Congratulations on completing lesson 3, and nothing wrong with taking a hiatus! Overall, this looks really good. The lines are smooth and confident, you have a variety of plants, and you demonstrate a solid sense of space.
That said, you'd probably like to hear the nitpicks too, and here they are.
On the daisy, the petals seem to be growing in an odd way. Something about the foreshortening and the very tall petals in the back (along with very short in front) kind of breaks the illusion of space for me. The reference is a bit like this, but the closest petals are wider on the page than that far ones (2D space). That said, this isn't even the emphasis of this exercise, so it's not that important.
On the arrows, it seems a few had the hatching backwards. With the arrow on the middle right of the page, the increasing size of the arrow implies that the head is closest to you, but the hatching implies that the small tail is closer. There's a similar issue on the lower left arrow--the head is small and "far away," but the hatching implies the head is closest.
All 4 arrows on top of the page work, so maybe those others were just early attempts.
Leaves: these look great!
Stems: also great!
Plants: you have a great variety, draw through, confident lines, some texture, overall good work!
Next Steps:
On to lesson 4!
You may want to do arrows as a warm up a few times, because of the whole "matching the hatching with the foreshortening" thing, but I'm guessing you understood it by the time you finished arrows.
These are what I use when doing these exercises. They usually run somewhere in the middle of the price/quality range, and are often sold in sets of different line weights - remember that for the Drawabox lessons, we only really use the 0.5s, so try and find sets that sell only one size.
Alternatively, if at all possible, going to an art supply store and buying the pens in person is often better because they'll generally sell them individually and allow you to test them out before you buy (to weed out any duds).
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