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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 279 · 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.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) foreground (b) highlight (c) border (d) vanishing point
  2. 2.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) round brush (b) masking tape (c) easel (d) flat brush
  4. 4.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
  5. 5.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
  6. 6.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
  7. 7.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) things that look biggest (b) the part in between (c) the part nearest you (d) the part farthest away
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) shows less detail (c) looks smaller (d) is partly hidden
  10. 10.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) blending
  11. 11.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a tall lamp post (c) a leaning ladder (d) the edge of a calm sea
  12. 12.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) lines all one way (c) smooth, soft tones (d) dots packed close
  13. 13.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) hot oil (b) sand (c) water and mild soap (d) glue
  14. 14.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) round brush (b) water pot (c) palette (d) easel
  15. 15.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) light first outlines (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) grey lines for sketching
  16. 16.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  18. 18.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) smudging with a finger (c) lots of tiny dots (d) many parallel lines
  19. 19.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cone (b) square (c) cube (d) sphere
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) shape (b) value (c) form (d) colour
  24. 24.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
  25. 25.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
  26. 26.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) triangle (b) circle (c) cylinder (d) star
  27. 27.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) thick, opaque paint (c) grey lines for sketching (d) bright, flat colour
  28. 28.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) masking tape (b) sponge (c) round brush (d) water pot
  29. 29.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) curved lines (d) vertical lines
  31. 31.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) can be seen all round (b) a flat 2D area (c) looks furry or scaly (d) the area around objects
  33. 33.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a zigzag (b) a straight line (c) a dotted line (d) a spiral
  34. 34.True or false: cream has a light value. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: dark grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hard (b) hot (c) heavy (d) high
  37. 37.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) things that look biggest (b) far hills and the sky (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part in between
  38. 38.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) horizontal lines (b) curved lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines

Answer key

  1. vanishing point
  2. False
  3. easel
  4. near the viewer
  5. foreground
  6. geometric shape
  7. True
  8. the part farthest away
  9. looks bigger
  10. stippling
  11. a leaning ladder
  12. lines all one way
  13. water and mild soap
  14. water pot
  15. soft, creamy sticks
  16. True
  17. good brush care
  18. many parallel lines
  19. True
  20. False
  21. False
  22. sphere
  23. form
  24. near the viewer
  25. frame
  26. cylinder
  27. grey lines for sketching
  28. sponge
  29. True
  30. zigzag lines
  31. 9
  32. looks furry or scaly
  33. a spiral
  34. True
  35. False
  36. hard
  37. the part in between
  38. False
  39. False
  40. horizontal lines

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