Diagnostic Assessment

Visual & Conceptual Aptitude Examination

Category II: Visual & Spatial Aptitude - 6. Mental Rotation & Mirroring
Examination Paper

Question 1: The Director's Cut

Part A: The Sketch (Time limit: 45 minutes)

Read the following prompt carefully:

You are standing in the passageway between the bookshelves in your college library. Draw a pencil sketch from your memory of what you see around you. The goal is not just to draw what you remember, but to capture a specific feeling or atmosphere of the space.

Focus on creating a scene with a clear sense of depth, perspective, and mood.

Drawing Area for Part A

A visual prompt for a library scene

Part B: The Director's Statement (Time limit: 15 minutes)

In an IELTS-style response, write a paragraph of approximately 100-120 words explaining the story or main idea behind your sketch. Focus on using a range of descriptive vocabulary related to architectural elements, light, and sensory experience, ensuring grammatical accuracy and coherent paragraph structure. Consider these questions:

  • What feeling or atmosphere (e.g., quiet, studious, mysterious, stressful) did you want to evoke?
  • What creative or technical choices (e.g., viewpoint, perspective, light, shadow) did you make to create this feeling?
  • What is the "Big Idea" that drove the work?

Writing Area for Part B

Question 2: The Scale-Shifter

Part A: The Sketch (Time limit: 45 minutes)

Read the following prompt carefully:

Imagine you are shrunk in size to be no bigger than a house key, and you are inside a person's handbag. From this low viewpoint, looking up and around you, make a pencil sketch of the unconventional landscape you see. What do ordinary objects like a lipstick, a mobile phone, a wallet, or a pen look like from this perspective?

Focus on the dramatic change in scale and the relationships between the objects.

Drawing Area for Part A

A visual prompt for a handbag interior from a tiny perspective

Part B: The Concept Statement (Time limit: 15 minutes)

In an IELTS-style response, write a paragraph of approximately 100-120 words explaining the main concept or story of your sketch. Pay attention to precise vocabulary for scale, texture, and spatial relationships, maintaining clarity and logical flow in your explanation. Consider these questions:

  • What was the most interesting relationship between objects you discovered from this new viewpoint? (e.g., the juxtaposition of textures, the way one object leans on another).
  • How did the change in scale transform these everyday items?
  • What "Big Idea" did you try to explore? (e.g., "the secret life of objects," "monumentality in the mundane," "a cluttered landscape").

Writing Area for Part B

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