Cynthia, I appreciate the amount of time you spend making this forum a class act - to compare to Wet Canvas is not even possible from a standpoint of valuable information.
I would most definitely pay a fee for access - were it not for this site, I would not even be aware that a career in portraiture was possible, and would not be working toward that as we speak. I don't post on the forum a lot, but I have learned more from this site than I have by reading all of my art magazines and books combined. I don't have the time to attend a lot of workshops, and as such find the access to professional artists' working opinions and methods on this forum invaluable.
And where else would I have found out ahead of time that I can be looking forward to a Morgan Weistling video??