Making a pencil in Adobe illustrator

Today in class, we continued to work on Adobe illustrator and I learned to use the smart guide to locate the shapes. I made parts of pencil like wood, metal bands, and lead. Then I located the pieces using the smart guide. It looked pretty good at the end. My problem is, I take too long to read the instruction of the package. Next time, I hope we study with instructions that are more easy to understand. And I also hope, we move on and work on the smart board project, because I don't like following so much instructions.