First try in 15+ years!
My fiancé noticed how many graphite and charcoal supplies I have sitting around and we both decided to try drawing something. We both used to do pencil drawings back in school many years ago, so we're a bit rusty and decided to watch this course for a refresher on the graphite grades etc.
I looked for a plain black and white reference image which ended up being clouds and this is what I finished with, not too bad considering how long it has been :D

Use a Koh-I-Noor 10.5mm graphite stick, Derwent Graphitone 2B solid lead pencil, a thin battery eraser, a smudge stick, Pentel black brush pen, Pilot Pintor black paint pen and a Posca white paint pen.
The graphite doesn't look very dark on the photo :(
Will update if he ever finishes his cloud drawing
Thanks for the awesome course, very helpful tips!