Plunger

This is a piece I did earlier in the year with charcoal, brown and red conte crayons, and white paint. I was extremely satisfied with the way that the plunger itself turned out, but I'm not sure how I feel about the shadow behind it. The only reason it is there is because once I finished the plunger I realized that it was not showing any "motion," which was the point of the assignment. Maybe I was trying to make it look like it was falling? I don't really know, I took the suggestion of another student in this decision, but I'm not happy with that particular choice. I almost photo-shopped it out so that no one knew it was there to begin with, but I decided that I'm more critical of my own work than anyone else is, so I'm just going to let everyone form their own opinions. The shadow doesn't cloud how much I like the plunger itself.