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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 106 · 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.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) looks bigger (c) sits near the horizon (d) overlaps other things
  4. 4.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called value? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a solid 3D object (c) a moving dot’s path (d) from white to black
  6. 6.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) rinsing between colours (c) washing with mild soap (d) reshaping the tip
  7. 7.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a person standing tall (c) a tall lamp post (d) a table top
  8. 8.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) shape
  11. 11.True or false: a leaning ladder is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: we use a water pot for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a jalebi (d) a ruler’s edge
  15. 15.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
  16. 16.True or false: a triangle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
  19. 19.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a ruler’s edge (c) a lightning bolt (d) a wriggling snake
  20. 20.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  21. 21.True or false: a circle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a coiled rope (c) ocean waves (d) a snail shell
  24. 24.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
  25. 25.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is called blending? (a) lines all one way (b) many parallel lines (c) dots packed close (d) smooth, soft tones
  27. 27.True or false: an object that looks smaller seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) wide, straight strokes (c) holding paper flat (d) fine lines and details
  29. 29.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) washing with mild soap (c) letting paint dry on it (d) rinsing between colours
  31. 31.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) shape (c) colour (d) value
  33. 33.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
  34. 34.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: we use a sharpener for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
  37. 37.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) 2H (c) HB (d) 4B
  38. 38.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  39. 39.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part nearest you (b) the bottom of the page (c) the part in between (d) the part farthest away
  40. 40.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) sponge (b) masking tape (c) sharpener (d) water pot

Answer key

  1. highlight
  2. 7
  3. sits near the horizon
  4. True
  5. from white to black
  6. letting paint dry on it
  7. a table top
  8. vertical
  9. value
  10. space
  11. False
  12. False
  13. False
  14. a jalebi
  15. watercolour
  16. False
  17. True
  18. spiral line
  19. a ruler’s edge
  20. bad for the brush
  21. False
  22. False
  23. ocean waves
  24. near the viewer
  25. False
  26. smooth, soft tones
  27. False
  28. wide, straight strokes
  29. False
  30. letting paint dry on it
  31. straight line
  32. shape
  33. wax crayons
  34. True
  35. False
  36. 9
  37. 2H
  38. texture
  39. the part farthest away
  40. masking tape

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