Smudging often goes horribly wrong for me. It turns into a huge mess. I used to smudge when I was nooby at art and had a huge ego about it, but a teacher came and corrected me with cross hatching.
I think I might get started on an art project now that I have my .5mm pencil back. Normally, my work takes only a couple hours, but I want this next one to be spectacular B). Updates to come.