pear assignment done! I was really hesitant to draw dark lines, working out values from photo is hard.

Second try on left, first try on right. I noticed that in my first attempt I was going back and forth between shading the different tones and jumping around. Taking it step by step allowed me better control over the shading colors. Critics and feedback fully welcome!

First try, second try. It's nice learning little things like pencil pressure. I didn't realize that I've been pressing down too hard.

I posted my “before pear” on the last video, here is my “after pear” fixed a lot of proportions and silhouette issues from my last attempt, training my eye to compare where one line is in comparison to another, and starting with much lighter lines this time.

The first attempt, I drew pear #3.

Gave it 5 attempts before watching the walkthrough. Please critique.

Attempt 1 and then attempt 2 after watching the walkthrough. Feel like there was definitely an improvement!

Everyone's pears are looking really nice. It feels like maybe the shading is a bit too light, but I'm pretty happy with the results. ^-^

So cool to see everyone's pear - here's mine and shading is wayy harder than I thought..

This was so hard!! My only experience with drawing so far has been drawing portraits from reference..I have so much to learn! These are my drawings before and after watching the demo.

this was a few goes to loosen up and then the middle one was the main one before the finale video with stan talking through it . i did one after stans run through and i was much more clear with the lines and more clean looking . i like both quick and non fussed lines and the clear and more clean attempt . i have to slow down too as i look verry quick and my hand is moving before i know it. sometimes this is good and sometimes too hasty . i really enjoyed the challenge and learning to look more

Here's my attempt. I had some issues with getting the value separation right. It seemed like every time I got lighter in value, no matter how light I went, it was still too close to the next darker section, and I couldn't get the darker values dark enough to create any more clear sep. I ended up having to go heavier on the outline to separate it out. Used a 2B, 4B, HB and even a 4H. Any suggestions welcome. Thanks!

Here's what I did. Feel free to let me know what you think. I did #1 and #2 before watching the demonstration.

i haven’t drawn consistently in a while so I’m following along with the free content from this course and holding myself accountable by drawing everyday. I think i’ll use my own references from now on, if that’s not a problem. Anyway, here is a drawing from the reference image of the first project.

Hello ! This is attempt 1 and 2 of the pear exercice. I am having a hard time with not making the edges darker than the rest (the interior). It is also hard to have ''uniormity'' in my values, I feel like my hands do not know how to ''press'' evenly. I feel like I learned a lot !

My attempts at the level 1 pear. 1) Before the demo 2) After the demo 3) After the critique video Feedback is always welcome!

Here's my Level 1 drawing and reference image for the simplyfying shapes lesson.

Been doing a lot of the exercises here but haven't been posting. I have been learning a lot from this course. Thank you Stan.

This was super relaxing

Here is my brother and mine pares. His is the more sketchy one and mine is the more full sized one. Id love to here your opinions and point to improve