Melikia,
You think I'm in a league? really? Hmm... no idea where that comes from, but being in a league sounds nice - thank you, brightened my day a bit:)
My comment had nothing to do with leagues, but I must admit it annoys me when people give inaccurate (or wrong) information in a thread, so that may have come out as 'bashing'. Maybe it's because you are a much nicer person than me, and want to be helpful as often as posible, so you comment a lot and add things even if you're not sure about them. It is your right to do so, and as I said in general terms your intentions and actions are nicer than mine,
but it is also my right to point out when you got things wrong.
The issue  about using the best tools you could possibly afford is an issue I had for a long time - you just happen to awaken this sleeping dog...
Also, a nice new tool can rekindle an interest that died even if the old tool could in theory do a similar job.
FYI:
I dont know either if lulu is a 'he' or a a 'she', but I know I'm female, my name isnt Art (hopefully art is what I do), my name is Pnina which is Hebrew for 'Pearl'.

"I paint that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive. I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence."
Man Ray, modernist painter
http://artpearl.redbubble.com/