Assignment 2 - part 1 - Preparatory sketch

So, here's my second assignment. The first drawing is someone seated on an office or dining chair, and here's a quick sketch of my little brother (playing on his Nintendo DS). Wondering what angle to have him sitting at, I decided to draw him right from the front to start with, but with his hair falling over his face, he was mostly in shadow. I should explain at this point that I've had such a long gap between this and my last blog post because I've been working on these assignment drawings (which are a bit complex, as you'll see later), I've been a bit ill, and have been working on another course at the same time. You'll notice I haven't got as many pictures up as I did before my first assignment, but I've been keeping a sketchbook around the house and two others for my life drawing classes - so it doesn't look like much online, but I have three books too!