1st drew without watching the demo. Second did watching the demo

First attempt :3

Any advice would be appreciated. First drawing was done before watching any of the example videos and the rest were after.

I couldn't find any 6b pencils, so I had to make it work with a charcoal stick lol. I think I'll give this another shot when I get some 6bs, my core shadows are definitely too dark

Absolute beginner here! Feedback welcome! It was tough to understand the transition of shadows. Am I correct in thinking you can't have your darkest shadow next to the dark 1/2 tone (third lightest)? Is that what Stan said? Plane changes and all.. I went back in and placed the lighter shadow in between... Learning to think differently here is kind of exciting!

Second attempt at the first pear with a before and after. How was this? I tried to simplify it a lot more after seeing the pear critique video

Hello, Just got done with the first assignment and demos. Any constructive feedback is welcome!!!

Did I mention I have never been able to draw? Everyone in my family can, its never come naturally. Here are my very 1st attempts….

Hey Stan, I'm new here so I thought I would introduce myself. I am currently an MFA student in children's literature and illustration at Hollins University, I am in my fourth semester and currently taking my design class with them. However I desperately want to amp up my drawing fundamentals as I have never been to formal art School and this came highly recommended, I bundled it with the children's illustration class and super excited to get started and post here. 🥰

Hey! Just started working on getting my art skills up, I would love any feedback on my drawing!

Couldn't keep my attention span long enough to just watch the critique video so did a bunch of free doodle/replicas from the video. Trying to think of shapes and sharp lines but its difficult especially when drawing outline i feel like my proportions are out of wack zooming in. Got a little frustrated yesterday but doodling and watching today was freeing

Hello im just starting thr course. Looking for any feedback

I’d been waiting for the part challenge, and it felt good to finally finish it. The first version was fine, but I wasn’t really happy with it. I watched the video again and tried it a second time.

My third pear attempt, after watching through the critiques. I feel like my pencil control, edges, and values improved a lot. I liked the overall volume more this time as well, though feel like too much information was lost on the right hand side - it would have been nice to show the little dip in and bulge out in a more defined way. I struggled with my hand leaving smudges on the paper, and was unsure how to work around this - avoid leaning on the paper with my hand? I also noticed that the previous pages in my sketchbook are smudging each other as they are pressed together as I draw. I wonder if anyone has any insight on how to approach these things? I also noticed that rotating my pencil so that the side not yet flattened by drawing faces the paper has a dramatic impact on the darkness and blending of my pencil work. I wonder if this is a hint that I should be sharpening more to avoid the pencil flattening out at all, or if I should avoid rotating the pencil? Do people ‘blunt’ the pencil tip after sharpening on a scrap of paper to avoid these distinct and sharp lines that are created by a sharp edge? If that makes sense? Any feedback very much appreciated!

Hello, here is my submission, il fill like a miss something everybody’s pear is more angled than mine if it make sense, and I don’t really see the shape on the inside in mine

Hello! I would love some feedback. Please don't hold back!

This is my drawing, it's my first time simplifying something, the proportion doesn't seem correct to me and neither does the shadow, but I can't correctly identify what I need to change to be "correct"