Great work! I can definitely see the improvement! I’m so glad you slowed down because yes, the first one looks and feels rushed as if you did not care as much. I think that’s one of the biggest problems we deal with as beginners; the fact that we can’t wait to see the end result and we expect it to be awesome, and if it doesn’t look the way we expected it then we start feeling overwhelmed & frustrated, but we forget that we have to take our time and go little by little. Enjoy the process. Speed will come with practice! Good job in pushing the darker values!