its always good to practise

The snail looks great! Big improvement from your first drawing. Doing the shoelaces on the boot will be challenging but very worth it, I think you should give them a try!

Simplifying is deceptively difficult, so don't get discouraged. You have good things going on with these drawings -- I think the overall proportions are good, especially in your second drawing. I noticed you are mainly using C curves, and more complex lines. Try to really commit to sticking to C curves, S curves, and straights. It may slow you down a lot, but that's a good thing. Each line represents a thought, and just starting out, it may take a while to figure it out. Good luck :)

Great practice, the value scale you created feels balanced and acts like a good reference. I think in the pear itself, the greys skew lighter than in the scale, so darkening up the 2nd and 3rd values (counting left to right on your scale) on the pear can help to make each value readable and distinct. But I also see that you've made good progress with this assignment and you've nailed the main objective (simplification), which will continue to be practiced. so I totally understand if you'd like to move on to the next assignment! You can always come back to this one as a warm-up later on :)

This is a great start. Here’s a demo I made that may help you out with your next fruit drawing. Thanks for sharing. Can’t wait to see more :)