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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 325 · 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 element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  2. 2.True or false: a falling tree is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
  4. 4.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) zigzag lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
  5. 5.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) straight line
  6. 6.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
  7. 7.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What do we use a palette for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) giving a pencil a point (c) mixing colours (d) rinsing brushes
  10. 10.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
  12. 12.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) easel (b) sponge (c) flat brush (d) sharpener
  13. 13.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  14. 14.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) the area around objects (c) only length and width (d) from white to black
  16. 16.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) sphere (c) circle (d) cone
  17. 17.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) holding paper flat (b) holding a board upright (c) giving a pencil a point (d) mixing colours
  18. 18.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) hatching
  19. 19.What do we use an easel for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) giving a pencil a point (c) holding paper flat (d) holding a board upright
  20. 20.True or false: pencil grade B makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) pyramid (b) circle (c) sphere (d) cuboid
  22. 22.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) overlaps other things (c) looks bigger (d) shows less detail
  24. 24.True or false: a leaning ladder is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is called hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) criss-cross lines (c) lots of tiny dots (d) smooth, soft tones
  26. 26.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a wriggling snake (c) a laser beam (d) stitches on cloth
  27. 27.True or false: we use an easel for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) round brush (b) easel (c) palette (d) flat brush
  29. 29.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
  30. 30.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
  32. 32.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a table top (c) a tall lamp post (d) a leaning ladder
  33. 33.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) B (b) H (c) 2B (d) HB
  34. 34.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  35. 35.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the background. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
  39. 39.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a playground slide (b) a falling tree (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a sleeping person
  40. 40.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. texture
  2. False
  3. watercolour
  4. zigzag lines
  5. zigzag line
  6. a 3D form
  7. False
  8. True
  9. mixing colours
  10. False
  11. wavy line
  12. easel
  13. good brush care
  14. cross-hatching
  15. from white to black
  16. cube
  17. giving a pencil a point
  18. hatching
  19. holding a board upright
  20. False
  21. circle
  22. True
  23. shows less detail
  24. True
  25. many parallel lines
  26. a wriggling snake
  27. False
  28. palette
  29. soft, dark marks
  30. True
  31. cast shadow
  32. a leaning ladder
  33. HB
  34. light value
  35. False
  36. False
  37. True
  38. poster colour
  39. a standing tree trunk
  40. True

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