Welcome! This is a great pear. Did you find anything to be more difficult than expected, or make any observations as you worked?

Nice! Congrats on your first drawing :)

Looks so good it is making me hungry! Love the structure of it.

This is a great first time! Overall looks great, I made a few notes about the darker value shape that's close to the light source. Hope that helps :)

Nice drawing. That's a complex reference to work with so congratulations on going for it. I'd note, Just like with the pear drawings, the best strategy is to simplify. I tried my hand at breaking down this image into 5 values and it is tricky. This image has a lot of dark halftones, making it difficult to decide what is in shadow, and what is simply dark. But the key to it, just like more simple compositions, is to clearly show which side is light and which side is dark. In your drawing, the jump between your shadow side values and your light side values is a bit too small. I would push that a little further so it is really clear what is in shadow and what is not. Keep it up!

Nice work, the lay-in looks solid, and the hatching is very expressive!

Looks good. Structurally I would say you nailed it. The only small improvement (and it is a bit of a nitpick) would be to take a little more time with your hatching. It is such a nice drawing, but some of the value is inconsistent. Instead of trying to hatch in the value darkly, give it a few layers of the pencil, and build up until the darkness is more even and at the value you want. Again, nice looking pear!

Awesome pear! You have an eye for proportion. This is a great start to your drawing journey :) I have a couple of suggestions. The halftones on the light side and the dark side of the pear are pretty similar in value, so darkening the shadow side halftone can help you better create a sense of dimension in your pear -- showing that those planes are more turned away from the light. Another thing relating to your shapes would be to thicken up the core shadow shape a bit, so that you don't risk it looking like someone took a sharpie to your pear. These are small adjustments, I think you really nailed it. Nice work!

I know you said you struggled but I think you did a good job containing your values into shapes that reflect the plane changes, and you used all 5 values. You handled the subtle shifts in the lighter value range well. This is a good pear :) Nice work getting back on the horse.