Tinted Underpainting

I've been playing around with using a wash for an underpainting like oil painters do on their white canvases. I think it gives the painting extra warmth.  There are no absolute whites except for a dash of  chinese white on the upper right of the bowl. Needed to have it overlap onto the glass.
"Bubble Glass and Lemon", 4x3 inches watercolor on board

Renovation Project

Wanting to connect the objects to the background so I just added a few more layers of color. I think it helps the lemon also; more contrast.
Memories of Morandi watercolor on board wc1011

Pitcher Study

I wanted to translate the treatment of the "onion portraits" into other objects and into more than one object. It's mainly integrating the cast shadows with the body shadows. I have the habit of looking at my older work and trying to understand what worked and put that into new work.

"Lemon and Two Pitchers" and "Lemon and Pitcher"both 4x3 inches, watercolor on board