I assume you mean tradtional over digital. (Not that it matters) I started painting traditionally, cause I never owned a computer until I was 25. And the idea of painting on a computer back in the early 90s was a primitive and ludicrous idea. However, the prinicipal is very much the same.
Whilst I completed my years in art college, I actually quit my BA Hons course in Graphics cause tbh I hated it. What I was being taught was restricting and if you will excuse my French utter b******s. So I went to a local college, got myself into Desktop Publishing and spent the next 20 years in Magazine publishing. Now that may not sound very arty at all. But I was lucky enough to be using the packages everyday.
However, that said, more recently I've left the profession (not by choice) and had to come back to basics now trying to make it as a self employed artist. And oh boy. What a smack in the face that has been!
Learning a program on a computer is one thing, but learning to draw well and sell art is something entirely different.
It is also a question asked so often and usually the hardest to answer.
I always remember my dad learning watercolours for the first time, and as the artist in the family, I always used to say dad, just remember that the grass is never green and the sky is never blue. Always look beyond the obvious, practice till you're bored, and if you still find you have a passion at the end of it, then you will probably find yourself amongst the happiest people alive doing what you love the most. ART! :D
And if that still doesn't help, get yourself on a decent art course or buy a good book!