Hey & welcome to GT!

Originally Posted by: kevsweeney279

...but the one thing I feel is missing is how to place your picking hand, at this point there has there been no explanation on how to rest your hand in such a way that it makes it easier to find the string you want...

Lightly rest your forearm on the guitar so that your picking hand & as a result the pick wind up right over the strings in the right place. On an acoustic guitar this should be over the soundhole. On an electric this is typically over the middle pickup of a Strat or in between the pickups of a Les Paul type guitar.

Lisa covers this at about 2:20 of this lesson for acoustic guitars.

https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=21987&s_id=1766

She covers this for electric guitar at about 2:00 of this lesson.

https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=21988&s_id=1766

I cover proper posture here.

https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=13958&s_id=1141

And right hand mechanics here.

https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=10657&s_id=359

Hope that helps!