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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 243 · 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 pencil (b) a small round brush (c) a toothpick (d) a wide flat brush
  2. 2.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  4. 4.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
  7. 7.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
  8. 8.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a sculpture (b) a cube (c) a form (d) a shape
  9. 9.True or false: a hexagon is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.What do we use a palette for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) mixing colours (c) holding a board upright (d) rinsing brushes
  11. 11.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
  12. 12.True or false: we use masking tape for holding paper flat. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) square (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cone
  16. 16.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) circle (d) pyramid
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) leaving it in water (c) standing on its bristles (d) scrubbing hard on paper
  19. 19.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
  21. 21.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) pencil (d) oil pastels
  22. 22.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) feet (b) elbows (c) eyes (d) knees
  24. 24.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) star (c) cuboid (d) square
  27. 27.True or false: a puddle is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines crossing over (b) lots of tiny dots (c) many parallel lines (d) smudging with a finger
  29. 29.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) 2H (c) B (d) 4B
  30. 30.True or false: a cube is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
  32. 32.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) texture
  34. 34.True or false: a coiled rope looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧊 Which 3D form is a sugar cube shaped like? (a) cone (b) sphere (c) cuboid (d) cube
  36. 36.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a water pipe (b) a candle (c) a sugar cube (d) a football
  38. 38.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  40. 40.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) dots packed close (c) lines all one way (d) criss-cross lines

Answer key

  1. a wide flat brush
  2. True
  3. horizontal
  4. False
  5. False
  6. vertical
  7. background
  8. a shape
  9. True
  10. mixing colours
  11. background
  12. True
  13. False
  14. False
  15. sphere
  16. 9
  17. circle
  18. reshaping the tip
  19. True
  20. hard, light marks
  21. poster colour
  22. True
  23. eyes
  24. True
  25. shape
  26. cuboid
  27. False
  28. lots of tiny dots
  29. HB
  30. False
  31. a 3D form
  32. False
  33. form
  34. False
  35. cube
  36. True
  37. a football
  38. False
  39. 7
  40. lines all one way

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