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Review: Draw Lines, Shapes, Patterns, and Overlapping Pictures

Start with visible marks rather than guessing hidden meanings. A line describes a path, a boundary makes a shape, repeated pictures make a pattern, and overlap can suggest which object is in front.

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Unit review questions
1. Original picture route: a path runs vertically from the page top to bottom without any direction change. Which line plan matches?
Need a hint?
  • A straight path keeps one direction; a curved path bends smoothly.
  • A path drawing is a representation.
2. Draw a sign with four equal sides of length five and four square corners. Which supplied shape fits?
Need a hint?
  • A shape is a bounded flat region.
  • A picture may show a shape in any size or orientation.
3. The smallest supplied repeat group is ['leaf', 'leaf', 'dot']. Continue this border: leaf → leaf → dot → leaf → leaf → dot → leaf. What comes next?
Need a hint?
  • A repeat group is the ordered set copied in a pattern.
  • The lesson gives the repeat group explicitly.
4. In an original drawing, the kite covers the middle of the cloud outline; the kite outline remains visible. What is the drawing’s overlap cue?
Need a hint?
  • Overlap can suggest depth in a flat picture.
  • An overlap cue describes this picture’s apparent front and back.

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Complete these four parts. Answer each question, then make a separate drawing or written plan. Check each piece of work with the points given. 1. Original picture route: a path runs horizontally from the left page edge to the right without bending. Which line plan matches? Supplied candidates: (A) A closed square outline (B) A curved line (C) A straight line (D) Only separate dots. For your separate work, draw one straight path and one smoothly curved path between two named points. Criteria: Both paths connect the points; label which bends and which keeps one direction. 2. Draw a sign with four equal straight sides and four square corners, rotated on the page. Which supplied shape fits? Supplied candidates: (A) circle (B) open zigzag (C) square (D) triangle. For your separate work, make three closed outlines and label a triangle, square and circle using their boundary features. Criteria: The triangle has three straight sides, the square four equal sides and square corners, and the circle a round boundary. 3. The smallest supplied repeat group is ['triangle', 'square']. Continue this border: triangle → square → triangle → square → triangle. What comes next? Supplied candidates: (A) dot (B) leaf (C) square (D) sun. For your separate work, choose two different symbols, state their repeat group, and draw three complete copies. Criteria: All three copies preserve the symbol order; underline one complete repeat group. 4. In an original drawing, the box covers the middle of the wall outline; the box outline remains visible. What is the drawing’s overlap cue? Supplied candidates: (A) Both must be the same distance (B) The box appears in front of the wall (C) The covered object must be smaller in real life (D) The wall appears in front of the box. For your separate work, draw two named simple shapes with one in front; erase or interrupt the hidden back outline. Criteria: The front outline stays readable, the back outline stops where hidden, and a caption names the front shape.

Work on paper or in your own document. Explain the choices you made.

  • Answer all four questions and explain what in each description helped you choose.
  • Make each of the four drawings or written plans.
  • Use the checklist for each piece of work, then show one change that improves it.
  • Describe the lines, shapes, pattern and overlap in your drawings.
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1. A straight line. The supplied evidence is that the route runs horizontally from the left page edge to the right without bending. It keeps one direction, so a straight continuous line represents that evidence. A square would add corners and closure; separate dots would not show the specified continuous path. Check the separate work: Both paths connect the points; label which bends and which keeps one direction. 2. square. The required boundary is four equal straight sides and four square corners, rotated on the page. A square has those features. The choice follows visible shape properties rather than the sign’s color or what an observer likes best. Check the separate work: The triangle has three straight sides, the square four equal sides and square corners, and the circle a round boundary. 3. square. Follow the stated repeat group in order. Two complete copies are followed by its first member triangle, so the next position is the group’s second member, square. Repetition copies the whole group rather than only its last picture. Check the separate work: All three copies preserve the symbol order; underline one complete repeat group. 4. The box appears in front of the wall. The visible box interrupts the wall boundary, so the artist’s overlap cue places box in front. This describes how the picture suggests depth, not a measurement of actual object size or distance. Check the separate work: The front outline stays readable, the back outline stops where hidden, and a caption names the front shape.

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