Work in progress

I have never done work in progress shots of how I work in watercolors, so I decided to take some, while working on my current piece : D I transferred my drawing using transfer paper. Honestly, I don't really like using transfer paper for watercolors because it makes my paper dirty and can even leave marks. Normally, I would tape my drawing and watercolor paper to a window or use a light table, if I have access to one. I then ink my drawing with colored inks. I'm not a big fan of black ink. It's too harsh against watercolors, in my opinion. I try to have some sort of idea of what sort of color scheme I want, so I can consider that while inking objects. For example, in this piece I know I want the ribbon to be blue, so I inked it using a blue ink, instead of something stark. I also try to keep my line as minimal as possible, while inking. I think watercolor is a matter of either or. You can either have highly rendered color with minimal line or simple use of color and a lot of line work, if crosshatching and such is your thing. Otherwise, I think the piece looks haphazard.