How to create good art?

Paint shop pro 5 is still my favorite tool !!
Easy handling and you can get good results.

Here are some of my textures :

http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=30899#329385

Also check out this plug-ins for Psp:
(Makes your life much easier)

http://www.btinternet.com/~cateran/simple/

And some pretty good tutorials :

http://www.pinoy7.com/psptutorials/default.htm