Drawing Sketching Techniques 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is 'hatching' as a drawing technique?
- Drawing parallel lines to create tone and shadow (Correct answer)
- Randomly scribbling for texture
- Blending graphite with a finger
- Erasing sections to create light areas
Correct answer: Drawing parallel lines to create tone and shadow
Hatching uses sets of parallel lines drawn close together to simulate shadow and value in a drawing.
Question 2: Cross-hatching differs from hatching in that:
- It uses intersecting sets of parallel lines (Correct answer)
- It uses curved lines
- It is done with erasers
- It only uses horizontal lines
Correct answer: It uses intersecting sets of parallel lines
Cross-hatching adds a second (and sometimes third) layer of lines crossing the first, creating darker tones and richer texture.
Question 3: The 'five elements of shading' used in sketching include all EXCEPT:
- Specular highlight, light, shadow, reflected light, cast shadow — plus perspective (not an element) (Correct answer)
- Cast shadow
- Reflected light
- Core shadow
Correct answer: Specular highlight, light, shadow, reflected light, cast shadow — plus perspective (not an element)
The five elements are: full light, halftone, core shadow, reflected light, and cast shadow — perspective is a separate concept.
Question 4: What does 'value' mean in drawing?
- The lightness or darkness of a tone (Correct answer)
- The color temperature of a hue
- The size of a shape
- The texture of a surface
Correct answer: The lightness or darkness of a tone
Value refers to how light or dark a tone is on a scale from white to black, independent of color.
Question 5: A 'thumbnail sketch' is used for:
- Quick small compositional studies before committing to a full drawing (Correct answer)
- Detailed rendering of small objects
- Sketching thumbnail-sized subjects
- Final refined drawings
Correct answer: Quick small compositional studies before committing to a full drawing
Thumbnail sketches are small, quick drawings used to plan composition, value arrangement, and overall design before starting the final work.
Question 6: What is 'stumping' or 'tortillon blending' in pencil drawing?
- Smearing graphite or charcoal with a paper blending tool (Correct answer)
- Pressing the pencil tip into paper
- Using a stump eraser to remove marks
- Drawing in stippled dots
Correct answer: Smearing graphite or charcoal with a paper blending tool
A tortillon or stump is a rolled paper tool used to blend and smooth graphite, charcoal, or pastel on the drawing surface.
Drawing Sketching Techniques 1
What is 'hatching' as a drawing technique?