/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

What are some good tutorials to get me started in digital painting?
I dont want to fuck around with technical stuff, just paint right away

what would be a direct upgrade of this thing

Is this tablet okay for a complete beginner to digital painting and art all around?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/wacom-intuos-creative-small-pen-tablet-silver-black/1680776.p?id=1219059636636&skuId=1680776

Pic is it

>>1984458

>pencils

You sure you're up to the physically strenuous activity of drawing, grampa? Lord knows that ticker ain't what it used to be.

Not sure if this is the right place, but I'm hoping somebody can help me. I bought a tablet today (Intuos pen & touch) and upon installing the drivers I was met with an error telling me certain drivers were unsigned and were therefore not installed. Install finished and told me it was successful.

But obviously not because clicking on tablet properties I'm told "A supported tablet was not found on this system". Checking it in device manager tells me, as expected, "Windows cannot verify the digital signature for the drivers required for this device."

I've tried both driver versions from the website, and the CD that came with it. Nothing is working and I have no idea what to do.

I am have always wanted to learn drawing, and have done some half good anatomy sketches already, like drawing human body and my hand etc etc. But I have always lacked motivation to start something so I figured I should just buy tablet since I sit at my computer all day everyday. (Makes it so I don't have to clear my table to get out my pens and paper and all that shiz.)

Now, I know it won't make me better, but I hope it would help me start doing something again.

My problem is I am not sure which tablet to get, Wacom pen & touch Small or Medium. 100$ Difference makes it so that I will regret choosing the wrong one, either its too small or it's too big and could had settled for smaller with less money.

I am using 24' monitor right now, might later this year buy laptop, but lets just say I will do my main work on big screen. Which one of the tablet sizes would you guys recommend? And yeah, it would be mainly for sketching and learning, at least for starters, so no photoshopping or something like that, at least not for now.