Cream Jug and Strawberries, 8" x 8" oil on canvas board
I think the composition could be improved by not having the creamer handle cropped the way it is. It should be on or off. It's a similar to shooting a photo where the age old wisdom is not to cut people at their joints (elbows, knees, etc.) because there is something deeply unsettling about that to the human psyche. Guess it's the same for jug handles? Sometimes you need to break the rules to get something more dynamic, but I don't think that was the result here. Well, part of the point in doing this is to learn....
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