Why might an artist keep material tests in a sketchbook?

• To hide every test until it looks finished
• To record effects they can use again
• To avoid looking at earlier tests again

Which technique uses lines to build light and dark tone?

• Hatching
• Erasing
• Outlining

Wet-on-wet acrylic blending works by brushing two colours together while both are wet.

Zara wants soft, blurred edges in a smoke drawing. Why might she test charcoal?

• It smudges readily to soften edges
• It keeps every mark sharp without smudging
• It gives every surface the same texture

You want a drawn circle to suggest a real ball lit from one side. What should guide your shading?

• The darkest pencil available in your pencil box
• The same outline thickness around the whole circle
• The light and dark areas on the ball

Theo wants to check whether his hand outlines have changed with practice. What would help?

• Compare drawings of two unrelated objects
• Redraw the hand and compare its outline
• Cover the earlier hand before comparing

An artist says, 'I used clay instead of paint because I wanted people to touch and feel the shape.' What is this artist doing?

• Linking a material to an intended effect
• Listing every stage of making the model
• Explaining how to mix two paint colours

Priya wants a darker hatched shadow, but her lines have wide gaps. Which change could help?

• Leave wider gaps between the lines
• Erase more lines from the shadow
• Put the lines closer together