Pretty much all my work so far, comes from photos that I have taken over the years. I use my computer extensively in preparing a picture to paint. I blow them up quite large so I can see more detail in them. Sometimes I will combine two pictures together to make a composition, and I also do lots of cropping. You can find lots of different compositions in one picture. Now that I have a digital camera I can shoot to my heart's content, I just have to keep up with the filing so I can find what I want when I want.
I also dab a little in water colour, but it's not my strong suit, you have to think too far ahead in the painting of them; whereas, in acrylics you can always paint over it until it's what you want. I generally put my paints away during the summer months as there is no time with gardening and my other hobbies, which are horse trail riding and woodworking.