As I paint, I often switch the lines layer on and off, bearing in mind that the final image will have no lines, in this case. I was getting to the point I didn’t need the lines much of the time. I added some clouds and overall detail.
Then I started working on the characters. I first decided how many they would be and where they would stand, and I sketched them very roughly, with the same brush I used for the background. Of course, I made the colour layer invisible so I could see well.
When I was satisfied with the scribbles, I drew the clean character line art in a layer on top. I used a very thin (4 or 5 pixels), 100% black, variable width brush. I know at this resolution, it is stretching the line a bit, since when I was drawing I could see pixels, but it was still manageable.
Then, came the colours, in a new layer below. First I painted them as if they were totally in the shadow (except for the girl who is completely in the sun). For this, I used very little contrast for the little shading I did. Then, I added the parts where the sun shines on them through the leaves. I used very bright, more yellow and more saturated colours.
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