Exercise- Shadows and reflected light and shade

Still on the lookout for shiny objects I cleaned the kettle and found the missing lid of the flask from one of the previous drawings.

As I used A2 paper it was too big for my scanner so I had to take a dodgy photo with my phone hence the orange cast. The flask isn't very shiny so I dug out some balti dishes which don't have a lot of surface to reflect with. I put them on a black surface and added a sheet of paper to give me something to reflect.

I had trouble keeping the white areas white and the putty rubber tended to partially lift the charcoal to a light grey. I think my first attempt was better and that both of the drawings are stiff and overworked.
The new version of the course asks for a shiny object and a ceramic object to give contrast. I felt guilty I hadn't tried this so I had a go

 Guilt is not a good motivator for drawing. This is A2 and I just can't seem to work this big to my satisfaction. The drawing is tilted because I was working above my eye line. The pots are bigger than in real life and getting to that stage somehow just went wrong. I'm not pleased with this at all.