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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 248 · 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 lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) curved lines (b) horizontal lines (c) vertical lines (d) zigzag lines
  2. 2.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) 4H (c) 6B (d) H
  3. 3.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: we use a sharpener for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) thick, opaque paint (d) soft, creamy sticks
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  10. 10.True or false: an object that overlaps other things seems far away. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a laser beam (b) dashes on a road (c) a wriggling snake (d) a tightly pulled rope
  12. 12.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) in the water pot (c) bristles up or flat (d) with paint on it
  13. 13.📐 Is a cube a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  15. 15.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a wriggling snake (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) a jalebi
  16. 16.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
  19. 19.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) light first outlines (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) do not smudge easily (d) blend with a fingertip
  20. 20.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
  21. 21.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) lines all one way (c) smooth, soft tones (d) smudging with a finger
  22. 22.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  24. 24.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) blending
  25. 25.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.What do we use a water pot for? (a) holding paper flat (b) rinsing brushes (c) giving a pencil a point (d) mixing colours
  27. 27.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) straight line
  29. 29.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) shows more detail (c) overlaps other things (d) is partly hidden
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) gaps between things (c) can be seen all round (d) a moving dot’s path
  31. 31.Which of these is called hatching? (a) criss-cross lines (b) dots packed close (c) lines crossing over (d) many parallel lines
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  33. 33.Which of these is called blending? (a) smudging with a finger (b) dots packed close (c) many parallel lines (d) lines crossing over
  34. 34.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks bigger (c) looks paler and bluer (d) overlaps other things
  36. 36.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
  37. 37.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) pencil (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
  38. 38.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  40. 40.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a toothpick (b) a small round brush (c) a wide flat brush (d) a pencil

Answer key

  1. vertical lines
  2. HB
  3. True
  4. False
  5. False
  6. False
  7. True
  8. grey lines for sketching
  9. texture
  10. False
  11. dashes on a road
  12. bristles up or flat
  13. a 3D form
  14. value
  15. a wriggling snake
  16. False
  17. True
  18. medium marks
  19. do not smudge easily
  20. horizontal
  21. lines all one way
  22. True
  23. 7
  24. hatching
  25. False
  26. rinsing brushes
  27. False
  28. dotted or broken line
  29. is partly hidden
  30. a moving dot’s path
  31. many parallel lines
  32. space
  33. smudging with a finger
  34. True
  35. looks paler and bluer
  36. 6
  37. pencil
  38. True
  39. dark value
  40. a wide flat brush

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