I did see somewhere that you get a slider when your account balance reaches $500 so hopefully it won't be too long.:)
I'm going to try to enter this weeks artstyleart contest and do a painting for that so we'll see how it turns out. I actually got back into drawing because I started oil painting and it wasn't working out too well so decided to go back to the drawing to get my confidence back first before doing another painting. It's probably time I branched out a bit now! :)
Thanks for the book recommendations. I will have a look at them.
Enjoy the rest of your day @chessmonster!