My black and white drawing is of my cat, Leo. I got the idea because he is a black and white cat, so I thought he would be perfect for this project. To draw it, I used two different shades of graphite pencils, a white colored pencil, and a blending stick. First I outlined the part of the cat I was drawing with the darker graphite pencil. After that I drew in the shading by lightly drawing with the lighter graphite pencil, then blending it in with the blending stick. Then I drew the white hairs and the whites in the background. Then I shaded everything again with the light graphite pencil again and blended it in. There isn’t any symbolism in my drawing, the reason I made it was just because I thought it would be fun to draw a picture of my cat. My main struggle was trying to make the cat not blend into the background. If I had to do it again I would use a thin layer of white around the cat to make him stand out more. The style of the art is realism and I like how it turned out. This was my first attempt at a realistic drawing so I think I could improve on some aspects, like shading or using more shades of white and graphite, but otherwise it turned out good. 

My combo drawing is of a band t-shirt. I got the idea to draw it because I thought it looked cool to draw. I used 4 different graphite pencils and a blending stick for most of the drawing. For the eyes I used two orange colored pencils. For some of the letters I used a gray colored pencil to help with shading. I started by outlined the important parts of the area I was drawing with a light graphite pencil. Then when I got an outline that I liked, I used a dark graphite pencil to solidify the outline. After that I drew details that I wanted to stand out. When I was done with that I shaded in all the details and blended them in. Next I got a dark graphite pencil and made the background black. There isn't any symbolism in my drawing. I struggled with getting the smaller details to look like they did in my reference image. If I had more time to do it I would finish the drawing and work more on the shading. The style of my art is realism and I think it would've turned out well If I was able to finish it.