How about an Ipad? They start at 400 now.
Get a keyboard cover, ipad pencil and procreate later to round it out.
Its a fantastic media consumption device, it has superior screen, audio, and 10 hour battery life, and build quality to any laptop you can get under 500 dollars (and possible even a thousand). Most sub 1k laptops are made from plastic or hybrid plastic constructions. They make major tradeoffs on ergonomics, quality and reliability.
You want to do art - Then use Procreate. Its great! You also get access to free Adobe apps for the ipad that are useful. the improved filesystem lets you easily share via the cloud. For your needs (browsing) ipad makes sense.
Ipads big flaw is still the keyboard. Even with good keyboard covers and OS13 typing long texts is not ideal.
If you are determined not to mess with ipad I suggest holding off buying a device for now and waiting for a Microsoft Surface. Possible waiting until black friday. Then you can have a Windows 10 device that is capable, but with great capabilities. There are lots of rumors of new Surfaces coming soon - It could mean that we would see some aggressive deal on Surface Pro 6 going on deep sales that would allow you to snag a device with typecover and pencil for around 500.
Budget is a budget, but I always worry for people who buy entry level laptops because they are rarely good. And I am not talking about specs. They are build poorly, and many people who buy these entry price laptops from dell, acer, lenovo and so on, end up having to replace them soon. I dont think they are made to last even if you take good care of them. There are exceptions to the rules of course.
The ipad is a great choice because the device is reliable, fast and easy. If you wanna consume media, its just very hard to go wrong. Particularly at the 500 dollars price range. You get an all unibody construction, powerful hardware, great sound and screen. One of the best styluses (expensive) for art. And a lot of battery life.
