Painters are born, they are not developed. I never considered myself a painter even though I have been painting all of my life. I paint to study art, a painter paints to study life. There are truly some great painters out there that can do masterful things with a brush but they are few and far between. They are the ones who can not make the transition to the digital world.
Yes, digital equipment is changing everyday and becoming more sophisticated. An artist on a computer can replicate 150 different brushstrokes with a click of a mouse but none of those stokes can create excitement and passion that a single stroke can do with paint on canvas.
I sometimes wonder if those painters can survive in this ever changing world of art.