Hi! I felt that drawing a simple pear would be too boring, so I came up with "The Pear of the Beholder". I combined an old Stan's eye tutorial with this one. Hope my pear won't be a nightmare fuel for you. Stay motivated!

Need to shake off some of this rust, good place to start

This is now my third attempt at this drawing exercise. I think I'm starting to understand simplifying. Challenging..yet fun to do. Let me know what you think.

I tried this 3 times. The first pic is before the demo. I took a good minute away from drawing daily. I went ahead and immediately tried a post demo but because of the more complex shapes I had a rough time. This morning with fresh eyes I tried once more after re-watching the demo again. Much happier with my shape finds and values. Shading seems to have improved as well. Proportions are still not where I want them to be, but I am satisfied with this progress

This is my is my first attempt at the simplified drawing before watching the demo. I noticed right away that I have a tendency to get caught up in the details causing me to be frustrated with my drawings early. Thanks for your feedback 🙂

I'm gonna be honest... I really don't wanna do this 😭

First attempt at sketching these images before watching the tutorial. There are lighter, more confident areas and darker, re-worked areas where I had to keep correcting my proportions. I had to remind myself to trust my eyes and not to make assumptions when drawing the hand (by far the most challenging for me). This led to substantial corrections. The VR girl was really enjoyable to sketch. I made her torso disproportionately short compared to her legs. This occurred mainly because I didn't know where to start with the sketch, then referenced the position of the hanging screen (which could easily have been altered), rather than the legs, when drawing the torso. Conclusion........that was a ridiculous decision and I don't know what I was thinking! Will reference body proportions to other body proportions rather than random objects in the future! 🤣

This orange [pre-demo] turned out messy, and shading was a pain in the ass, but I really like the result, especially when I step farther away from the drawing. Have a nice day!