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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 490 · 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.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
  2. 2.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the background. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows more detail (b) looks paler and bluer (c) looks smaller (d) sits near the horizon
  5. 5.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
  6. 6.True or false: light grey has a light value. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  10. 10.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) sphere (b) square (c) cube (d) cone
  11. 11.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems far away. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) a closed flat outline (c) has height, width, depth (d) a long, thin mark
  14. 14.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  15. 15.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) overlaps other things (c) is partly hidden (d) sits near the horizon
  16. 16.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) where light hits most (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the darker half of it (d) the side away from light
  17. 17.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) leaving it in water (c) drying bristles up (d) rinsing between colours
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) washing with mild soap (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) standing on its bristles
  19. 19.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling
  21. 21.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) curved lines (b) diagonal lines (c) vertical lines (d) horizontal lines
  22. 22.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  23. 23.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a cut-here line (b) ocean waves (c) a flag in the wind (d) a row of pointy peaks
  24. 24.📐 Is a star a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
  25. 25.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  26. 26.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) foreground (b) vanishing point (c) highlight (d) border
  27. 27.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) oval (c) cylinder (d) cuboid
  28. 28.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) looks smaller (c) sits lower on the page (d) sits near the horizon
  30. 30.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) bright, flat colour (b) do not smudge easily (c) grey lines for sketching (d) thick, opaque paint
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) form (b) colour (c) shape (d) line
  32. 32.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
  33. 33.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) 4B (c) 2B (d) 2H
  34. 34.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) frame
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) the area around objects (c) a flat 2D area (d) a hue, like red or blue
  38. 38.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
  39. 39.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) HB (c) 4H (d) 6B
  40. 40.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical

Answer key

  1. diagonal
  2. False
  3. True
  4. shows more detail
  5. soft, dark marks
  6. True
  7. False
  8. True
  9. 7
  10. sphere
  11. False
  12. bad for the brush
  13. how a surface feels
  14. dark value
  15. overlaps other things
  16. where light hits most
  17. leaving it in water
  18. washing with mild soap
  19. True
  20. stippling
  21. horizontal lines
  22. dark value
  23. a cut-here line
  24. a 2D shape
  25. light value
  26. vanishing point
  27. oval
  28. False
  29. sits lower on the page
  30. grey lines for sketching
  31. colour
  32. hard, light marks
  33. 2H
  34. False
  35. False
  36. frame
  37. a flat 2D area
  38. watercolour
  39. 6B
  40. horizontal

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