Left is before, right is after the demo. I plan to do this a third time after rewatching the demo and watching the critique video. The demo helped so much. Noticed the direction of shading strokes made a difference, and layering of multiple pencils really helped the values stand on their own. I had to go over the darker values again at the end, so maybe I need to practice using less pressure because that 2B was getting close to the 4B. I was tempted to use a wider range of pencils since this set has an 8B and 2H but I figured it would be better to challenge myself with the limited range. another problem was the smudging. I would be shading one part and notice where my hand was resting it smudged a bit so I had to go in and fix with the eraser, so I’ll practice using a floating hand unless there’s a better method.

First is before watching the tutorial, second is after. I like the improvement between the two, although if I did it again, I’d look to increase the contrast between the shading on most of the pair and the background. Apologies for the darker pics. It’s raining today so there’s not a whole lot of natural light outside. Forcing the flash was as good as I could get it.

Before and after the methods (Yeah I used an inked Pen, I only had that)

I think I need to work on creating more contrast on the value and simplifying.

Before and after the correction video. The right side of the pear still doesn’t have the right shape, now that I see it posted here. Grrr ^^

Did a study of Stan's demo and will do some more on my own soon.

Still need to work on the pressure.

Can someone give me feedback? Please and thank you

2nd attempt at the assignment after watching the demo, still can't get the values correct, any feedback or tips are welcome. Thank you.

Redraw after watching demo

First time using mechanical pencils, still getting used to them.

I worked really hard on shading this, and something seems not quite right. Hoping for feedback. Thank you!

I did the one by myself two days ago and the demo today. I'm really pleased with how it all came out!

First attempt and then second attempt after watching demo. Happier with second try. Used 2B-6B per demo and tried to layer values. Helped, but still struggling with getting 4 values. Forgot about 2B and Dark Light value, and had to really darken the surface shadow to get contrast with the pear. All my values look like crayons, not sure why. Rough paper? Look forward to starting the how to lessons and learning more.

This does not loook like a pear 🙈 I’m really frustrated

First time learning any fundamentals and sharing my work, so I hope this serves as motivation for others. These are my two first attempts. The first attempt was done following the advice shared on "Simply from Observation" and then my second attempt is a result of using the demo as guidance. I think the demo helped big time in making sense of the skills and advised shared by Stan. I can perceive more values on the picture of the pear itself, but per advice I decided to stick to the 5 values. Any feedback on my work would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

Here's my second attempt at doing pear 1 now that I have a pencil set and am being more cognizant about the multiple levels of shadows as well as the core shadow.

l really grateful to Proko for helping someone like me -- who had zero foudation and was honestly scared of drawing--- finally draw a pear through practice for the first time l'm genuinely really happy

I tried to follow along with the video for a bit.

This is my first time to drawing a pear, i hope to get some advice. Thank u