Started with the basic practice exercises… will be working on the still life pepper shortly. My blended sphere got splotchy… I tried to go over a burnished area with a darker tone and then it did not blend well :( but uploading because, well, we are learning here …my sphere looks like those everlasting gobstopper candies :) day 2: did another sphere and the pepper…not excited about my end result but looking forward to continued learning and I appreciate the basics covered here! Good exercise.