Before watching the demo. I tried not to break down lines too much, but I completely lost it with the hand. I'll watch the demo, redraw and post again.

A couple of tries for the camel and the skull as well. I fully confess to taking a peek at Stan's version of the skull before going insane with the vertebrae.

Top: before the demo | Bottom: after the demo. Also mandatory comment on laces.

This will definitely require a good bit of practice. Also, I'm not confident using a tripod grip, as I neither write nor draw like that. I hope line quality is not going to be negatively impacted. Maybe I should try to incorporate it as an addition to my usual grip, together with the overhand grip.

Left: before the demo | Right: after the demo

Hello. These are my attempts. The pear on top was drawn before watching the demo with a 5.6 mm 2B lead with varying degrees of pressure. For the pear on the bottom I used instead an HB, 2B, 4B, and 6B. Following the demo I also tried to cut down on the number of lines in the contour and simplfy it even further.