I had good light working today in the lobby of the Virginia Hotel and decided to document again the stages of a watercolor.

I started with the lights and the palest shades after I had the pencil drawing laid in.

I moved on to middle tones.

Then I started putting in the dark greens, hoping the contrast would make the lights pop.

I saved the rug for last. I try to do the bottom last because that's where I hold it while I work if I need to.

This one took a while with all the detail, but I was pleased overall.