I did pear 1, the first one’s from before watching the demo, the 2nd one’s from after.

2nd attempt

First try. Using Procreate so learning how to use the app as well as draw at the same time. Tried to blend the color into the shading as well.

Complete beginner here. I did my first attempt blind on pear 1 and then i watched the demo and attempted pear 2.

I didn't think I'd enjoy the critique video but I did and I learnt a lot. So I decided to try the pear again and I'm happier with it. Maybe the glass of wine helped! Interestingly the values look way more differentiated on the actual page than they do in the photo. Presumably due to the lighting I'm using?

Mine kinda looks like a nose fell off some Roman statue!

1st attempt before vs 2nd attempt after the demo. The style has changed completely lol

I bought 2b, 4b and 6b pencils and wanted to draw that apple again. Unfortunately the hb pencil doesn't seem to work as others, since on the front-right side of the apple you can see the white spots. How does it look?

The second one I did with the longer demo video turned out better. I struggled seeing the shadows that he saw in the video, I ended up watching what he did to his drawing and trying to do the same with what I drew, hopefully my eye for shadows and values will improve.

Left is before and Right is after. Tried to get my shadows sharper as per assignment instructions.

The far left is before watching the demonstration. The one on the right is after. Not a huge improvement (if at all) but I'll keep at it until I like what I see! I added one more (to the right of photo). I actually like this one the best out of all my attempts!

Before demo and after. Wow, difficult to simplify and not attend to all the gradations of halftones.

Here is my 2nd version of the pear.

Open to feedback

Every time I finish a drawing, I realize how much I still have to learn. I’m going to keep practicing to improve my forms and shading.