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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 376 · 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.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
  2. 2.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) straight line
  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.True or false: a cloud is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) thick, opaque paint (d) do not smudge easily
  8. 8.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
  9. 9.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
  11. 11.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4B (b) H (c) 4H (d) HB
  13. 13.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a zigzag (b) a dotted line (c) a straight line (d) a spiral
  14. 14.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) zigzag line (b) wavy line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
  15. 15.True or false: a square is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
  17. 17.True or false: a falling tree is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
  19. 19.True or false: a leaning ladder is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) where light hits most (b) the side away from light (c) the brightest spot (d) the dark shape it throws
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a solid 3D object
  23. 23.What do we use a palette for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) holding a board upright (c) mixing colours (d) giving a pencil a point
  24. 24.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) above the object (c) inside the object (d) on the right side
  25. 25.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) pyramid (b) cone (c) sphere (d) star
  27. 27.Which of these is good brush care? (a) drying bristles up (b) standing on its bristles (c) leaving it in water (d) letting paint dry on it
  28. 28.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) horizontal lines (b) vertical lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
  30. 30.True or false: letting paint dry on it is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows less detail (b) looks paler and bluer (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks smaller
  32. 32.True or false: a flower petal is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) bright, flat colour (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) mixed with lots of water (d) see-through colour
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) cone (c) triangle (d) square
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) form (b) shape (c) space (d) texture
  36. 36.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) pyramid (b) sphere (c) cube (d) rectangle
  38. 38.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) dashes on a road (c) ocean waves (d) a lightning bolt
  39. 39.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
  40. 40.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line

Answer key

  1. hard, light marks
  2. spiral line
  3. 7
  4. watercolour
  5. False
  6. False
  7. grey lines for sketching
  8. watercolour
  9. False
  10. background
  11. True
  12. 4B
  13. a spiral
  14. dotted or broken line
  15. True
  16. glue
  17. False
  18. pencil
  19. False
  20. False
  21. the side away from light
  22. gaps between things
  23. mixing colours
  24. on the left side
  25. True
  26. star
  27. drying bristles up
  28. False
  29. zigzag lines
  30. False
  31. sits lower on the page
  32. True
  33. soft, creamy sticks
  34. cone
  35. texture
  36. False
  37. rectangle
  38. a lightning bolt
  39. a 3D form
  40. dotted or broken line

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