Perhaps make an art web site like this guy did.

Visual Culture!!!! This is it baby! Wiki it and go from there! “Ways of Seeing” John Berger. “Practices of Looking”.. The term was first coined in 1983 by Svetlana alpers as she hoped to identify the everyday visual elements seen in the life of 17th Dutch. It became everything we ‘see’ in our culture. It’s the newest, hottest, sexiest thing out there.
Oh, if it’s art education. Discipline Based arts education, getty project Zero.

Water colors? Hardly. Especially if you have little to no painting experience. Painting requires an extensive understanding of color theory, and form. If you do not have a solid understand in either I suggest…

Drawing. If you want to pursue art, I suggest starting with the basics. Learn about composition, flow, relationship of positive and negative space, shapes, and values.

Drawing from observation is excellent practice, and will increase your overall accuracy in your images. “Draw what you see, and not what you know.” Is a popular saying for beginning artists such as yourself. When you observe an object/subject, try breaking the form up into basic shapes, and record them. Fine tune your drawing more by finishing with details. Once you learn how to translate your drawings from observation onto paper, I recommend you study color theory!

Also, draw what you love to draw. Push yourself to grow as an artist.

Book recommendations:
Anything By Andrew Loomis *Highly recommended
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards
Color by Betty Edwards
Design Basics by David A. Lauer & Stephen Pentak

Hope this all helps!

Online website design boomed in this period. Very current and topical as well. That should get you started.

All MAs technically become MMAs as they evolve over time.

Visit local galleries and see what type of work they display. If your work would fit in, bring some good quality photos of your work to the gallery during non-busy times. Ask the gallery owner or salesperson if they have time to see some of your work. Show them your photos and ask what suggestions they might have for you. At the very least you will learn something about what galleries are looking for in your area. Don’t be discouraged if you are not accepted the first time you try. You will need a large body of work before galleries will accept you. Have at least 30 or so paintings framed and ready to go before you approach a gallery.

Art is all about expressing yourself uniquely. Don’t worry about what’s easiest. Experiment with all kinds of mediums to see what’s best for you. Watercolors are best for some people, but for me it’s acrylic. Start with some basic figures, and remember to take your time. Simply drawing a circle could take an hour depending on how much effort you want to put into it. Just remember to have fun and make sure that whatever you chose to do expresses you! good luck!

Learn to draw first. You can get some good quality sketching paper, 4 or 5 pencils, 2H, HB, 2B, 4B, 7B, a sharpener and plastic eraser and that’s all you need. You will need some sort of beginning drawing book or other instruction with exercises you can do by copying. There are no short cuts in learning to draw. Start at the beginning and practice, practice, practice.
Drawing is the basis for painting. Drawing will allow you to see with the eye of an artist.

Get some business cards made up or a5 folded cards which you can print some of your images on.
Traipse around to the galleries in your area and enquire about exhibiting or displaying there.
Do not be pushy and if they want to see your book (portfolio) then arrange for a time convenient to the gallery manager/owner to do so.

Yes, galleries will display and sell anything from anyone if they think they can sell it or if it will get people through the door.

Only the major art galleries and museus will have works donated.