Watercolor of an elephant, photo progression

I had a lot of people like my pencil sketch of an elephant that I decided I should try it in watercolor. Here is a progression of the steps. First, I took the image of the pencil sketched elephant, enlarged it a little, and traced it out with pencil.

Once I had the outline, I put down a background wash.

Then I put in the shadows with blue, mixing in some black for the deep shadows.

I added in some burnt sienna to warm the painting.

Then I added in the details with some black, including eyes, wrinkles, and a few more shadows.  Once I added the shadow on the ground, the elephant became much more "grounded". The last touch was adding in the grass in the foreground and a hint of greenery behind. 

I also improved the lighting that I was using to photograph it. That makes a huge difference, taking it from that yellow to actual white!