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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 127 · 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 clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks bigger (b) looks paler and bluer (c) is partly hidden (d) looks smaller
  2. 2.True or false: a cone is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) a flat 2D area (c) how a surface feels (d) a long, thin mark
  4. 4.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
  6. 6.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a leaning ladder (c) a sleeping person (d) a standing tree trunk
  7. 7.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 4B
  9. 9.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  10. 10.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a snail shell (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a tightly pulled rope
  11. 11.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) taller (b) younger (c) closer to you (d) farther away
  13. 13.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
  14. 14.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) smudging with a finger (c) lines all one way (d) criss-cross lines
  15. 15.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
  16. 16.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) zigzag lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) vertical lines
  17. 17.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) sand (b) water and mild soap (c) hot oil (d) glue
  18. 18.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) spiral line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
  19. 19.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) is partly hidden (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks smaller (d) shows less detail
  21. 21.True or false: a square is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks smaller (b) is partly hidden (c) shows more detail (d) looks paler and bluer
  24. 24.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
  26. 26.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the background. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) cube (c) circle (d) sphere
  28. 28.Which of these is called blending? (a) many parallel lines (b) lines crossing over (c) lots of tiny dots (d) smudging with a finger
  29. 29.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) water pot (b) palette (c) sponge (d) round brush
  30. 30.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  31. 31.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
  32. 32.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the bottom of the page (b) far hills and the sky (c) the part farthest away (d) the part in between
  33. 33.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a snail shell (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a lightning bolt (d) a flag in the wind
  34. 34.True or false: an object that looks paler and bluer seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 2B (b) HB (c) B (d) H
  36. 36.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) looks smaller (c) sits lower on the page (d) shows more detail
  37. 37.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a spiral (b) a dotted line (c) a straight line (d) a zigzag
  38. 38.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) light first outlines (c) see-through colour (d) grey lines for sketching
  39. 39.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
  40. 40.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) horizontal lines (b) vertical lines (c) zigzag lines (d) curved lines

Answer key

  1. looks bigger
  2. False
  3. a flat 2D area
  4. False
  5. diagonal
  6. a sleeping person
  7. False
  8. 4B
  9. light value
  10. a tightly pulled rope
  11. True
  12. farther away
  13. 2
  14. lines all one way
  15. 4
  16. vertical lines
  17. water and mild soap
  18. zigzag line
  19. True
  20. sits lower on the page
  21. True
  22. vertical
  23. shows more detail
  24. True
  25. geometric shape
  26. True
  27. cube
  28. smudging with a finger
  29. water pot
  30. dark value
  31. geometric shape
  32. the bottom of the page
  33. a flag in the wind
  34. False
  35. H
  36. looks smaller
  37. a spiral
  38. see-through colour
  39. pencil
  40. curved lines

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