Fixing Shadows

The evening I worked on the table top and the shadows. Here’s how the painting looked when I started:

Here it is at the end of the evening:

Specific changes:

  • Darkened back left of tabletop to help emphasize the pool of light in the front.
  • Darkened back right corner of tabletop.
  • Softened rear table edge center and right.
  • Moved the shadows of the wine glasses to be consistent with a single light source.
  • Adjusted the shapes of the wine glass shadows.
  • Painted decanter shadow.
  • Extended shadows from tabletop onto red cloth.
  • Adjusted bowl shadow.
  • Painted over some sanding marks.

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