Watched and drew along with the demo here’s my first few attempts with the last drawing being the one where I drew along with the demo pausing every now and then to try and take in what was being taught, I think the last one is pretty good but I’d like to try again with my own reference picture to see if I can apply what I’ve learned, so far I’ve noticed I struggle on picking up the different values

I did the bottom one before the video and the top one after

This took me a while to "complete" this project but I was able to make some significant progress!! The first three drawings are referenced from the first image. The very first one I did on my own, the second one I did with the demo and the last one I did right after watching the demo video. The last photo is an apple that I drew while I was bored at work and I am very happy with how it turned out!! Any critiques would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you!

I am using procreate as it is fun…but the shading gets a little difficult as I’m not used to the tools right now.

Um. I'm not sure whether my drawing is good.

I tried the top 2 first:) then the bottom one while following the video. It’s so hard and so easy at the same time haha

I'm going to try to do the portrait as well, but here are my pears. The bigger one was alone, the smaller one following along. It's been so long since I used pencils and I'm not used to being thoughtful about picking which pencils to use.

Originally drew the pear with only straight lines but during the shading they softened.

think i need to work on filling in line gaps more and being more patient as i shade ><

Before the demo, then drawing step-by-step with Proko, and finally doing it all by myself. I feel proud. Can’t wait to keep learning, this is actually really fun!

I think I forgot to sharpen my pencil as often leaving the shading more smudged. I used a 5b pencil for the shadows and hb for the drawing and lighter side of the drawing. Tried to focus more on the tonal values and I maybe got caught up. Rather than simplifying shapes I got stuck trying to get the values right. Any critique would be nice .

First and second attempts. Need to work on my values for sure but anyway great exercise!

First attempt , now I’ll jump to the portrait. This is super fun

My first and second attempt at the pear. And a tomato Advice please :)

Before and after the demo, there’s clear progress, at least in the proportions. Looking forward to doing it again all by myself.

this is my try, not so good not so bad but I think that it need to be more darker I used 6b 2b and mechanical pencil had not others for now the bright was made with the eraser

that is my project so far :)

This is my pear project. I tried to apply the same simplification principles to another project (pepper). Altough the principles are quite easy to grasp theoretically, it is quite a different story to put it into practice 😄 I also kind of struggled with making different (but consistant and even) values with graphite pencils.

My pear project before and after. Major difference already. I can see my impatient heavy hand in the second, but feels like night and day already.