After watching the demo & critique videos, I think I understand the first pear/values assignment a little better. Did everything free-hand this time to help develop hand-eye coordination (rather than "cheating" with auto-straight-line-tools). I'm proud of my own progress! Critique videos are long, but the many examples are very helpful. Watching those is like practicing without actually practicing.

I think I nearly spit out my coffee when pear face came up. Great sense of humor by whoever submitted that, and Stan immediately just going into critique mode without even questioning it made it so much more funny.

I'm ultimately trying to learn digital art, so mine is definitely "cheating" in some respects (and surprisingly harder in others!). I'll post each of my attempts, each with a slightly different approach