Quiz #1: Line, Shape, Value & Space

While drawing from life the line you draw represents...

• value of the shape observed

• the form of the shape observed

• the details in the shape observed

• the edge of the shape observed

Identify the 5 vocabulary words that best describes types of Line Characteristics

• Bold, broken, fuzzy, sharp, Thin, Tapered,

• Bold, continuous, contoured, structured, Thick-thin

• Curved, Diagonal, Horizontal, Vertical, Zig-zag,

• Curly, diagonal, twirly, up-down, Zig-zag

Identify the 5 vocabulary words that best describes types of Line Direction

• Bold, broken, fuzzy, sharp, Thin, Tapered,

• Bold, continuous, contoured, structured, Thick-thin

• Curved, Diagonal, Horizontal, Vertical, Zig-zag,

• Curly, diagonal, twirly, up-down, Zig-zag

Identify the sentence that least explains why gesture drawing is an important skill to master.

• When observing things around you Gesture drawing is an ideal drawing method because it will allow you to capture the movement of your subject on paper by using loose, quick, fluid lines that contain a variety of line characteristics.

• Gesture drawing is an ideal drawing method to use when you're expected to generate many concept sketches, or designs in a short amount of time.

• Gesture drawing is great for warming up your hand-eye coordination, allowing you to tap into your creative mind.

• Gesture drawing is great for capturing minute details and convey intense emotion through the value and form rendered.

Choose the best words that describe the line quality in this drawing, "Kicking Horse" by Tyrus Wong...

• ornate, controlled and planned

• fluid, spontaneous and gestural

• clean, uniform and solid

• Scribbled, impulsive and outlined

How would you label the type of line used to decorate the tiles of this recessed arch of the Sawi Mosque in Multan, Pakistan?

• Scribble

• Contour

• Gestural

• Calligraphic

Identify the type of drawing style Eugene Delacroix used in his sketch, "War on a Chariot Pulled by Two Horses", pen and brown ink, 1833?

• Contour Line Drawing

• Gesture Drawing

• Structure Drawing

• Calligraphic Drawing

The drawing style of Ivor Stravinsky by Pablo Picasso is an example of

• Gesture drawing

• Calligraphic drawing

• Contour Line drawing

• Structure drawing

In this Vase-Face image, identify the negative space...

• The black space is the negative.

• The white space is the negative

• Depends on which image you choose to see

• The positive and negative are both the negative spaces

The best way to capture the action of the human figure in motion is to first...

• do a quick outline

• indicate the line of action

• measure the proportions

• blind draw