Checkpoint: Drawing and Craft Foundations

By Better Wise

Quiz

In the sketch warm-up, why do you draw from the shoulder instead of the wrist?
- It keeps the pencil sharper for longer.
- It makes small drawings easier to control.
- Bigger muscles give longer, smoother, more confident lines.
- It removes the need to look at the object.
What are the three basic shapes most everyday objects can be broken into?
- A ball, a box, and a tube.
- A line, a dot, and a spiral.
- A cube, a cone, and a pyramid.
- A circle, a triangle, and a star.
Before you shade an object, what should you decide first?
- Where the light is coming from.
- Which eraser works best.
- How dark the outline should be.
- How many colors to use.
In the starter craft, how many creases turn one paper strip into four equal panels?
- One crease.
- Four creases.
- Two creases.
- Three creases.
A fold lands crooked and fixing it would take more than a minute. What does the lesson suggest?
- Iron the paper flat and refold from scratch.
- Keep the mistake and decorate around it.
- Throw the strip away and skip the project.
- Start the whole booklet over on a new sheet.
A line that follows the outer edge of a shape is called a ____ line.
To make the fabric version of the bookmark without sewing, join the layers with ____ instead of a needle and thread.
The three values used in simple shading are light, midtone, and ____.
Do a five-minute sketch warm-up: pick one object within arm's reach, block its big shapes first, refine the edges, then shade it in three values. Then rate your attempt.
Build the four-panel accordion booklet from one sheet of paper (gather, fold, crease, decorate, tidy) and rate how the process went.