I haven't picked up a pencil since I was 18 years old, and I decided to learn how to draw again with this training program. For my first drawing in Procreate, I tried to create shading by just increasing the pressure without adjusting the color, using an HB pencil.😅😊

Hey, here's my next attempt. This time after watching the demo. I know the pear is a bit too high and could be tilted more to the right. I struggled with cleanly separating the darkest tone from the dark one, and looking back, I think I could’ve simplified it better. Gonna watch the critique now and give it another shot 😊

Second attempt with guided video. Need to work on getting all the different shades nice and even and smooth. Tried to attempt doing a background , but it immediately looked messy , so I erased it. (Need to work on that as well.)

my second attempt. Definetly need to practise shading and allocating space ;-)

Second attempt after watching the demo. I followed the method in the demo and it helped tremendously.

I got the shadow wrong my attempt before the demo

Hi! Any advice on how to improve this drawing is appreciated. Thank you :)

After demo.

First attempt, before demo.

I'm feeling quite confused now I've watched Stan's demo because my second and third attempts kinda felt worse lol! I did have some observations I wanted to share, but firstly I should say that in my first attempt last night, I only used a 3B Pitt Graphite Pure pencil and I found shading the different values a lot easier to control with just the one pencil or perhaps it was due to the type of pencil. I'm still unsure. Today, I switched up to multiple pencils and this is where it got super confusing for me as I found it so challenging to keep the same tone as I blocked in one area. I also found that I kept wanting to go darker and so it ended up changing all of the values each time I did this. Lastly, with each study, I realised I wanted to add more and more detail, which I realise wasn't the point, but holding myself back from doing so was difficult and, well, I ended up totally overworking that last one! 🙈 I find it hard to see progress in my work or comment on things I like, but I'm going to try here because, despite it being far too dark and the values becoming too similar in the light and dark areas, I do see one improvement (I think?) and that's the shape of the shadow underneath the pear. I think! Lol Any advice or critique would be so, so appreciated, thank you! P. S. Apologies for the difference in light. I took the first photo last night.

My first try with the pear!

@Autumn Aurelia pretty much summed it up. ‘looking forward to seeing the progress.

I'm quite nervous about posting my first project and would love any feedback. ❤️ I realised, afterwards, that I was maybe supposed to use different pencils, but I used a 3B for the entire process. I can definitely see things I'd change if I were to give this another go. My lines feel too dark and too harsh, especially the shadow under the pear. I'm very surprised by how enjoyable this project was, too, to be honest. I usually get so overwhelmed and frustrated by drawing that I come away feeling really upset and hopeless. I'm feeling really good about this course though. It helped to hear Stan talk about anxiety in the early stages and how we shouldn't expect too much from ourselves right now and just to enjoy the process. That's something I have always struggled with.

Before and after watching the demo.

Pear 1 after watching demo

Two attempts. The first was done entirely with a 2B pencil on some extremely smooth 90gsm sketchbook. For the second attempt I used 2H-6B pencils on a more textured 130gsm pad. I don't think I got the shape quite right in either case but I got closer in the second.

My second attempt and first post. I had trouble seperating my 2b and hb shading at the end, but the idea is present. On to the next one!

open to suggestions please

Few atempts. This needs to be practice a loo!