One unbroken mark travels around the outside edges of a pear and a jug, leaving their interiors empty. Which use of line organizes the drawing?

A few rapid, sweeping charcoal marks capture a runner leaning into a turn, with no careful details. What kind of line is dominant?

An apple's shadow is built from many closely spaced parallel pen strokes. Which use of line creates the shadow?

A dark passage on a metal cup is made by one set of ink lines laid over another at a different angle. What technique is used?

A line follows a leaf's outer edge, then curves inward along its central vein to describe the form. What kind of line is this?

Three loose brush marks show a dog shaking off water; the marks emphasize the action rather than fur details. Which use of line is most important?

The gray side of an invented cylinder is formed with evenly spaced vertical pencil strokes that never cross. What technique creates its value?

Curved lines wrap across the surface of a drawn shell, following its roundness rather than only its edge. What type of line is shown?

A brushed branch begins as a broad dark band near the trunk and narrows to hairlines at the twigs. Which property changes along the line?

A fence is drawn with a trembling, broken, scratchy pencil mark from one end to the other. Which property of the line is most evident?

The artist presses hard while drawing the lower edge of an orange, then eases pressure so the upper edge becomes thin. What changes?

A single ink stroke begins smooth around a vase but becomes jagged and dry near its cracked rim. Which property shifts?

A wave is marked by an ink stroke that swells from a hairline into a broad band and then tapers again. What contributes most to its sense of force?

A quiet shoreline is constructed mostly from long, level strokes running from side to side. What feeling does this direction most strongly create?

Tall tree trunks are drawn as repeated upright strokes rising from the bottom of the page. What do these lines emphasize?

Steep strokes lean hard to the right and cut across each other like windblown kite strings. What effect does this direction give the composition?

A path through an invented garden is drawn with one long curving stroke that leads from the foreground toward a gate. What effect does the curve create?

No mark connects four figures, but every figure turns toward a lantern at the right edge. What has their arrangement created?

In a still life, three birds all point their beaks toward one berry, though no line is drawn between them. What directs the viewer's eye to the berry?

Several seated figures face one another in a semicircle, and their hands all reach toward the center. What visual device leads the eye inward without a drawn mark?

Why can a row of faces all looking toward the same doorway guide a viewer through a composition?

In formal analysis, what separates a contour line from a plain outline?

What is the main purpose of gesture drawing?

How does hatching usually create the illusion of a darker value?

How does cross-hatching differ from hatching?