Painter 9 will be out at the end of the month I believe. The brushes are 2-10 times faster- that is a very percievable difference to me. I have been able to use the more artistic brushes in renderings as opposed to the Digital Airbrush.
I dont know what to say about the feel of paper. i guess that I have just got used to the stylus and pad. this will probably be the extent of this sketch. It did turn out nice. I sketched it with Color Pencil and that really loosened up the quality of my sketch style.