No watermelon, but lots of apricots

My Americana outing to Alameda was just what I wanted. Lots of red, white and blue decorated floats, fire trucks, people, dogs, you name it.
No watermelon, but a tree full of apricots.
Before the parade, I made an apricot coffee cake from the mountain of picked apricots, and that's where I found this week's painting. A stainless steel colander with blanched apricots...can't wait to paint it tomorrow. I'm liking the reflection in the colander and the color apricots get when they are blanched. I'm thinking about how I plan to mix those colors on the paper, and how I'm going to approach the stainless steel. I've painted copper, but not so much steel. I would think the approach would be similar, but the colors different. That will certainly be a challenge for me.