Drawing Skills & Studio Media Foundations is one of 9 topics in the Grade 10 Visual Arts CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. What is a blind contour drawing?
A continuous line drawing of a subject's outline made without looking down at the page
A drawing made entirely with the eyes closed for the whole process
A drawing made using only tonal shading, with no line at all
A finished, fully rendered final artwork
Answer: A continuous line drawing of a subject's outline made without looking down at the page — A blind contour drawing is a continuous line drawing of a subject's outline made without looking down at the page, forcing close observation rather than assumption.
Easy
2. Which tonal technique uses small dots built up in density to suggest tone?
Stippling
Hatching
Scumbling
Glazing
Answer: Stippling — Stippling is a tonal technique using small dots built up in density; a denser cluster of dots reads as a darker tone.
Medium
3. Name the tonal drawing technique in which a smooth, continuous transition from light to dark is created across a surface.
Answer: gradient — A gradient study creates a smooth, continuous transition from light to dark across a surface, a key tonal technique for suggesting form.
