IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY DSN 131 EXAM 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What 4 primary skills does drawing build?
Answer:
Perceptual, manual, compositional, and conceptual skills
Question:
2. Perceptual skills
Answer:
Through drawing we learn how to see
Question:
3. Manual skills
Answer:
how to control materials using our hands
Question:
4. Compositional skills
Answer:
We become aware of organizing the elements of a drawing and can quickly work through several different
design options through preliminary sketches.
Question:
5. Conceptual skills
Answer:
drawing is the most efficient way to think through and give form to visual ideas
Question:
6. What is creativity NOT?
Answer:
making something out of nothing
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7. What are the four stages of creativity
Answer:
inspiration, incubation, illumination, resolution
Question:
8. inspiration
Answer:
Some form of stimulation and motivation which triggers a creative response; the conscious formation of a
problem or goal
,Question:
9. incubation
Answer:
a period where the conscious mind rests and turns to other things while the subconscious takes over
Question:
10. illumination
Answer:
The sudden emergence of a solution to the goal; involves making connections
Question:
11. Resolution
Answer:
giving final form to the idea; involves deliberate organization of concepts and materials
Question:
12. What is one thing you should do everyday to get better at drawing?
Answer:
sketch daily
Question:
13. Simplify
Answer:
You're sketching, not making mini masterpieces
Question:
14. Document your surroundings and experiences
Answer:
Sketch to remember and don't limit your subject matter; good ideas come from unexpected places
Question:
15. Research
Answer:
collect and sketch visual reference materials in your sketchbook; Label the outside of your sketchbooks
Question:
16. experiment
Answer:
with drawing media, techniques and problem-solving methods.
Question:
17. reiterate
Answer:
Develop multiple quick sketches before settling on an answer. Make each variation unique. Never design
just one solution.
, Question:
18. communicate
Answer:
with notated sketches; Use words to explain what might be missing in the sketch.
Question:
19. exageration
Answer:
Explore and push ideas to the limit
Question:
20. Play
Answer:
is an important aspect to creative thinking
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21. design
Answer:
The organization or arrangement of design elements to give form to a visual idea.
Question:
22. What is a term synonymous to design?
Answer:
composition
Question:
23. design elements
Answer:
line, shape, volume, value, texture, space and color
Question:
24. format
Answer:
refers to the shape and dimensions of the drawing; This is the first shape of the drawing and it exists before
you make any marks on the paper surface
Question:
25. thumbnail sketches
Answer:
Small, quick, preliminary organizational line drawings that investigate a range of possible compositional
alternatives; Thumbnails are made in preparation for more developed works.
Question:
26. organizational line drawing
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What 4 primary skills does drawing build?
Answer:
Perceptual, manual, compositional, and conceptual skills
Question:
2. Perceptual skills
Answer:
Through drawing we learn how to see
Question:
3. Manual skills
Answer:
how to control materials using our hands
Question:
4. Compositional skills
Answer:
We become aware of organizing the elements of a drawing and can quickly work through several different
design options through preliminary sketches.
Question:
5. Conceptual skills
Answer:
drawing is the most efficient way to think through and give form to visual ideas
Question:
6. What is creativity NOT?
Answer:
making something out of nothing
Question:
7. What are the four stages of creativity
Answer:
inspiration, incubation, illumination, resolution
Question:
8. inspiration
Answer:
Some form of stimulation and motivation which triggers a creative response; the conscious formation of a
problem or goal
,Question:
9. incubation
Answer:
a period where the conscious mind rests and turns to other things while the subconscious takes over
Question:
10. illumination
Answer:
The sudden emergence of a solution to the goal; involves making connections
Question:
11. Resolution
Answer:
giving final form to the idea; involves deliberate organization of concepts and materials
Question:
12. What is one thing you should do everyday to get better at drawing?
Answer:
sketch daily
Question:
13. Simplify
Answer:
You're sketching, not making mini masterpieces
Question:
14. Document your surroundings and experiences
Answer:
Sketch to remember and don't limit your subject matter; good ideas come from unexpected places
Question:
15. Research
Answer:
collect and sketch visual reference materials in your sketchbook; Label the outside of your sketchbooks
Question:
16. experiment
Answer:
with drawing media, techniques and problem-solving methods.
Question:
17. reiterate
Answer:
Develop multiple quick sketches before settling on an answer. Make each variation unique. Never design
just one solution.
, Question:
18. communicate
Answer:
with notated sketches; Use words to explain what might be missing in the sketch.
Question:
19. exageration
Answer:
Explore and push ideas to the limit
Question:
20. Play
Answer:
is an important aspect to creative thinking
Question:
21. design
Answer:
The organization or arrangement of design elements to give form to a visual idea.
Question:
22. What is a term synonymous to design?
Answer:
composition
Question:
23. design elements
Answer:
line, shape, volume, value, texture, space and color
Question:
24. format
Answer:
refers to the shape and dimensions of the drawing; This is the first shape of the drawing and it exists before
you make any marks on the paper surface
Question:
25. thumbnail sketches
Answer:
Small, quick, preliminary organizational line drawings that investigate a range of possible compositional
alternatives; Thumbnails are made in preparation for more developed works.
Question:
26. organizational line drawing
