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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 100 · 40 questions
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Artist's tip (Find the topic): Elements: line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value. Shading: highlight faces the light, cast shadow falls away from it; near = bigger, far = smaller. Materials: watercolour see-through, poster colour opaque, B soft and dark, H hard and light.

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  1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) reshaping the tip (d) leaving it in water
  2. 2.True or false: pencil grade B makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a sponge (b) a big roller (c) a small round brush (d) a wide flat brush
  5. 5.What do we use a palette for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding paper flat (c) dabbing soft textures (d) holding a board upright
  6. 6.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the part in between (c) the top of the scene (d) the part farthest away
  7. 7.True or false: a tall lamp post is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a long, thin mark (c) only length and width (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  9. 9.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: a square is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
  12. 12.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) masking tape (b) flat brush (c) easel (d) palette
  13. 13.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the top of the scene (b) things that look biggest (c) the part in between (d) the part farthest away
  14. 14.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  16. 16.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  17. 17.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  18. 18.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) round brush (b) flat brush (c) water pot (d) sponge
  19. 19.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) glue
  20. 20.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) easel (b) palette (c) round brush (d) flat brush
  22. 22.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits near the horizon (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks bigger (d) shows more detail
  23. 23.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  25. 25.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
  27. 27.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits near the horizon (b) looks paler and bluer (c) looks smaller (d) overlaps other things
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) texture (c) form (d) space
  29. 29.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) sits lower on the page (c) overlaps other things (d) looks smaller
  31. 31.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: pale yellow has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🍃 Is a cloud a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
  34. 34.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) above the object (c) inside the object (d) on the right side
  35. 35.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) light first outlines (d) hard, waxy sticks
  36. 36.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
  37. 37.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) bright, flat colour (c) see-through colour (d) light first outlines
  38. 38.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) cuboid (c) circle (d) cylinder
  39. 39.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) letting paint dry on it (c) drying bristles up (d) rinsing between colours

Answer key

  1. leaving it in water
  2. False
  3. True
  4. a small round brush
  5. mixing colours
  6. the bottom of the page
  7. True
  8. a long, thin mark
  9. False
  10. True
  11. watercolour
  12. palette
  13. things that look biggest
  14. True
  15. 7
  16. diagonal
  17. texture
  18. flat brush
  19. glue
  20. True
  21. easel
  22. sits near the horizon
  23. True
  24. bad for the brush
  25. True
  26. soft, dark marks
  27. overlaps other things
  28. texture
  29. False
  30. looks smaller
  31. False
  32. False
  33. organic shape
  34. on the left side
  35. light first outlines
  36. 4
  37. bright, flat colour
  38. circle
  39. horizontal
  40. letting paint dry on it

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