These shadows were an experimentation that I did with my statue.  I was busy testing different modes on my camera as I tried to get the types of shadows correct.  I later used a different way to project the shadows (large white walls are unbelievably useful for photographing shadows) instead of blank canvases.  While the canvases are bad in trying to get a good single shadow, I might try something different in which I’m photographing shadows on multiple canvases arranged at different angle, heights, and sides.