This is beautiful Cibyl! Great toning! I don’t know what you are using as your medium, but I would lighten the cast shadow if possible. Cast shadows are darkest at the subject’s edge and then fade lighter as they move away from the subject. They are there to ground the subject and are a suggestion rather than a literal interpretation. Your cast shadow is competing too much for my attention which wants to relish your beautiful pear!
Oooooh yes! Your main form shadow is much softer and gradual in this pear compared to your first one. Awesome!! You could get a little darker on the bottom right of the pear to show how the form curves away from the light down there. And then you could also add just a very light bit of tone to the left side of the pear, and gradually blend it toward the highlight to show how the form curves away from the light at that left edge. Very lightly. You want to keep it fairly light on that left edge. You are doing great!
This is beautiful Cibyl! Great toning! I don’t know what you are using as your medium, but I would lighten the cast shadow if possible. Cast shadows are darkest at the subject’s edge and then fade lighter as they move away from the subject. They are there to ground the subject and are a suggestion rather than a literal interpretation. Your cast shadow is competing too much for my attention which wants to relish your beautiful pear!
Thank you some more! all this is super helpful!
Oooooh yes! Your main form shadow is much softer and gradual in this pear compared to your first one. Awesome!! You could get a little darker on the bottom right of the pear to show how the form curves away from the light down there. And then you could also add just a very light bit of tone to the left side of the pear, and gradually blend it toward the highlight to show how the form curves away from the light at that left edge. Very lightly. You want to keep it fairly light on that left edge. You are doing great!