[DoreenMichele]

In a nutshell, I want to be able to hand draw on top of existing (pre-installed) images and I want a fill tool that will add textures, patterns or even bits from a photo in addition to plain color.

I would like it to have a tool set similar to Microsoft Paint. I'm very comfortable with Microsoft Paint and have used it to make hydrology maps for college classes. Sketchbook kind of has too many tools while (so far) failing to actually do what I want.

Maybe I will figure out how to do this in an existing program, but it looks like if I can, it would involve brute forcing it. I want something more convenient that gets results of a certain quality level without me having to treat every illustration like a masterpiece intended for a fine art gallery.

I have some art skills, but I'm not super talented. With the right tools, I can create quality illustrations and graphics, but freehanding everything is an excessive burden and an obstacle to productivity.