AR6 Silver Container - Work In Progress

[DarkOwnt]

The shadow's saturated nature in the field of mid tones steals the show. You could bring it down a bit or strengthen the highlight at the base of the container. Softening the gradient's shadow on it's receding edge may also dissipate the minor tension created by the alternating saturation levels of the table, background and shadow. I hope that's helpful.

Hmm. So I am now noticing a few things.

1. The shadow is not correct. The shape could be bumped more towards reality, the gradient on the top should be softened, and a soft gradient added to extend to the right.

2. Although, I have artificially controlled my edges and added a bit of an overall gradient to help with composition and draw the eye to the canister, I note that the table edge between the background and the shadow is at its sharpest, and possibly its brightest. This combined with the darkness of the shadow creates a "feature" in that strip of table which draws the eye.


So, an area which is somewhat unimportant and also a bit off is grabbing some attention from the rest of the canister.

I have done a composition based rework before... perhaps I will touch this one up also.


Thank you for bringing a fresh eye and bringing this to my attention.

[DarkOwnt]

So I did some final reworking.

I like this one the best.






Cheers!

[limey-g]

I really like your work, the fall off of the shadow is just right and I feel like I could reach into the painting and pickup the box in my hand.

[DarkOwnt]

I really like your work, the fall off of the shadow is just right and I feel like I could reach into the painting and pickup the box in my hand.

Thanks for the kind words mr. g. I owe the realism to Mark Carder's method... (and the still life reference)!

Cheers!