I guess there is a line in the background. Drat, my advice was useless. It does look like it varies in weight though: thicker/darker to the left and lighter/less-noticeable to the right.
Also, when comparing the actual image with your painting, I think the top portion of the glass insulator actually has less value contrast than what's depicted in your painting. If you darken up the lights, it might help the object have some opacity and also help convince us that it's a 3-d solid object with a reflective surface.
at first i was like 'Hellyeah!' then i read that it was a pic. nuts, but i definitely think that nailing this thing exactly is within your grasp.
look at all the details: the little bumps around the bottom, the irregularities in the reflections. i think that your last painting is lacking those things, the consistency in which it was rendered makes it look artificial. also, in regards to surface planes being between perpendicular and parallel to the eye: check out those black shadows as they curve from the outer surfaces (parallel) into the middle (perpendicular). you're definitely getting those color shifts where more of the background is reflecting on the surface, lighting up the dark shapes around the edges, but not so in front of the object where you are more apt to see through the glass.
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I guess there is a line in the background. Drat, my advice was useless. It does look like it varies in weight though: thicker/darker to the left and lighter/less-noticeable to the right.
Also, when comparing the actual image with your painting, I think the top portion of the glass insulator actually has less value contrast than what's depicted in your painting. If you darken up the lights, it might help the object have some opacity and also help convince us that it's a 3-d solid object with a reflective surface.
I see some warms in there, too.
I also noticed that the bottom plane here is lighter than the back plane; makes a little more sense to me. Your painting is reversed.
Thanks guys. I will look at making some adjustments and repost.
at first i was like 'Hellyeah!' then i read that it was a pic. nuts, but i definitely think that nailing this thing exactly is within your grasp.
look at all the details: the little bumps around the bottom, the irregularities in the reflections. i think that your last painting is lacking those things, the consistency in which it was rendered makes it look artificial.
also, in regards to surface planes being between perpendicular and parallel to the eye: check out those black shadows as they curve from the outer surfaces (parallel) into the middle (perpendicular). you're definitely getting those color shifts where more of the background is reflecting on the surface, lighting up the dark shapes around the edges, but not so in front of the object where you are more apt to see through the glass.
rock it.
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