so little time

I practice and practice.  Must have drawn 50 squares and 20 rectangles.  Then I drew circles inside the rectangles.  practice ,   practice.  Now that I understand washes:  teacher shifted to  graphite.  She showed us a black and white drawing of  drapes.  That's what the masters used to learn subtle differences in tone, shape, value etc.  They were able to draw w/out hard sharpie lines.  Not enough time.  I need more practice w/ washes.  My pear and apple actually look like fruit but my banana looks like a zucchini.