Before Demo (left) and After Demo (right) I think i overly obsessed with which pencil to use correctly and getting the values right.

Hi! The first pear was done with just a 0.7 mm mechanical pen prior to watching the demo. The second pear was done after watching the demo and using HB, 2B, 4B, and 6B pencils (please disregard the leaf embossed from a previous page of my sketchbook). After watching the critique video, my feedback for myself is: 1. I should have kept my shadow area more unified by using a darker second shadow value. 2. The tone in the light area could have been more even. 3. I could have used the direction of my shading marks to better reflect plane changes 4. I should have left more room for the cast shadow 5. My proportions are off - the reference pear was more squat 6. Be more careful not to have outlines showing around value changes I am sure there are things I missed. Would love additional feedback if anyone has any. Thanks! :)

Unfortunately, my first two attempts didn’t turn out quite the way I wanted. I think I was unconsciously rushing and the straight lines were confusing me usually I go for a more of a round shape.