Meaghan McIsaac on Authorstrator

So what I do, is the lines just sit on top of the colour layer. So I make a layer below the lines. Then I colour the drawing in with one single colour. I don't fill, I actually colour it, being careful to stay inside the lines - like I'm colour in a colouring book. Once I have that single solid colour in the shape of my drawing, it makes it easier to do the rest of the colour. So on top of the one solid colour, I make a clipping mask (or if you don't have clipping masks, you can just select the one solid colour and then make a layer over top). That way everything a I colour from then on, like her hair, her sweater, the shadows, it will all stay within the bounds of the solid colour shape. I may not be understanding right, but I hope that helps!