i can't imagine anything that isn't simply a brush, paint and something to put the paint on. even if you use a "painter" software, you still need to know how to paint. corel has a paint program but you still need the skills and it still takes time, it just doesn't need paint. photoshop has a paint brush feature. you can get photo to painting converters, but you need the photo and that takes skill as well.
there are really no easy outs when it comes to these things.
---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com