Which brushes are recommended in Photoshop for coloring pencil sketches?

[Mick2006]

I have made a pencil sketch and scanned it into my PC then opened it in Photoshop. The sketch is of a pale skinned woman from medieval times she is about to be hit by a spear because she is in the middle of a battlefield during a war. The pencil sketch isnt detailed I have decided to color the details in on my computer using photoshop. But the thing that really confuses me is there are hundreds of photoshop brushes on the internet and on photoshop magazines. So which brushes do you use when there are so many to choose from? Should I just use the default brushes in photoshop? can anyone tell me what brushes to use to make this picture look realistic because so far it looks more like a comic book picture. I have been mostly using the lasso tool and filling in the selections with the paintbucket because I cannot figure out what brushes to use:[

[AdamR]

lol

If you had a specific task to as us like, "got any tips on how to make blood?" or "I'm looking to make a translucent dress in PS" it'd be easy to help you out.

Asking "hey what brush do I use to make complete piece of art" is another and we can't really give you a definitive answer. It's all personal preference based on experience.

This (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=82641) is the brush sharing thread. Should find some good stuff in there.

[Hexism]

Just the normal hard round brush set to 1% spacing would be enough .. you could experiment on all the other brushes or make new ones yourself.. tutorials are pretty easy to find .

[ArtZealot]

i usually use the sort of square, i think it's called "chalk brush" or something for stuff like that. I scan in a lot of pencil drawings, then just paint over the top with that textury slightly tilted diagonally square brush that comes with photoshop. The round brush some people like but i personally don't, because of the little perfectly round artifacts it leaves behind.