Not exactly sure how to describe this but let's say you wanted to "paint" (as in the ol' traditional gobs of paint, paintbrush on canvas) in Photoshop.
Not trying to create photorealistic images, nor applying filters etc.
You just wanted a nice set of preset brushes and a handy access to a palette of colours.

Would you even recommend PS for this?

What brushes would you use?
I've looked at some freebie "paintbrush" PS brushes and wasn't able to paint flowingly with them at all. They seemed more like "stamps" to me, if you get me.
Anyway i wonder does anyone have experience at this and would they even go so far as to recommend some other program.

Or if PS had some sort of "presets" that you could download or just activate within the program.
Like when you purchase sets of soft pastels, chalks or paints in the art store they sometimes come in Sets like "Landscape Set" - and all the colours are autuminal browns and greens.

I dunno, maybe i'm just rambling.