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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 48 · 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 flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) cylinder (c) sphere (d) square
  2. 2.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
  3. 3.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
  4. 4.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
  6. 6.True or false: a square is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) add water (b) press harder (c) press lighter (d) use an eraser
  8. 8.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) where the lines cross (b) in a corner (c) at the very edge (d) off the page
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  10. 10.True or false: we use a sponge for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a coiled rope (c) a jalebi (d) ocean waves
  12. 12.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  13. 13.🖌️ 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
  14. 14.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) sphere (b) circle (c) cube (d) cone
  15. 15.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
  16. 16.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) reshaping the tip (c) drying bristles up (d) scrubbing hard on paper
  17. 17.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 2H
  18. 18.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  19. 19.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) light first outlines (b) see-through colour (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) hard, waxy sticks
  20. 20.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the top of the scene (b) the part in between (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part farthest away
  21. 21.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  22. 22.Which of these is called blending? (a) lines all one way (b) lines crossing over (c) smudging with a finger (d) many parallel lines
  23. 23.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a wriggling snake (c) dashes on a road (d) a snail shell
  24. 24.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) leaving it in water (d) rinsing between colours
  26. 26.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
  29. 29.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
  30. 30.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) grey lines for sketching (d) see-through colour
  31. 31.Which of these is called stippling? (a) many parallel lines (b) dots packed close (c) smudging with a finger (d) smooth, soft tones
  32. 32.True or false: a triangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 2H (b) 4H
  34. 34.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
  35. 35.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a candle (b) a sugar cube (c) a traffic cone (d) a water pipe
  36. 36.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  37. 37.What do we use a water pot for? (a) mixing colours (b) dabbing soft textures (c) rinsing brushes (d) fine lines and details
  38. 38.True or false: a leaf is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: dark grey has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?

Answer key

  1. square
  2. 4
  3. 1
  4. hard, light marks
  5. glue
  6. False
  7. press harder
  8. where the lines cross
  9. value
  10. False
  11. ocean waves
  12. good brush care
  13. a wide flat brush
  14. cube
  15. horizontal
  16. scrubbing hard on paper
  17. 2B
  18. 7
  19. light first outlines
  20. the bottom of the page
  21. dark value
  22. smudging with a finger
  23. a snail shell
  24. diagonal
  25. rinsing between colours
  26. True
  27. True
  28. far away
  29. cross-hatching
  30. see-through colour
  31. dots packed close
  32. True
  33. 4H
  34. stippling
  35. a traffic cone
  36. good brush care
  37. rinsing brushes
  38. True
  39. True
  40. 8

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