Still-Life Studies

When I start my final still-life I want to remember to start with the background and slowly layer on paints. I also want to be less cautious and remember that acrylic paints are forgiving. I can make a mistake and fix it by layering more paint on. The orange scheme worked better for me than the blues, so I want to work with yellows, reds, oranges, and browns. The only thing about that is that I have a hard time creating a shade for orange, but that will be a good thing to learn. I also want to use a slightly textured background of one color, or one color and different shades of it.