Although I used to draw a lot, this is my first drawing in .... years. The first pears I drew - #2 and #3, I see I over-did. with the "chiseling" and cross hatching. Proportions and angles are wonky. But, it feels good to have pencil to paper. And they still look like pears instead of blobs! Yay! Then I watched Proko do it in the demo and I realized how much I needed to simplify even more. I forgot how hard it is to control values and tone. I will have to put some time into that.

Let's see what you think.

I think I did improve upon my first attempt, however I noticed my shading isn't the greatest, it could be the mechanical pencil i'm using. But your demonstration did help me see better.

Was more difficult then I thought. I attempted the face challenge thinking since Pears where decent why not, but has you can see results where pretty mixed.