Naaa, it's fun, trial and error. In the cold of the winter is a good time to stay inside and learn, lol.
There are many free trial animation programs to try out before you decide to buy. I did that but bought Jason's Animation Shop.
But the painting is a whole different thing.
By painting.. is it like real painting? you start with blank canvas & make it all?
I do a bit of color change & touch up using the paint brush tool
Like the kittys in teh header (the white siamese) had various colors in background. Before I softenend the edges I made the color about the same as the table background.
NOW THIS does NOT take a lot of skill..well,maybe to do it better does..but the simple things I do I find hard to have a steady hand