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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 217 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) reshaping the tip (c) drying bristles up (d) rinsing between colours
  2. 2.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits lower on the page (b) is partly hidden (c) sits near the horizon (d) looks smaller
  3. 3.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  5. 5.True or false: a leaning ladder is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) blending (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) stippling
  7. 7.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) B (b) 2H (c) 4H (d) H
  8. 8.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
  9. 9.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a sculpture (b) a form (c) a shape (d) a cube
  10. 10.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) reshaping the tip (c) leaving it in water (d) letting paint dry on it
  11. 11.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  12. 12.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a sense of near and far (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) the area around objects (d) a solid 3D object
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rectangle (b) circle (c) oval (d) cuboid
  15. 15.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  18. 18.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) looks paler and bluer (c) sits lower on the page (d) shows more detail
  19. 19.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) dotted or broken line
  20. 20.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) star (b) sphere (c) square (d) oval
  21. 21.What do we use masking tape for? (a) holding paper flat (b) mixing colours (c) dabbing soft textures (d) rinsing brushes
  22. 22.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a shoe box (b) an ice-cream cone (c) a matchbox (d) a globe
  23. 23.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines crossing over (b) criss-cross lines (c) lines all one way (d) lots of tiny dots
  24. 24.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) frame
  25. 25.True or false: pencil grade HB makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📐 Is an oval a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) sits lower on the page (c) shows more detail (d) looks bigger
  28. 28.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) cone (c) sphere (d) circle
  29. 29.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 4H (c) 4B (d) HB
  30. 30.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  31. 31.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) soft, light washes (c) light first outlines (d) hard, waxy sticks
  33. 33.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
  34. 34.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
  35. 35.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) triangle (b) pyramid (c) oval (d) square
  36. 36.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.What do we use an easel for? (a) fine lines and details (b) mixing colours (c) giving a pencil a point (d) holding a board upright
  38. 38.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) palette (b) sponge (c) easel (d) round brush
  39. 39.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) vertical lines

Answer key

  1. leaving it in water
  2. sits lower on the page
  3. True
  4. dark value
  5. False
  6. blending
  7. B
  8. watercolour
  9. a shape
  10. reshaping the tip
  11. good brush care
  12. True
  13. a solid 3D object
  14. cuboid
  15. True
  16. True
  17. dark value
  18. looks paler and bluer
  19. wavy line
  20. sphere
  21. holding paper flat
  22. a globe
  23. lots of tiny dots
  24. frame
  25. True
  26. a 2D shape
  27. sits near the horizon
  28. cube
  29. 4H
  30. dark value
  31. True
  32. thick, opaque paint
  33. 9
  34. 8
  35. pyramid
  36. False
  37. holding a board upright
  38. easel
  39. False
  40. diagonal lines

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