oh... that's totally understandable Nancy. I see your point.
I think majority computer artists often get Photoshop first though because of its almost do all role in computer graphics. I just wanted to point out that it was possible to still create the "painterly" look with
PS tools "almost" as easy as with painter. Painter just has a few other tricks up its sleeve which may or may not matter to some depending on what look they wish to create.
I like Painter... don't get me wrong... but it was when we were going over prep in
PS for Painter in a class and how to setup
PS for painting did I realize how much could really be done in both programs to achieve same look.