New year, new sketches

On Friday got to Tel Aviv to meet my mom. Being a bit early, i was hovering around this crazy expensive Italian office/business supply store, not intending to actually buy anything of course :)
But after lunch - BAM - my mom surprised me and got me this fancy-ass sketchbook from the store! It has GREY pages, so it's a great chance to do some light/shade studies.

but first, i came home and just experimented with all kinds of pencils. here's the first page of actual recognizable shapes:

tomorrow i'll post something MAJOR, so stay tuned :)
thanks!