week 1 techniques/ basic marks

so for first week we learnt basic of drawing. for one how to hold a pencil, there are 2 ways you can do so, both techniques require you to hold the pencil near the bottom and you don't draw from your wrist but with whole of your arm. by doing this you get much fluid marks on the page making it easier to draw objects, people etc etc. you can hold the pencil using the thumb or the index finger, I had to find best way for me to draw and usually use my index finger.
then try some shading techniques such as shading, horizontal, vertical, diagonal and also shading using circular motion.