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Well, i can be a patient, but i dont think i learn that much from these "Step by step" tutorials where you just sit and follow one drawing? Or am i wrong?
Well, in basics, yes, that is what you do. I usually read them to see how other people do to learn by their techniques, and I rarely draw the same as they do while reading it.
It is more read-and-use.
dA has a good deal of excellent artists that have made tutorials on how they draw, how they colour, how they do shadows and all that stuff.
Like this:
That and whatever basic manuals you can get like anatomy, colourwheel and stuff.
And maybe look in a full scale mirror. It helps.
Well, there is a few tutorials on water (which is an evil, evil element), but my best advise would be simply trying to figure it out yourself, using references. 
Nah, I can make pretty good ones already, like this one:
(Tangela is my username in another site)