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Basically it's a guide/tutorial i put togethor yesterday explaining the way that i complete a picture. It's aimed at people who use traditional media as apposed to digital media.

Hopefully some people might find it useful.

Woah, that is beautiful! You're a terrific artist. Especially since you use traditional media! I thought I would never be able to make a decent looking drawing without mastering Photoshop.

Not bad. Actually pretty good for a tutorial.
The only thing that bothers me is the faintness of some of the pictures... especially in stage 5.
I don't really agree with your stage five either, Normally I just erase around all my lines, but thats a personal preference (or I just leave them in if i'm doing a large drawing for class, because thats what my prof likes, so yup).

Mmm.
If you're looking for good quality pencil crayons... I strongly suggest anything in the prismacolor line. Prismacolor scholors really very good. The reason Prismacolors are believed to be the best is because of their color-wax content. They've got an awful lot of pigment in them and the wax thats used makes them very blendable. They're among the best for a reason.
I don't like derwent personally because I find their leads too hard. (I think thats the brand you've got, I recognize the outside, but I havn't used other pencil crayons in so long). Prismacolor scholors will put you out 20 dollars CDN for a pack of 48. Thats not bad. And they give you a wide range of color.
If you're looking to get into art professionally, and you're a pencil crayon artist, you'll get the best results from mixing your vareities of pencil crayosn. I still have all of my laurentian, crayola and various other brands. Because with different types of pencil crayons you can get different effects.
As well, i'm not a fan of kneaded erasers, but again; thats personal preference. I'm a white eraser person myself, simply because thats what I find works best for me.
For paper type if you're working with pencil crayons, I find that canson brand sketchbooks work the best (for me!), but canson paper is also very nice to work with. You can pick up a sheet for 1-3 dollars here in Canada, and cut it up to whatever size you want (unless it's bigger then the sheet you buy, which could be a problem).
Yup.
Anyways.
Still nice tutorial.

I second the Prismacolor suggestion. They're pricey but worth it, if you're a serious artist. I refuse to use most other pencils. After you've gone Prismacolor, you can't go back.

Prismacolor owns me. Very versatile.

Lovely tutorial! I agree, though...a few of the images are kind of faint...