Ok that's great, I'd recommend CS6 because that's what I use, but 3 should be fine as well. :) I also use a Wacom.
Have you seen this video by Shaddy Safadi? He's a famous concept artist with lots of experience. Here he goes through all the things needed to set up.
After that I recommend looking at the rest of the series as well, I think it's 12 videos.
Thank you for the lead. I appreciate it! :)
No problem. Schoolism.com is another great resource, it's not free, but for a low monthly fee you can look at many hours of great lessons from amazing artists, personally I've looked at Sam Neilson's classes on painting, highly recommended