This is a project for my drawing class that asked us to give a tonal drawing of a shoe at 3 different angles. 

My initial sketch turned out what appears to be a hiking boot for toddlers. The proportions and blocky outlines where the thread goes really give it that look.

The follow-up drawing wielded results that I was a little more content with.

I decided to try doing what the teacher said another student had done, and that was to use conte to colour the page so that I had a more neutral ground to work on and could use white to bring some things out more.

Quite honestly I wasn't able to get the colouration smooth and even like his student had. Furthermore I couldn't bring out as much as I wanted to using this technique, so I feel like I failed a bit there. But it was worth a shot.

Finally, a small photoshoot and some colour correction later and it looks closer to what it does in person. Though with my current setup I couldn't get the glare to go away. Also, drawing fixative is the devil.

Updated with white highlights and a more accurate look at what the colour looks like to me. Also the white was white eyeliner cause my conte is taking forever to show up.