Marilyn's updated Flowers on a Table

 Here is Marilyn's painting with her changes. The original is below. I like her changes. The added value on the undersides really support the objects on the table. I like the added richer color and texture on the bench. The background pattern is a nice counterpoint to the color and simple lines of the table as well as flowers and vase.

She has also added color to the floor which is effective. Also separating the chandelier from the flowers.

Here are a few suggestions, Marilyn should take them with a grain of salt. The thing that make her paintings special is her unique vision. Sometimes where an artist breaks "the rules" is as important as when they follow them if not more so. Marilyn needs to keep the funk, as do all of you. Do what makes your work your own and apply what you're learning as it fits your voice.

1. I might continue to add color and value to the the planes that are not on the top side of the table.
2. The back legs would also be in shadow and would likely be darker. I think that the front leg might also be a little darker than than you've indicated as well.
3. As I mentioned earlier I like what Marilyn has done with the bench a lot.
4. I've indicated how I might take the small glass piece away from the edge and place it behind the blue bowl. Something half on the edge of a surface like that can create unintended tension for the viewer.
Oops-a second number 4. I might make the top surface of the stool a little darker as well. Not as dark as the sides and legs below but darker than it currently is.
5. For some reason it feels like the wall behind the table might turn 90 degrees like a corner of a room. Otherwise as #7. indicates, I'd lower the line between the where floor and the wall meet. As it is, it's tangent and is a little high for the perspective of the floor the table sits on. It might be even lower than I've indicated. This line would continue to the left of the table and the floor would be seen if there isn't a corner. So one or the other.
6. I think it was good to move the chandelier over but it might have been separated a little far. The negative space creates an alley, a shape that kind of leaves it hanging out on it's own.
8. The leg in the far corner of the tablewould be beneath the far corner of the table top.

One added thought: The flower fallen from the arrangement underneath the bench feals like it's still falling. If it were turned and laying flat on the floor with a shadow underneath it would feel as if it were on the floor.