Eight multiple choice and two written, marked as you go. Free, no account.
Elements and principles
Answer: B. Colour
Colour is an element, a part you can see in the work. Balance, emphasis and rhythm are principles. They describe how the parts are arranged. Using a colour so that one part is noticed first is emphasis. The colour itself is still the element.
Elements and principles
Answer: B. Emphasis
Emphasis is the part the eye reaches first. Size and a strong colour against a dark ground both push the title forward. Texture is an element. Perspective is a drawing system. A tint is a colour with white added. The question asks for the principle, which is emphasis.
Drawing from observation
Answer: A. To the right of the bowl
A cast shadow falls on the surface the object stands on, away from the light. Light from the left throws the shadow to the right. Shading on the bowl itself is a separate mark. The shadow does not float above the bowl, and it does not sit under the lamp.
Drawing from observation
Answer: A. A corner, with two sides receding
Two point perspective uses two vanishing points, one for each side of a corner. A view straight down a road uses one vanishing point. A flat pattern has no receding sides. A colour wheel is a diagram of hues, not a perspective system. Name the view before you name the system.
Colour and painting
Answer: B. Blue and yellow
In paint, blue and yellow make green. Red and yellow make orange. Blue and red make violet. White and black make grey, not a hue. These primaries are the primaries of paint. Light on a screen uses a different set, so say that you mean paint when you name them.
Colour and painting
Answer: B. A colour with black added
A shade is a colour with black added, so it is darker. A tint is a colour with white added, so it is lighter. Complementary colours are opposites on the wheel, such as red and green. A vanishing point belongs to perspective. Do not swap tint and shade.
Graphic design
Answer: A. The order the eye reads, set by size or contrast
Hierarchy is the order the eye follows. Larger type, heavier weight, or stronger contrast makes the important words come first. A pigment name is colour chemistry. A support inside clay is an armature. Vanishing points belong to perspective. The poster answer has to say what is read first.
Sculpture and modelling
Answer: B. Modelling
Modelling builds a form by adding a soft material such as clay. Carving removes material from a block of wood or stone, and the piece you cut away is gone. Perspective is a drawing method. Letter spacing is a graphic design check. Name the process that matches the material.
Name one pair of complementary colours. (1 mark)
State what complementary means. (2 marks)
Answer the parts you can. Everything you write is marked together.
Marking guide
(a) A true pair, such as red and green, blue and orange, or yellow and violet: 1 mark.
(b) Opposite on the colour wheel: 1 mark. What the pair does when placed together or mixed: 1 mark.
Marking guide
Relief stays on a background or is seen from the front: 1 mark. In the round is free standing or finished on every side: 1 mark.
Topics on this page: Elements and principles; Drawing from observation; Colour and painting; Graphic design; Sculpture and modelling.
Notes, practice questions and a mark scheme for topics on the syllabus.
They are written in the style of the WASSCE, the way the examiners ask, and every one comes with the correct answer and a worked explanation. Inside glearn there are also questions taken from past papers.
Yes, on this page: type your answer and the coach marks it with AI and shows you where the marks are, a few a day with no account. Inside glearn, every answer you write.
No. You need one only to save your score and to keep going once the free marking for the day is used.
Nobody can promise that. These test the same topics and the same kind of thinking the WASSCE does, which is what practice is for. There are thousands more across BECE and WASSCE inside glearn; this page shows a small sample.