Alright, another paint-over. I tried to break this down to help explain my process.
I think this method will lend itself well to your technique. It seems you should be able to follow these tweaks with glazes. Not that this is a masterful fix or anything, but a quick indication of concepts.
1- I'm assuming the photo is inaccurate on the values because they look a little blah. So the first step was just to push the contrast and saturate things a little.
2- You say you're struggling with temperature on the form. A quick blast of the chroma reveals the big issue: it's all the same color. So I create a color map on top of your values so we can conceptually see how I'm assuming you're modeling the forms, and negate local color entirely.
3a- With that in mind we can simply overlay that understanding of the color over the local color. For the most part the lit space is untouched except for adding a bit of the color of the light source to everything for unity.
The key thing is to create a cooler shadow space. It looks cooler because of the color contrast with the chroma of the lit space. It's a really warm blue, so it's not actually 'cool,' it's just a better recognizable contrast with the lit space.
3b- From that point on the foundation is pretty square so now you can just pump up the money aspects, the reflected light, the speculars, and rich tones. Really keep an eye toward contrast, not only with value, but in contrasting colors against each other. This is why strong reflected lights always sing, because you're reintroducing warm back into cool (in this example), and getting more contrasting colors rather than only where the light terminates.
Also keep in mind that glass needs to really charm. Pump it up for what looks good in the painting even if it departs from reality a little bit.
I've only recently come to appreciate how much chroma is entangled with value. As you represent light with value, the chroma will change as the value changes, you can't just run with a different value of the same color. The reflected lights illustrate this well, but look at the table cloth. As the value across the surface changes so will the color. Really maximize that when you trump up the drama where the light turns to shadow.
Also keep in mind the red of the apple affecting the table cloth without any value change
An isolated comparison for study.
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Ok, I'm still scratching my head about this one - not about your paint over, that made perfect sense - but what to do about it. It's driving me crazy; maybe I'll call you.
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