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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 11 · 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.True or false: a person standing tall is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is good brush care? (a) drying bristles up (b) letting paint dry on it (c) leaving it in water (d) standing on its bristles
  3. 3.What do we use an easel for? (a) holding paper flat (b) holding a board upright (c) dabbing soft textures (d) giving a pencil a point
  4. 4.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  5. 5.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a table top (c) a falling tree (d) the edge of a calm sea
  6. 6.True or false: ocean waves looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) dashes on a road (d) a snail shell
  8. 8.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
  9. 9.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a sleeping person (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a tall lamp post
  11. 11.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) shape (c) form (d) value
  13. 13.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) straight line
  14. 14.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape (c) a flat outline
  15. 15.True or false: pencil grade H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) sponge (b) masking tape (c) palette (d) easel
  17. 17.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) sand (b) glue (c) water and mild soap (d) hot oil
  18. 18.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) watercolour (b) poster colour (c) charcoal (d) pencil
  19. 19.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hot (b) hard (c) high (d) heavy
  22. 22.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) zigzag line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
  23. 23.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) foreground (b) border (c) highlight (d) vanishing point
  25. 25.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) 2H (b) HB
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) oval (b) cylinder (c) sphere (d) cube
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) letting paint dry on it (d) drying bristles up
  28. 28.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) on the right side (c) on the left side (d) inside the object
  29. 29.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
  31. 31.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) stitches on cloth (c) a coiled rope (d) the teeth of a saw
  32. 32.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
  33. 33.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) sphere (b) square (c) cone (d) cube
  34. 34.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
  35. 35.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
  36. 36.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
  40. 40.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) sits near the horizon (c) sits lower on the page (d) overlaps other things

Answer key

  1. False
  2. drying bristles up
  3. holding a board upright
  4. texture
  5. a falling tree
  6. False
  7. a snail shell
  8. organic shape
  9. False
  10. a sleeping person
  11. highlight
  12. form
  13. dotted or broken line
  14. a 3D form
  15. True
  16. palette
  17. water and mild soap
  18. poster colour
  19. True
  20. True
  21. hard
  22. zigzag line
  23. False
  24. vanishing point
  25. 2H
  26. oval
  27. drying bristles up
  28. on the right side
  29. True
  30. spiral line
  31. a wriggling snake
  32. highlight
  33. sphere
  34. foreground
  35. horizontal
  36. True
  37. True
  38. False
  39. horizontal
  40. sits near the horizon

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