Place a reproduction of the painting, at least 8 inches by 10 inches in front of you. State the basic objects that fill the frame of the painting: a small wooden table, a white tablecloth, a ginger jar, and 11 pieces of fruit.
State the specifics of the objects that you see in the frame, giving greater details so that the reader can truly picture these objects. For example, state that the table is a golden wood color, the white tablecloth is rumpled and has a red stripe, elaborate on the colors and designs painted on the ginger jar, and describe the shades and shapes of the various pieces of fruit.
Describe the placement of these items so the reader has a sense of where they exist in relation to each other on the frame. For example, state that the ginger jar is in the background to the left of the side of the table and visible from 2/3 of the way up.
Describe the effect that all these components have on the composition of the painting as a whole and use specifics from the painting to back up your claims. For example, you could say the Ginger Jar anchors the painting with its grayish tones and that the warm, bright shades of the fruit so closely placed together creates a dynamic ripening effect.
Discuss the size of certain objects in the painting and how some of them are slightly disproporitonately large and the significance of that decision. For example, Ulrike Becks-Malorny believes that Cezanne game objects a larger or smaller size in relation to his opinion of their importance in the painting.