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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 275 · 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.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
  2. 2.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) diagonal lines (b) curved lines (c) zigzag lines (d) vertical lines
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) a solid 3D object (c) can be seen all round (d) a sense of near and far
  5. 5.True or false: a falling tree is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) value (c) colour (d) line
  8. 8.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a candle (b) a dice (c) a party hat (d) a brick
  9. 9.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a falling tree (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a sleeping person
  11. 11.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
  12. 12.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) lines all one way (c) smudging with a finger (d) dots packed close
  13. 13.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a lightning bolt
  14. 14.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part farthest away (b) the bottom of the page (c) the top of the scene (d) far hills and the sky
  15. 15.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  16. 16.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
  17. 17.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
  18. 18.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a ruler’s edge (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a lightning bolt
  19. 19.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
  20. 20.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the brightest spot (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the darker half of it (d) where light hits most
  21. 21.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a jalebi (b) a flag in the wind (c) a wriggling snake (d) the teeth of a saw
  22. 22.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: we use a water pot for giving a pencil a point. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) cylinder (c) sphere (d) triangle
  25. 25.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks smaller (c) looks bigger (d) shows more detail
  26. 26.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) pyramid (c) rectangle (d) cuboid
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) leaving it in water (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) washing with mild soap
  28. 28.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  29. 29.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) zigzag lines (b) diagonal lines (c) horizontal lines (d) vertical lines
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) standing on its bristles (c) rinsing between colours (d) washing with mild soap
  31. 31.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) pencil
  32. 32.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) ocean waves (b) a lightning bolt (c) a snail shell (d) a jalebi
  33. 33.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) form (d) colour
  35. 35.True or false: a puddle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: we use a flat brush for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  38. 38.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
  39. 39.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
  40. 40.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground

Answer key

  1. near the viewer
  2. True
  3. vertical lines
  4. from white to black
  5. False
  6. form
  7. colour
  8. a brick
  9. False
  10. a falling tree
  11. 6B
  12. lines all one way
  13. stitches on cloth
  14. the bottom of the page
  15. dark value
  16. vertical
  17. far away
  18. a ruler’s edge
  19. 4
  20. the darker half of it
  21. the teeth of a saw
  22. True
  23. False
  24. triangle
  25. looks smaller
  26. rectangle
  27. washing with mild soap
  28. bad for the brush
  29. horizontal lines
  30. standing on its bristles
  31. wax crayons
  32. ocean waves
  33. medium marks
  34. shape
  35. True
  36. False
  37. 7
  38. near the viewer
  39. geometric shape
  40. middle ground

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