Drawing Shadows: from Basics to More Advanced Settings

Hello everyone,
I’m glad that you’re here! I’m an illustrator and concept designer with a master's degree in architecture.  
As the title suggests, this course is about drawing shadows. It's a slightly technical subject but shading have a huge impact on aesthetical values and an atmosphere of an artwork. It gives an impression of 3-dimentionality and even reality to flat drawings… if it’s placed correctly of course. 
I’ve noticed that many shading tutorials explain vaguely this phenomena on examples of apples and other fruits. Well, these classes are focused on geometrical shapes and solids. Don’t worry, these lessons are really short and concise.
Understanding shading with help of basic solids is the way in which architectural students learn this knowledge (me back in the days included!).    
We will start really quickly with some basic theory, just to make sure that everyone is on the same page. 
Then we will go through a bunch of quick exercises starting with shading different types of geometrical solids. Believe me, you can show your artistic side even while shading a cone! 
Further lessons will be focused on cast shadows (that’s when geometry kicks in!). We will begin with planes and then try to make smooth transition to more advanced objects. 
One of the last lessons will be devoted to somehow unusual, though quite useful light setting: a dramatic back light. 
And finally, a case study: a combination of the previously seen solids in a form of a Victorian house.
These classes are devoted to beginners and semi-advanced students.
No prior experience is required, although it's good to be able to draw some basic solids (more or less, you don't have to excel in this :) ).