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Junior Cycle Graphics: Freehand pictorial sketching

How often Freehand pictorial sketching comes up on the Graphics papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Freehand pictorial sketching, Common Level(9 marks)

Quick ones on Freehand pictorial sketching.

(a)In freehand sketching, what is crating?
  1. Drawing each view inside a separate grid square
  2. Sketching a box, then shaping the object in it
  3. Going over the final outline in thick marker
(b)What does a pictorial sketch show that a single orthographic view does not?
  1. Only the hidden edges
  2. One face at its true shape
  3. Three faces at once, in 3D
(c)In an isometric sketch, how do you start a circle on the top face?
  1. Sketch a rhombus, then an ellipse in it
  2. Sketch a square, then a circle in it
  3. Draw a true circle with a compass
Show the answers

(a) Sketching a box, then shaping the object in it

(b) Three faces at once, in 3D

(c) Sketch a rhombus, then an ellipse in it

Your turn: Common Level questions on Freehand pictorial sketching.

Common Level

Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q4b
2025Q3a
2024Q1c, Q2a
2023Q2c
2022Q2c, Q4a

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Freehand pictorial sketching questions

Freehand pictorial sketching, 3 marks

You sketch a 3D view from an elevation and an end view. Which view gives you the depth?

  1. The elevation
  2. Neither view
  3. The end view
Show the answer

The end view

The end view shows depth and height. Its width tells you how far back the object goes, which you sketch along the receding direction of the 3D view.

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