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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 198 · 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 of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) a solid 3D object (d) a closed flat outline
  2. 2.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines crossing over (b) many parallel lines (c) criss-cross lines (d) lots of tiny dots
  3. 3.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) standing on its bristles (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) rinsing between colours
  4. 4.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) sand (b) glue (c) water and mild soap (d) hot oil
  5. 5.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
  6. 6.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
  7. 7.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) colour (c) space (d) value
  10. 10.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a shape (b) a form (c) a cube (d) a sculpture
  11. 11.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) shows less detail (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks smaller
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  15. 15.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
  17. 17.True or false: we use a sponge for fine lines and details. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
  20. 20.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a playground slide (c) a sleeping person (d) a tall lamp post
  21. 21.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) circle (c) rectangle (d) pyramid
  23. 23.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) on the horizon line (b) on the frame (c) in the foreground (d) at the bottom edge
  24. 24.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4B (b) 6B (c) HB (d) 2H
  25. 25.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) grey lines for sketching (d) mixed with lots of water
  26. 26.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
  27. 27.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  28. 28.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
  29. 29.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) shape (d) colour
  30. 30.True or false: pencil grade H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
  33. 33.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a coiled rope (c) ocean waves (d) a lightning bolt
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) texture (c) space (d) value
  35. 35.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) standing on its bristles (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) drying bristles up
  36. 36.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4H (b) 2H (c) 4B (d) H
  39. 39.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) curved lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) vertical lines
  40. 40.True or false: a cylinder is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a closed flat outline
  2. lots of tiny dots
  3. rinsing between colours
  4. water and mild soap
  5. background
  6. a 3D form
  7. True
  8. True
  9. value
  10. a shape
  11. True
  12. shape
  13. sits lower on the page
  14. texture
  15. False
  16. zigzag line
  17. False
  18. False
  19. watercolour
  20. a playground slide
  21. False
  22. pyramid
  23. on the horizon line
  24. 2H
  25. grey lines for sketching
  26. hatching
  27. 7
  28. watercolour
  29. glue
  30. False
  31. True
  32. 1
  33. a cut-here line
  34. form
  35. drying bristles up
  36. True
  37. True
  38. 4B
  39. diagonal lines
  40. False

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