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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 34 · 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 of these is a vertical line? (a) a playground slide (b) a leaning ladder (c) a sleeping person (d) a tall lamp post
  2. 2.🧊 Which 3D form is a brick shaped like? (a) cube (b) cylinder (c) cuboid (d) cone
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
  5. 5.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) grey lines for sketching (d) thick, opaque paint
  6. 6.True or false: a triangle is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) line (d) value
  8. 8.True or false: a circle is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) wavy line (b) straight line (c) spiral line (d) dotted or broken line
  10. 10.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
  11. 11.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) on the horizon line (b) on the frame (c) in the foreground (d) at the bottom edge
  13. 13.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a sugar cube (b) a candle (c) a drinking straw (d) an ice-cream cone
  14. 14.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a long, thin mark (d) a moving dot’s path
  16. 16.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  17. 17.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
  18. 18.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
  19. 19.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
  20. 20.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pyramid (b) star (c) cuboid (d) cylinder
  22. 22.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
  23. 23.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) zigzag lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) curved lines
  24. 24.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) horizontal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) vertical lines (d) curved lines
  25. 25.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cuboid (b) cylinder (c) star (d) cone
  27. 27.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2B (b) H (c) HB (d) 2H
  28. 28.True or false: dark grey has a light value. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) easel (b) round brush (c) flat brush (d) water pot
  30. 30.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  31. 31.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
  32. 32.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a tall lamp post
  34. 34.Which of these is called hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) many parallel lines (c) lines crossing over (d) criss-cross lines
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called value? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) how light or dark it is (c) a flat 2D area (d) a closed flat outline
  36. 36.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) zigzag line (b) wavy line (c) dotted or broken line (d) straight line
  37. 37.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) mixed with lots of water (c) bright, flat colour (d) see-through colour
  38. 38.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a star is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a tall lamp post
  2. cuboid
  3. 7
  4. watercolour
  5. mixed with lots of water
  6. True
  7. frame
  8. True
  9. dotted or broken line
  10. soft, dark marks
  11. True
  12. on the horizon line
  13. a sugar cube
  14. True
  15. what a rainbow shows
  16. good brush care
  17. near the viewer
  18. organic shape
  19. wavy line
  20. spiral line
  21. star
  22. 2
  23. horizontal lines
  24. curved lines
  25. True
  26. star
  27. 2B
  28. False
  29. flat brush
  30. bad for the brush
  31. 6
  32. True
  33. the edge of a calm sea
  34. many parallel lines
  35. how light or dark it is
  36. dotted or broken line
  37. bright, flat colour
  38. True
  39. False
  40. False

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