CCoyote said:
I use a Canon Digital Rebel T5, which is an entry level DSLR. No special lighting is needed, but I do use Photoshop or similar software to make sure the colors in my photo match the ones on the actual painting. I like to tune the levels, curves, brightness, and contrast, specifically.

Most of my paintings won't fit on the cheap scanners @Mairo recommends.

I could invest on a DSLR camera in case the paper I'm using won't fit. Apparently, 9x12 sketch paper does not go well with regular scanners, which could only scan Letter or A4 size.

Also, I think I need to update my first question.

Basically, it's this:

Question for those who have scanners:

• What type of scanner do you use? Even though my current scanner (a Pixma E510) is busted, I still a sucker for Canon scanners.
• Since most sketch papers (and watercolor papers) I know have a common size of 9x12, and I know that I'm not the only one having that problem of scanning that, how do you fit that on a scanner?
• From the question above, what about 12x18 or A3 paper?