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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 472 · 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.📐 Is a star a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
  2. 2.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) shows less detail (c) overlaps other things (d) sits lower on the page
  3. 3.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a playground slide (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a table top
  4. 4.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
  5. 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  6. 6.True or false: we use a flat brush for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) use an eraser (b) press harder (c) press lighter (d) add water
  8. 8.True or false: drying bristles up is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: a square is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) on the horizon line (b) in the foreground (c) at the bottom edge (d) on the frame
  11. 11.True or false: a circle is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
  14. 14.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
  15. 15.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) space (c) shape (d) texture
  17. 17.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) sphere (c) cone (d) circle
  18. 18.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
  19. 19.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) on the left side (c) on the right side (d) above the object
  20. 20.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) how light or dark it is (d) a moving dot’s path
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) line (c) form (d) shape
  24. 24.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hot (b) hard (c) high (d) heavy
  25. 25.Which of these is called stippling? (a) smudging with a finger (b) many parallel lines (c) lots of tiny dots (d) smooth, soft tones
  26. 26.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the background. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  31. 31.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) shows more detail (c) sits lower on the page (d) is partly hidden
  32. 32.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
  33. 33.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
  34. 34.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
  35. 35.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
  36. 36.🧊 Which 3D form is a marble shaped like? (a) cone (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cuboid
  37. 37.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a toothpick (b) a small round brush (c) a wide flat brush (d) a pencil
  38. 38.True or false: an object that sits near the horizon seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: pencil grade B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) reshaping the tip (d) leaving it in water

Answer key

  1. a 2D shape
  2. shows less detail
  3. a playground slide
  4. horizontal
  5. 7
  6. False
  7. press harder
  8. True
  9. True
  10. on the horizon line
  11. True
  12. False
  13. 6B
  14. 2H
  15. True
  16. shape
  17. cube
  18. wax crayons
  19. on the left side
  20. True
  21. bad for the brush
  22. a hue, like red or blue
  23. line
  24. hard
  25. lots of tiny dots
  26. True
  27. True
  28. True
  29. texture
  30. value
  31. is partly hidden
  32. hard, light marks
  33. a 2D shape
  34. far away
  35. zigzag line
  36. sphere
  37. a wide flat brush
  38. False
  39. False
  40. leaving it in water

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