Edexcel GCSE Art and Design drawing and recording overview quiz quiz

It is always quicker and easier to do than taking a photograph would be

It shows direct, first-hand engagement with the real subject

It needs no drawing skill whatsoever to be able to do it

It is the only method that is allowed by the exam board at all

Drawing as quickly as you can without looking at all

Using only a ruler to draw every single line

Looking at the subject more than at the paper

Copying the whole subject purely from memory

Choosing the right colours to use in a finished painting

Cleaning paintbrushes thoroughly after each use

Mounting finished work neatly onto the page

Comparing widths, heights and angles to fix proportion

Overall structure, then tonal masses, then detail

Fine detail first, worked up fully in just one corner

Your signature first, before anything else is drawn

The background only, leaving the main subject blank

Tessellation of repeating shapes

Cross-hatching

Moderation of finished marks

Annotation of the artwork

To make sure that you get to use as many different pencils as you possibly can

To fill up the available time in the exam or lesson

Different marks record different materials, making the drawing more convincing

It actually makes no difference to the finished drawing at all

They are exactly the same thing, just with two different names for one idea

Two-point perspective has no horizon line at all, while one-point always does

One-point perspective only ever works for drawing outdoor scenes, and never works at all indoors

One-point uses one vanishing point for a face-on view; two-point uses two for a corner view

At the viewer's eye level

At the top of the page

At the bottom always

Wherever you like, it does not matter

To save as much paper as possible while drawing

Because it appears compressed as it recedes toward the viewer

Because arms are always short and stubby in real life

To deliberately make the whole of the arm look as if it is broken

A downloaded image

A page from a textbook

Your own photograph of a subject

An artist's painting in a magazine

Nothing limits the marks at all, as this is the ideal approach for a student to take

Having far too many first-hand primary sources in the project

The project being far too colourful and bright throughout

It shows research but little first-hand investigation or original observation

To support, not replace, drawing from life, especially for fleeting subjects

As the entire finished portfolio, with no drawings included at all

Never use your own photographs in the project under any circumstances

Only print them out and stick them straight in with no further development at all