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Observational Drawing

Week 1: Assignment 1 Practice Exam

Assignment 1: Exam

Grading Summary

These are the automatically computed results of your exam. Grades for essay questions, and comments from your instructor, are in the "Details" section below. Date and Time Started: 1/21/2015 6:03:18 PM Time Spent: 02 min , 13 secs Points Received: 30 / 30  (100%) Question Type: # Of Questions: # Correct: True/False 4 4 Multiple Choice 6 6

Grade Details - All Questions

Question 1. Question : Drawing involves solely the right hemisphere of the brain. Student Answer:  True  False  (As we proceed through the course, you will discover that while the actual "seeing" and "drawing" process is right brained, or R-mode, you will also access left brain thought, L-mode, to step back and use fundamental techniques such as sighting to assess the perspective, to determine spatial relationships, etc.) Points Received: 3 of 3 Comments: Question 2. Question : The key to drawing from observation is to bypass a preconceived symbol system. Which drawing uses a preconceived symbol system to depict the objects? Student Answer:  image on the left (The drawing on the left is an example of using a preconceived symbol system to name the object instead of looking closely and drawing the actual shapes of each object.)  image on the right Points Received: 3 of 3 Comments: Question 3. Question : Blind contour line drawing should always be focused on the finished final product. Student Answer:  True  False  (Blind contour drawing is not about the end result but about the process of visual investigation and about drawing only what you see.) Points Received: 3 of 3 Comments: Question 4. Question : Gesture drawing can add a sense of movement to a drawing. Student Answer:  True  (We see a notable sense of movement regardless of the fact the subjects are inanimate.)  False Points Received: 3 of 3 Comments: Question 5. Question : Drawing teaches us how to specialize in drawing only one type of subject [called a genre]. Student Answer:  True  False  (This is not to say that you will learn how to draw a teacup or people, a tree or a dog. It is to say that you will learn to see the world around you with an artist's eye and therefore learn to draw any subject that you take the time to truly observe.) Points Received: 3 of 3 Comments: Question 6. Question : Which is an example of an implied line? Student Answer:  image on the left  image on the right (Implied line refers to an area of a line where there is a break that creates a blank or missing section that our eye fills in. This "section" is generally in the area of a drawing that is closest to the light source and indicates a highlight.) Points Received: 3 of 3 Comments: Question 7. Question : Which type of line suggests that part of a subject or scene appears closer to a light source? Student Answer:  continuous line  heavier, darker line  lighter, thinner line (Line weight refers to the thickness of a line and can be used to represent how light falls on an object. A heavier, darker line will suggest an area in shadow and a lighter, thinner line can represent areas closest to the light source.)  robust line Points Received: 3 of 3 Comments: Question 8. Question : Which image uses cross-contour strokes to create a 3-D [three-dimensional] illusion of the actual form? Student Answer:  image on the left (A cross-contour line is, in theory, a wire frame or a series of shapes that defines the details inside the contour edges of an object. For instance, if we compare a line drawing of a circle to that of a sphere, the circle is made up of one continuous line and appears to be flat while the sphere is a wire frame in which we can see not only the outside contour edge but also the curved contours of the form as it comes toward us in space. Any information that can be defined by line and falls inside the outer most edge of an object can be referred to as cross-contour information.)  image on the right Points Received: 3 of 3 Comments: Question 9. Question : What does the Picasso Exercise teach us? Student Answer:  to appreciate fine drawing  to recognize famous composers  to learn to draw what we see (…you no longer will identify with the name of the object you’re drawing; you will simply draw what you see. Some of the ways that you can tell you’re tapping into the creative side of your brain … people experience a distinct lack of labeling what they are drawing. In other words, you no longer will identify with the name of the object you’re drawing; you will simply draw what you see.)  to learn about the life of Pablo Picasso Points Received: 3 of 3 Comments: Question 10. Question : Which image uses contour line to define the outer edge of the form correctly? Student Answer:  image on the right (The contour of an object is different from the outline of an object in that the contour describes surfaces and shapes of the outer edge. Contour line represents the shared edge between two forms or the positive space of a form and the negative space of the background.)  image on the left Points Received: 3 of 3 Comments: