"Practice makes better". In fact there are three "P" to mastering (the guitar) : Practise, be Patient and Persevere.
Think about it : You have to at least learn chords and form them as you read their names, build muscle strenght of your forearms and get more agility and develop new sense of touch of your fingertips, you also have to train your ears and your brain has to make sense of all of that (brain plasticity) before you can impress your friends. Sorry, it won't happen tomorrow.
And if you want to play fingerstyle, you will have to learn notes on the fretboard, read the tabs and/ or staffs and synchronize more acurately fingers of both hands. You will unfortunately not be there next week.
We all Practised, been Patient and Persevered... and still do everyday while learning new pieces. ;-)
I began fingerstyle as a hobby by 55 years old and I am struggling to wrap up theory and practice ever since !
I bought a bunch of books in the Fingerpicking series and still discover pieces I was not aware of and find myself quite rewarded when I come to honestly play one of them. There are also series for beginners.
You want new pieces... why not great old classicals getting through the ages ?
I guess we all began with something like The House of the Rising Sun : easy arpeggios on basic chords to get hands synchronized !
Remember : Practise, be Patient and Persevere.