Using the Pen-tool

During one of my school lectures we were given a task in which we had to use the pen tool in Adobe Illustrator. you'll find this tool in a lot of Adobe software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Flash, After and more. 

When it comes to the job it's a very handy precise tool, although it takes a while to get use. and believe me, at certain times, it gets on your nerves!  all as said and done, it's a very useful tool in the Adobe system though.  

I had used the pen tool before although not as recent. So I guess you can Imagen, I found it quite slow at first.  

here is what my class and I had to work on.

Completed task:

 

Here are two print screens, before and  another one after.

 Before:

After: