L1 and L2 projects. This was quite a challenging project for me. For me, I think I struggled balancing between choosing the proper shapes and covering the small shapes with a single shade. I wonder if the size of the thumbnail was too small? I did L2 of a still-life I found online. I was pleasantly surprised at how the positive shapes and negative shapes created by the shades could actually capture the form of the fruits, even without any contours. But it still needs work. Any feedback/critique will be greatly appreciated, thanks!

Level 1 and Level 2 projects. I think I did okay for level 1, but level 2 was a bit tricky as I noticed I tend to shade number 2 darker than usual, and certain values were flipped/too similar to each other. I wonder what's the proper way to improve at this? Or is it just intuition, like "value 6 should be this color, value 4 this color, etc."? For lv 2, I cut a square out of another piece of paper to cover and isolate the individual squares. Order was also randomized. Would appreciate any feedback/advice on this, thanks!

Back after a month's break and time to start on value. Value is one of my greatest weaknesses so I'm excited to dive in to improve my skills. This warmup was nice and relaxing, though I'm still trying to figure out the best way to shade consistently.