CAD joystick

[mplanchard]

Great that you want to try this on your own.
Here are a few suggestions:
Sketch Picture - allows you to insert a jpeg image into the sketch an "trace" over it while you are creating a sketch

Free Form - The freeform feature modifies faces of surface or solid bodies. You can modify only one face at a time and the face must have four sides only with direct, interactive control of deformations by creating control curves and control points, then pushing and pulling the control points to modify the face. Use the triad to constrain the push or pull direction - this makes the model feel like you are working in clay.

Also - there is a Surface Tutorial in SolidWorks that steps you through creating a garden hose nozzle. The techniques of using surfaces an planes may also be helpful.

Marie