I have painted before, but small stuff. I did a boat house project for class and hand painted the 15 drawings or so. It took me a LONG time (a week straight of 3PM to 8AM days doing it) but came out alright. I also painted a few things on lids my mom has (flowers and stuff). My next step is to master airbrushing. I have a kit, and havent tried it more than once (got it when I was probably 14 or so). The compressor and everything is sitting right next to me, and I only opened the box and used it to paint a model car (one solid color too) probably two weeks after I got it. Thats something Id love to do and do it to peoples cars, and other vehicles!