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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 370 · 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 NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) line (d) value
  2. 2.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a table top (c) a playground slide (d) a tall lamp post
  3. 3.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a dotted line (b) a straight line (c) a zigzag (d) a spiral
  5. 5.True or false: leaving it in water is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
  7. 7.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) dots packed close (c) many parallel lines (d) lines crossing over
  8. 8.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a laser beam (c) dashes on a road (d) the teeth of a saw
  9. 9.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
  10. 10.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called blending. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a form (b) a sculpture (c) a shape (d) a cube
  12. 12.True or false: a triangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  14. 14.True or false: a snail shell looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) vertical lines (b) diagonal lines (c) horizontal lines (d) curved lines
  16. 16.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  17. 17.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) masking tape (b) sponge (c) palette (d) water pot
  18. 18.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
  19. 19.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) glue
  20. 20.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
  24. 24.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) cone (c) cuboid (d) circle
  25. 25.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) big to small (b) red to blue (c) near to far (d) white to black
  26. 26.📐 Is a pyramid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
  27. 27.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
  29. 29.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) in a corner (b) where the lines cross (c) off the page (d) at the very edge
  30. 30.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a matchbox (b) a sugar cube (c) a dice (d) a football
  31. 31.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
  32. 32.🧊 Which 3D form is a water pipe shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cylinder
  33. 33.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) leaving it in water (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) rinsing between colours
  34. 34.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) line (c) form (d) colour
  36. 36.🧊 Which 3D form is a traffic cone shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cylinder (c) cone (d) cube
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a sense of near and far (c) only length and width (d) a long, thin mark
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) texture (c) form (d) value
  39. 39.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) dots packed close (c) lines all one way (d) lines crossing over
  40. 40.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) do not smudge easily (c) see-through colour (d) thick, opaque paint

Answer key

  1. easel
  2. a playground slide
  3. True
  4. a spiral
  5. False
  6. straight line
  7. many parallel lines
  8. a laser beam
  9. a 2D shape
  10. True
  11. a shape
  12. True
  13. dark value
  14. False
  15. curved lines
  16. 7
  17. water pot
  18. 4
  19. glue
  20. True
  21. True
  22. False
  23. foreground
  24. circle
  25. white to black
  26. a 3D form
  27. False
  28. near the viewer
  29. where the lines cross
  30. a football
  31. 6
  32. cylinder
  33. rinsing between colours
  34. watercolour
  35. line
  36. cone
  37. a sense of near and far
  38. line
  39. lines crossing over
  40. see-through colour

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