Thanks to mishaps with various free standalone sculpt programs and a discussion with Miss B, I fell off the fence and landed in Blender 2.83 sculpt room. I was happy that I could get some interesting results immediately and while bumbling around blindly; but I found some beartraps as well.

So, the next step is quest for info, and that means Youtube Videos. This Grant Abbitt how-to is a good place to start. Grant Abbitt has a whole sculpt playlist and appears to be some sort of Blender god. Wow!

I would also watch the 2.83 sculpting Update video.