sneak preview

So James's mom's birthday was on the 12th.  We are going to see her this weekend and I wanted to paint her something for her gift.  She loves beach stuff and the ocean because she grew up in Florida around the Keys.  Anyway I decided I wanted to do seashells because I thought that they would look beautiful in watercolor.   I'm not finished but here is what I have so far:

I like how it has turned out so far but I'm scared to even touch the scallop.  I'm worried I won't get the colors and texture right (you know to make it look like it actually has ridges).  I know it's not done but I was super anxious to post it!  This picture doesn't do it justice by the way, my camera couldn't get the lighting quite right but the colors are actually a lot brighter.