Renounce the world, say sages.
But such words of wisdom
are only tired cliches.
For who can forsake
such luscious hips
grabbed tight by a girdle
of flashing rubies?
By Bharthari
Spent the past two hours with GIMP and a photograph and this is the result. Turned out to be easier in the end BUT very different from the approach I was taking initially, that is why it took 2 hours 
Initially I had thought that I would write a HOW-TO but it turned out so simple that it is not worth the trouble ….
Tried to replicate the same using Adobe Photoshop 6 – needless to say could not figureout how to …. ….
You make me appreciate colour
appreciate OR covet
Oh! forgot to add – even the larger PNG image linked to the thumbnail does not do justice to to the original – I just cant get the pencil strokes in a file < 2Mb, but those who have worked with GIMP will know what I am talking about