Many people are afraid of oil painting. Because they see mostly oil paintings in galleries and only watercolours in schools, they believe that watercolours are for beginners, while oil painting requires a high level of artistic skill.
Surprising as it may seem, the opposite is true: excluding fresco painting, watercolour is the most professionally skilled painting technique and oil painting is perhaps the most obedient. Others fear that oil painting is too expensive. This is true if you give in to the temptation of the huge choice of tools and materials.
For those who are happy with canvas, who do not buy unnecessary paints and brushes, oil painting costs little more than other techniques. Oil painting is the best way to start learning to paint.