Just for perspective, I watch a few dozen people on deviantart I met IRL or found through reddit or other discussion topics. They may not have the artistic skill of some institutional art classical painter, but I find their art more appealing and interesting.

That, and modern computing has enabled, in my experience, a pretty sharp proliferation of artistic skill. Once you didn't have to buy paint or watercolors (which can become expensive) and had the ability to undo, art got a lot better. For me. Art is, after all, a personal thing.