Big cat watercolor series

Right now I am slowly starting a big cat series of watercolors. My goal is to use a limited palette mostly of complementary colors.

First was my tiger. I used quinacridone sienna for my orange and the complement of Prussian blue. I also used quinacridone burnt orange for a few of the shadows and neutral tint for the stripes. 

My second was a lion. I used quinacridone gold for the yellow and perylene violet as my complementary color for the shadows. I discovered that when mixed together they create a wonderful brown. I also used manganese blue hue for the sky, mixed with the quinacridone gold to make my green. 

As for the paper I am using Stephen Quiller paper made by Jack Richeson.  it is a wonderful 100% cotton rag paper that has both an internal and external sizing. The external sizing makes the paper wonderful for lifting techniques however it does not stand up to scrubbing very well as it is so soft it has a tendency to pull up on you.