how long does it take to color something like this?

I have it took about 12 hours.

wow... great job!

Huh, this is just amazing and lovely :) I love to see professional traditional works, I know how hard is to make such because sometimes I did as well. You can not just erase it if it went wrong, plus you have to pay good attention to the coloring: by a few swipes of the hand you could ruin the entire thing. Much harder than digital.

Probably what I like the most here for technique is that globe: the way you detailed it, and that translucent support is a really nice touch! Somehow the colors are just right, natural. Well, of course the key points are the characters: lovely expressions, and nice 19th century settin;, I just like to spot the details ;)

Aww I really like the colors and the guy bringing over the evening robe :)