Shading with Application

I did a couple sketches using different shading techniques. The two techniques that I used were Crosshatching, and smudging. I did however incorporate a little of both in my sketches. I ended up having a good time with these drawings because I felt like they were actually coming out to look like something. My favorite is the keys, and I actually did them on a page that was stained with markers from the previous page and it added a neat abstract effect to the whole composition. At the bottom I added on to a drawing that I was working on in the past and used a couple different shading techniques to make it have a little more substance rather than just being a plain contour. Its a very interesting drawing....