>>7694901
I've tried lots of art programs before, all of them bring something different to the overall drawing experience for better or worse and I made a tier list ranking them, I'm not sure how much you keep up with things in general if you're still using GIMP 2.8 (3 came out this year, you should go check it out it's really good), so I'll just talk about the three in S tier and the first in A since those are the most commonly used art programs these days.
>1.EASY PAINT TOOL SAI
If you've been drawing since the late 2000's you probably already know this one. It's still #1 when it comes to any realistic blending and color mixing with only Clip Studio Paint (ranked 3rd on this list) coming anywhere near and even then it still doesn't get it quite right. It's fast and simple to use and only takes up about 10mbs of space. Go with this if your PC is older or you have low specs. Give SAI 2 a look too. It's still in beta but it's never crashed in the 6 years I've been using it and it has lots of QOL updates from the original. Really good price at only 30 - 40 USD. If you were only going to buy one art program I'd say buy this one and never regret it.