These are a FEW of the areas you need to pay attention to. Note the plethora of contact shadows. This just underscores the fact that contact shadows are necessary and EVERYWHERE! Just as in nature, everything has shadows, everything has contact shadows, dark and light areas exist, and highlights make things more noticeable. The trick is making them appear in your scene. Pay close attention to what's going on near edges and across large flat surfaces, for example, the drawers on the dressers and the footboard of the bed. What is causing these variations in color?

 

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