Ready to paint

Although you can't see it, I now have a fully detailed sketch on my watercolor paper, and I am ready for the first layer of paint.  The pencil lines are so faint even I can hardly see them, but this is intentional.  They only serve as guides for the first wash of color.  And when I lay down that wash, I will first erase the lines completely, one teeny section at a time.  This is so that in the end, there will be no traces of the graphite, which is such an essential tool in getting it 'right' but would be a distraction in the finished painting. 

Onward!