Art setup:
you need to be close to a window, in-home lights acan distort colour unless they are "Daylight" brand lights. You need atleast 3 sharp pencils at your disposal for the sketch, aswell as papertowels, pallets, and glasses of water, it is good to wrap a towel around the glasses so when cleaning your brushes no water droplets get on your artwork.
Sketching:
sketch a quick sketch of the picture, it's best to do this because you can erase unwanted lines without hassle.
Painting:
get your watercolours and paint, keep inside the lines and remember that all must be dry before inking, dont be too dilligent about spacing between colours because it usually shows up in the finished stage, occasionally use coloured pencils for some smaller areas just to set the tone.
Shading:
best if your use i light pencil to shade in areas, the pencil automatically shades a colour by simpy colouring andd smearing dont smear to much though and make sure your watercolours are partly dry.
Inking:
now add the lines, make sure the paint is dry or else the ink will bleed over the picture, it's best to use a thin sharpie, graphic #3, or a roller pen, the inky kind for the inking. For black areas, colour the bulk of them with a thick sharpie or black marker.
Finishing touches:
make sure your add additional shading, ink, and paint to spruce up your artwork, but remember not to over-do it, if your happy with it: dont add anymore and risk ruining your drawing.
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