Hi Melanie- beautiful rich color and nice saturation! There are a couple of areas to revisit. The reflected highlight should not be white, but have a little color to it. I would lighten the area around your main highlight. There is a lot of the same toning in that area and I would work on getting more range in the lighter tones working out from the highlight. The cast shadow should angle back more and have it transition from the dark near the subject – lighter- fade away. It just needs to be a suggestion of the shadow and it could be lighter than you have shown. Nice job!!!
Thanks so much for your feedback, Doug! I knew something wasn’t quite right, but I’m a beginner at drawing and didn’t know enough about shading and shadows to figure it out myself. I really appreciate your time and help!
Hi Melanie- beautiful rich color and nice saturation! There are a couple of areas to revisit. The reflected highlight should not be white, but have a little color to it. I would lighten the area around your main highlight. There is a lot of the same toning in that area and I would work on getting more range in the lighter tones working out from the highlight. The cast shadow should angle back more and have it transition from the dark near the subject – lighter- fade away. It just needs to be a suggestion of the shadow and it could be lighter than you have shown. Nice job!!!
Thanks so much for your feedback, Doug! I knew something wasn’t quite right, but I’m a beginner at drawing and didn’t know enough about shading and shadows to figure it out myself. I really appreciate your time and help!