LEARNING PHOTOSHOP FOR CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATION

I am getting ready for the Children's Illustration conference. I signed up for a portfolio exhibition! Wew. I have had no time to really work on it. But I went through old art I had and I am putting it in Photoshop. I am having fun learning how to work with it. I bought the "Digital Studio" Volume 1 by Somerset to help inspire. Here is my first try.
John had written a song for a China CD (never came out as our old label was not very nice though he did get a wonderful TV piece on a Seattle TV station where the song was featured) I had drawn this illustration for a song called "Light Heart Heavy Load". I colored it in photoshop and put it into a photo I took of the Japanese Flowering Cherry trees. I just took this photo while walking around the Oregon State Capital plaza and enjoying the beauty of the Flowering experience.