This was done over 2 days after the pear attempt, then I watched stan's demo and saw some of the mistakes I made. My darks are wayyy too dark. I lost a lot of my shapes when I started to shade. He almost has shark eyes haha. Overall, I am happy with it though. Spent ~2 hours total.

Pear homework, eaten and consumed nicely. Top left one I drew before I watched the demo, then made a few corrections. After watching the whole demo, I attempted another pear on my own. I think my shapes look nice, but my edges could be sharper!

Trying out portraits in procreate. This style is inspired by Ergo Josh

Hi I like how you're focusing on the planes and the light direction in those:)Only maybe try to define the shapes a little more precisely? They seem a little patchy maybe. If it's colour that you're trying to practice I would perhaps focus on simpler shapes. Faces are already so complex and demanding on their own. Maybe some still life or something.

Hey Connor, Learning color is a pretty daunting thing, I suggest you look at anything that talks about color theory. In a nut shell, there are 3 properties of color to always be aware of when dealing with what you choose: hue, value, and chroma. In your painting, you lack a clear distinction between shadow, light and highlights. This causes your forms to look flat. All your mid tones are the same value, again making the forms feel flat. There are also drawing issues, so I did a sketch to show you what I'm talking about, hope it helps :)

These are looking cool Connor! I like the purple notes you're hitting in the shadows.

Hey Connor, These are pretty good. Hands are really tough, so good for you for doing them. I suggest that you make sure your fingers have a good 3 D quality to them. This happens when you make sure that you draw/ paint them with a top plane, side plane and bottom plane. I did a draw over one of your hands to show you what I mean. Keep up the good work :)