# ✅ Checkpoint: Drawing and Craft Foundations

By Better Wise



## Quiz

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. In the starter craft, how many creases turn one paper strip into four equal panels?
   - One crease.
   - Four creases.
   - Two creases.
   - Three creases.
5. 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.
6. A line that follows the outer edge of a shape is called a ____ line.
7. To make the fabric version of the bookmark without sewing, join the layers with ____ instead of a needle and thread.
8. The three values used in simple shading are light, midtone, and ____.
9. 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.
10. Build the four-panel accordion booklet from one sheet of paper (gather, fold, crease, decorate, tidy) and rate how the process went.


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## Contents

Part of [🎨 Music, Art and Creative Hobbies for Joy](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy.md)

- **🎸 Instrument Kickoff: Pick One and Play**
  - [🤔 Choose Your Instrument: Ukulele, Keyboard, or Guitar](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy/choose-instrument-ukulele-keyboard-or-guitar.md)
  - [🎵 First Chords on Ukulele and Guitar](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy/first-chords-ukulele-and-guitar.md) (sign-in required)
  - [🎹 First Melodies on Keyboard](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy/first-melodies-on-keyboard.md)
  - [✅ Checkpoint: Instrument Basics](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy/checkpoint-instrument-basics.md)
- **✏️ Draw, Sketch, and Craft Without Judgment**
  - [✏️ Drawing Basics: Line, Shape, and Simple Shading](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy/drawing-basics-line-shape-and-simple-shading.md)
  - [✂️ Simple Crafts: A 20-Minute Starter Project](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy/simple-crafts-20-minute-starter-project.md)
  - [✅ Checkpoint: Drawing and Craft Foundations](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy/checkpoint-drawing-and-craft-foundations.md) — this lesson
- **🌱 Practice, Perfectionism, and Sharing**
  - [⏱️ Build a Low-Pressure Practice Routine](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy/build-low-pressure-practice-routine.md)
  - [🚀 Beat Perfectionism: Finish Ugly Work](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy/beat-perfectionism-finish-ugly-work.md) (premium content)
  - [🤝 Share Your Work With Others](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy/share-your-work-with-others.md)
  - [✅ Checkpoint: Routine, Mindset, and Sharing](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy/checkpoint-routine-mindset-and-sharing.md)
- [Course cheatsheet](https://everwise.study/courses/music-art-and-creative-hobbies-for-joy/cheatsheet.md) (premium content)