I don't even know half the supplies you talked about in this post! Now following you to see your works of art. I am also presently living in NL & write mostly stories, poems, tech posts and occasionally movie reviews and photographs!
Welcome to steemit and I hope you have a good time here... Here is my post about the basics of steemit. I was in similar position to you when I was struggling to grapple with this massive ecosystem. I hope it helps to speed up your learning curve.
Follow your frequent commenters and leave them a feedback/ up-vote from time to time. Keep participating in creation and curation. The best way to prove yourself here is by putting good quality posts and over time your reputation will grow.
Maybe one day I will make an post about the art supplies I use. So people would know more about it, and maybe to motivate fellow artist to use them one day.
Thanks for the handy link and tips about the basics of steemit, I will absoluty look in to it.