Sometimes in the process of working on a painting, things change. Things that seemed perfectly placed just do not come together as planned. If you are lucky this does not happen very often, however for the painting on my easel at this time, I had to juggle some of the objects to make my concept work better. As you can see, I initially placed some white flowers along the table edge, which made the light hit and create a nice focus area. Then as time went by, I noticed this brightness interfered with the light of the white amaryllis placed in the pot.
I experimented with several different pieces of fruit and other flowers, but nothing worked well until I simplified by placing a grouping of grapes and some silver dollars along the edge. As you can see, the difference is amazing. Now the eye wanders along the edge but goes instantly to the brightness of the amaryllis. I will show the finished composition in its entirety next time.
