This one sparked an interesting discussion. A friend of mine said that when he looked at it the bite didn't really feel inset to him. He said it felt flat and more on the surface. I understood what he meant (though I disagreed).
The issue at hand though was this is what the light on the apple looked like as I painted it. I could have easily gone in and added shadows I didn't see to make it look more like what people would expect, but then I wouldn't have been as true to the actual subject.
That's right folks we're looping back around to the 'when to stop looking at the reference' subject. I think in little studies like this where my purpose is just to learn and explore I should stay as true as I can. However if I'm doing a piece for a client, or if it's something I might like to hang on my wall or sell prints of I think I'd be better served adding in a bit of manufactured details.
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