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Hi Marina-the branches are looking good. There are a couple of areas I would revisit. Your reflective highlight is too dominant. Especially on the vertical branch the reflected highlight does not look like it is on the branch. Reflective highlights are not as light as the main highlight and I would tone them down. Also look at the cast shadows on the branches. The cast shadow should curve up and to the right on any bottom branch. You are putting an object (which just happens to also be a cylinder) on a cylinder so the shadow has to curve to help convey the bottom object is a cylinder. If you no longer have the branches and don’t feel like venturing out in the cold you can use pencils, chop sticks, etc. to recreate your composition and it’s shadows. You are off to a good start!