Demonstrating Drawing Skills
Introduced| English | Meaning |
|---|---|
| drawing skills/ˈdrɔːɪŋ skɪlz/ | Abilities used to organise marks, materials, observation and visual relationships in a drawing. |
The six named skills
- The rubric names the drawing skills 绘画技能: mark-making, line, surface, space, light and shade, composition (CED 2.C/2.D).
- Audit your portfolio against all six — every one should appear strongly somewhere.
- One work can carry several: a lit figure in an interior shows space, light and shade, and composition at once.
Which drawing skill is showcased?
Sort each described passage by the drawing skill it best demonstrates.
A drawing skill only counts toward your score if it is ____.
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It must be visible in the image.
Good vs advanced
- "Good" portfolios show competent skills; a 5 shows advanced skills with visual evidence everywhere.
- A skill only counts if it is visible in the submitted image — photograph well or it disappears.
- Weak areas are fixable with targeted practice — that is what the craft topics are for.
Vitruvian Man: proportion and figure construction as foundational drawing skills
One drawing can demonstrate several drawing skills at once.
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A lit interior figure shows space, light, and composition.
Select all six named drawing skills.
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The six are mark-making, line, surface, space, light and shade, composition.
Name skills in writing
- In written evidence, name skills with the CED's own words so scorers connect claim to image.
- "Cross-contour hatching describes the form's volume" tells the scorer where to look.
- The claim and the image must match — never claim a skill the picture does not show.
A 5-level portfolio shows ____ skills, not merely competent ones.
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Advanced skills with evidence everywhere.
Match the passage to the skill it proves.
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Name what the picture proves.
Claiming a skill your image does not clearly show backfires — the scorer looks, does not find it, and trusts the rest of your writing less. Only name skills the picture can prove.
One strong drawing can cover four skills: a self-portrait by a window shows line (the contour), light and shade (the modelled face), space (the receding room), and composition (the off-centre crop). Name all four, and the scorer sees them.
Audit your portfolio against the six drawing skills; make each visible in an image, aim for advanced not just competent, and name skills in the CED's words — but only ones the picture proves.
Write from a missing light-and-shade skill
- The six skills are mark-making, line, surface, space, light and shade, and composition.
- A portfolio shows the others but never light and shade.
A portfolio shows mark-making, line, surface, space, and composition, but never light and shade. What is missing from the six named skills?
An unshown skill is not credited.
Which of the six skills is missing?
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The portfolio never shows light modelling the form. Other options — Line (because every drawing has an outline); None (because five skills are enough).