Please use pencils and color/wartercolor pencils, and do the drawings on two sheets of 14x17 sketch papers. It is suggested that it will be easier to take photos of the street view, and then do the drawings accordingly.
Do the practice on your 9x12 sketchbook. Lie out all the colors you have got from your watercolor pencils. Shade and blend individual colors from dry to wet. Find out some transition relations between neighbor color shades, rather than in random order, for example, put different kinds of greens together, and then transit to yellow or blue, which are close to the color green. Write the color names following the lettering instruction. Use a pencil to draw the lines for your writing (see the example), then use a pen to write. The major title could be like "My watercolor pencil colors," or you could be creative on this. Always keep your paper clean and nice looking!
Use a pencil (B or 2B), sharpen it, and drawing your hand holding something with contour lines only. Hold your hand away from the paper. Look at your hand, not the paper (90% of the time, you should occasionally glance at the paper for control and to acquire more accurate proportion.) Imagine you are touching the surface of your hand with the point of the pencil as you draw. Draw slowly and deliberately. Vary the pressure of the pencil as you move the line over the page. Try to avoid picking up the pencil as you draw, keep it contact with the surface of the page. Draw as close to life size as possible, on 9x12 sketchbook. (See examples below.)
