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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 213 · 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: drying bristles up is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) texture
  3. 3.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
  4. 4.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the top of the scene (b) the part nearest you (c) the bottom of the page (d) things that look biggest
  5. 5.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
  6. 6.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems far away. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) has height, width, depth (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a closed flat outline
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) has height, width, depth (b) gaps between things (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) from white to black
  11. 11.True or false: a cloud is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the brightest spot (b) the darker half of it (c) its shadow on the table (d) where light hits most
  13. 13.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  14. 14.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the side away from light (c) the darker half of it (d) where light hits most
  15. 15.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) the brightest spot (c) the side away from light (d) the darker half of it
  16. 16.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
  17. 17.True or false: cream has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: light grey has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: ocean waves looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4H (b) 6B (c) HB (d) 2B
  21. 21.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) straight line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
  22. 22.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) highlight (b) foreground (c) border (d) vanishing point
  23. 23.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) taller (b) closer to you (c) younger (d) farther away
  24. 24.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
  25. 25.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) reshaping the tip (c) washing with mild soap (d) standing on its bristles
  26. 26.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4B (b) H (c) HB (d) 6B
  27. 27.True or false: a playground slide is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  30. 30.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) washing with mild soap (c) letting paint dry on it (d) leaving it in water
  31. 31.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) 4H (c) 6B (d) 2H
  32. 32.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) many parallel lines (c) smooth, soft tones (d) dots packed close
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) pyramid (c) circle (d) cuboid
  34. 34.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) triangle (b) cylinder (c) rectangle (d) square
  37. 37.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) glue
  38. 38.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a candle (b) a shoe box (c) a traffic cone (d) a dice
  39. 39.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) diagonal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) vertical lines (d) horizontal lines
  40. 40.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) soft, light washes (c) grey lines for sketching (d) bright, flat colour

Answer key

  1. True
  2. value
  3. hard, light marks
  4. the top of the scene
  5. vertical
  6. False
  7. True
  8. cast shadow
  9. a closed flat outline
  10. a hue, like red or blue
  11. False
  12. the darker half of it
  13. horizontal
  14. where light hits most
  15. the brightest spot
  16. poster colour
  17. False
  18. False
  19. False
  20. 4H
  21. spiral line
  22. vanishing point
  23. farther away
  24. 9
  25. standing on its bristles
  26. H
  27. False
  28. True
  29. value
  30. washing with mild soap
  31. 6B
  32. many parallel lines
  33. circle
  34. True
  35. far away
  36. cylinder
  37. glue
  38. a dice
  39. zigzag lines
  40. grey lines for sketching

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