Sketchy-Sketch-Sketch

So now that my Drawing class is taking off, I thought I'd share a few sketches from our lesson yesterday. In a nut shell, I know everything being taught in class. It is after all only Drawing 1, and back in High School I took just about every art class that was offered. Also, I took 2-D Design last year, which is a good foundations course for the Drawing class I'm taking now. My teacher asked me about my previous experience and told me that my knowledge of art was showing. That felt pretty good to hear, but my goal isn't to be teachers pet. I do hope to excell both in my knowledgability and skill in Drawing. That's what was most frustrating for me in my Figure Drawing class last semester. I didn't feel like my work had much growth from beginning to end. I did see some improvement, but as an artist the goal is always to do "better". I think that by reinstalling some of the basic understanding of Drawing techniques, I may actually build up on my abilities.
The sketch below is my first attempt to compose a cross contour drawing. It was done in class. We had to face our partner and draw each other.
This other sketch is a blind contour drawing. I just thought it was funny. And it really did kind of look like the guy I was drawing. Sad...