Every time I’m asked technical questions, I answer that I’ll do an explanatory post and then forget about it. But now behold, here is a step by step of sorts:

1. Super messy doodle on my pocket sketchbook after having carefully thought about what I want to do. In this case there’s just one but usually I do a couple of these, sometimes quick colour thumbnails.
2. “Clean” sketch on proper watercolour paper.
3. Redraw the lines with a pencil that doesn’t get erased easily (in this case random red one), then erase all this mess so that I can actually see what I’m doing. The paper looks very dirty but actually isn’t.
4. Main colour layer. I use whatever paintbrush I fancy and the same box of watercolour I’ve been using for years (pans not tubes). Fill the shapes and don’t bother about details for the moment.
5. Add lines, either with a regular pencil or I also like brown ones. Last minute adjustments and colour touch-ups.
6. Scan the thing, then photoshop magic because my scanner doesn’t get the warm tones I so painfully tried to achieve. Photoshop magic is basically levels/curves and a bit of colour correction. Then slap on a plain boring background colour, and you’re done!

This is roughly my current technique but I change every once in a while. I don’t use specific brands and I’m not fussy about the material I use as long as it works as I want it to, but anything else you’d like me to add just say so.