Nikel's sketchbook

[Nikelart]

Here it is with some updates. I think it looks like she is floating and I am not exactly sure how to make it look like she is standing in the background. I was thinking maybe some lighter yellow under her feet in a horizontal direction, but I am not sure. Making the figure look like it's physically in the background is something I struggle with.

You need to show your “planes” of background, where is ground and where is back. That is why, different planes — different values. Think about the cube. Have you ever drawn a cube or painted it? The principle will be the same, but I’m confused because of you light sources and can’t understand how many of them there are and from where they are going. So, FOR EXAMPLE ONLY, your floor could be lighter than the area behind her back.
Also adding shadows beneath her feet and body is crucial for “grounding figure” into the floor.

As for my comment of “shadows are too dark and light too white” take a look at Sargent or bougreau: they have the color both in light areas and in the shadows and transition is far more subtle. Also even highlight has a subtle color (in painting of course, because in real life’s the highlight is pure white, but since pigment colors are far away from the colors of light painters add a tiny amount of tone into highlight to harmonize the painting).

Thank you so much for the constructive feedback, I think that what you are seeing is going to really help me improve! I will think about and work on these problems I'm having.