Hello Judkauwe. I see you are off to a good start & i think your own POV is good & shows your increased awareness of what is happening between values in this lovely granny smith! I thought I'd point out my observations so that you could think about them too! I agree the divided planes do not replicate the planes of the actual apple pictured but they are. not too far off & so you have succeeded in recognizing that for yourself so awesome job! And, you figured out you might do better to vary your pencils to help you distinguish between values better!! Also awesome job in identifying that! And, good news is you can try again with your improved awareness! That's super cool!! Something I noticed was the shadow values are not supportive of your apples value that aligns with the shadow value. The contrast between your apple and your shadow is small and in the photo the contrast is much bigger and that contrast really helps in making your apple pop so I might want to check that! And, maybe you did and that. is the area you were speaking of that you pressed too hard with your pencil and couldn't correct that! a kneaded eraser might help though by just pressing it on the shadow area! I also see you posted this 23 days ago so probably you've already improved your attempts. Thanks for allowing us an opportunity to critic your work!