While staying at the Hyatt, I ordered dinner, and was comp'ed these flowers with the food. They made me happy every time I looked at them. I've just downloaded ArtRage 5 and am beginning my explorations in this new package. Here's my first effort, a combo of pencil drawing, oil painting, eyedropper sampler and palette knife. Now I'll begin reading the manual!
Thanks, AndreaMG. To answer your question, I used the Basic Canvas setting in ArtRage 5 and spent about 3 hours painting, but after I finished I exported the image to another software, an app called Fotor, and applied its Artistic Effect filter "Mask Melon". which altered the background look nicely.