This is a pastel and watercolour drawing by me,played about with a bit in photoshop. (also by me ) I like photoshop because I don't need to mix the paints !
Trevor - I like this a lot - especially the dark and foreboding clouds. I feel that for your (obvious) talents a program called Sketchbook Pro by Autodesk (formerly Alias) would be better suited than Photoshop. It is far more intuitive at illustrative work such as this and produces fantastic natural results either from tinkering with existing images or starting from scratch. you can find more info on it including a free trial here.
I really like your work here. Hey you can get a free program that really rocks for artists like yourself. It is called Deep Paint and it will integrate with Adobe Photshop as well. You can probably do anything like you would on a canvas or drawing pad. It has loads of features ,brushes, textures, and canvases etc.... You can even discover calligraphy if you want to. Great work. I'd like to see more :).
Trevor, this illustration is charming - It makes a lovely wallpaper. It looks like an impressionist work and very well done. Wonderful vibrant colors - and the background is great with the maroon, brown and grey shades. I like the brush strokes too. I hope you do more drawings in the future. Thanks for this beautiful work :*>