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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 218 · 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 brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a small round brush (b) a toothpick (c) a wide flat brush (d) a pencil
  2. 2.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) curved lines (b) vertical lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
  3. 3.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cuboid (b) oval (c) cylinder (d) cone
  4. 4.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the background. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) form (c) space (d) line
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) how a surface feels (c) a closed flat outline (d) the area around objects
  7. 7.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) round brush (b) masking tape (c) palette (d) easel
  8. 8.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
  9. 9.True or false: we use an easel for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  11. 11.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a playground slide (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a sleeping person (d) a tall lamp post
  12. 12.Which of these is called blending? (a) many parallel lines (b) criss-cross lines (c) lines crossing over (d) smooth, soft tones
  13. 13.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4B (b) 6B (c) H (d) B
  14. 14.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) curved lines (b) vertical lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
  15. 15.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
  16. 16.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
  17. 17.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
  19. 19.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  20. 20.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) colour
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) colour (c) shape (d) form
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) looks smaller (c) shows more detail (d) sits lower on the page
  24. 24.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a sculpture (b) a cube (c) a form (d) a shape
  25. 25.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  26. 26.What do we use masking tape for? (a) fine lines and details (b) holding paper flat (c) rinsing brushes (d) dabbing soft textures
  27. 27.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks bigger (b) shows less detail (c) sits near the horizon (d) looks smaller
  28. 28.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
  29. 29.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a sleeping person (c) a person standing tall (d) a leaning ladder
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) form (c) colour (d) texture
  31. 31.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2B (b) 4H (c) 2H (d) H
  33. 33.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) rinsing between colours (c) washing with mild soap (d) leaving it in water
  34. 34.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
  35. 35.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧊 Which 3D form is a candle shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) cylinder (d) cuboid
  37. 37.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
  38. 38.🧊 Which 3D form is an ice-cream cone shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cylinder
  39. 39.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a football (b) a dice (c) a shoe box (d) a water pipe
  40. 40.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value

Answer key

  1. a wide flat brush
  2. zigzag lines
  3. oval
  4. True
  5. line
  6. how a surface feels
  7. palette
  8. oil pastels
  9. False
  10. good brush care
  11. a tall lamp post
  12. smooth, soft tones
  13. H
  14. diagonal lines
  15. hard, light marks
  16. soft, dark marks
  17. True
  18. watercolour
  19. 7
  20. False
  21. line
  22. value
  23. looks smaller
  24. a shape
  25. bad for the brush
  26. holding paper flat
  27. looks bigger
  28. near the viewer
  29. a leaning ladder
  30. space
  31. False
  32. 2B
  33. leaving it in water
  34. soft, dark marks
  35. True
  36. cylinder
  37. poster colour
  38. cone
  39. a dice
  40. light value

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