt use a full version of PS I haven't found many (if at all ) using elements. I collect some tutorials in a folder to use later and the one I used for how to paint/draw fire was a basic/simple one that I could use in elements , I love the Song Desert Rose by Sting and when I listen to it I picture a beautiful horse (mostly a light grey Arabian mare) playing in the desert I know there is a line saying that he dreams of fire and those (these) dreams are tied to a horse that will never tire. I picture fire reflected in that horses eyes, that's how I came up with this manipulation. I only used 2 layers for this to start as this has been some time I picked it up (so to speak) I'm happy with the way it turned out. I hope that I will grow more confident and use this more.  If anyone is a graphics tablet user and comes across good tutorials for them could you please message me a link or post one here? any tips would be helpful also, thanks! Ponygirl74 

[HelloGoodbye]

That's so pretty!  You did a great job!

[Griffin]

Great work! I love how subtle it is, subtle yet powerful.

[TwistedRiver]

Think you did really well! Especially since you are still learning your tablet. I need to get around to unpacking mine again since its been a few years since I've used it.
Wish I could help with tutorials but I mostly just taught myself by playing around and finding out what worked for me.

[hathorcat]

ooooh! Very clever I love it.