First digital attempt

For Christmas my husband gave me a "Wacom tablet". It was not as easy to use as I had imagined! Also, I am still struggling to learn the mechanics of using Photoshop to "paint". I also have Corel 2 (the free version) but, alas, it comes without directions and I can't begin to figure out how to use it!! anyway, here is my first attempt at "painting" digitally. I scanned in a drawing of a poinsettia and then went to work on it. I mostly used paintbrushes and the "smudge" tool. Its a good baseline to measure my progress! I want to have it look more like a watercolor painting -- will continue to learn!!