The other day a friend of mine sent me a photo of a beautiful rose and asked me to try to paint it.  So after two failed attempts, I sat down to draw it so that I could really see it.  Unfortunately, I used some scrap computer paper with printing on it so the image isn't as clear as it could be.  What I learned is that it really quieted the left brain (as Betty Edwards said it would in Drawing on the Rightside of the Brain.)  Now I will try again to paint it!