Autumn Colours step 1

I have finally started to paint again after much to much time away. I am starting with a simple still life I set up of a colander and some peppers although it's pretty hard to see that is what it is. There are the first two washes on the background but I have at least one more to do to make it a deep velvety black. This one is watercolour but I'm going to try oils again this winter on a portrait. One step at a time though. :-)