ArtRage is drawing and painting program built from the ground up for artists. It very closely, simulates natural drawing and painting tools. It also has a very short learning curve. And costs less than $50.
The Workbench is a compressed UI from which you can access tools, colors, layers, all pods and a pin board of items from the Toolbox. You can pin items needed for that specific file.
There is quite a bit of drawing and painting software out there. Some very expensive and some not so good. There are also some which are very inexpensive and are great to use.
I will take some time to focus on them. First, we will start with ArtRage. A drawing and painting program built from the ground up for artists. It very closely, simulates natural drawing and painting tools. It also has a very short learning curve.