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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 5 · 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 art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) palette (b) sharpener (c) sponge (d) easel
  2. 2.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a football (b) a party hat (c) a candle (d) a sugar cube
  4. 4.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a playground slide (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a sleeping person
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a moving dot’s path
  6. 6.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  8. 8.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  11. 11.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part farthest away (b) the part nearest you (c) the part in between (d) far hills and the sky
  12. 12.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
  13. 13.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
  14. 14.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) only length and width (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) has height, width, depth
  16. 16.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  19. 19.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
  20. 20.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form (c) a flat outline
  21. 21.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
  22. 22.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a sponge (c) a big roller (d) a small round brush
  23. 23.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) pencil (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) shows more detail (c) looks smaller (d) is partly hidden
  25. 25.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
  26. 26.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a playground slide (c) a table top (d) a person standing tall
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  29. 29.True or false: leaving it in water is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
  31. 31.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part in between (b) the top of the scene (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part farthest away
  32. 32.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) poster colour
  33. 33.📐 Is a cylinder a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
  34. 34.True or false: a rectangle is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  36. 36.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
  37. 37.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
  38. 38.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines all one way (b) dots packed close (c) criss-cross lines (d) smudging with a finger
  39. 39.True or false: pencil grade HB makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) drying bristles up (c) rinsing between colours (d) letting paint dry on it

Answer key

  1. palette
  2. False
  3. a party hat
  4. a standing tree trunk
  5. a moving dot’s path
  6. False
  7. bad for the brush
  8. False
  9. False
  10. vertical
  11. the part nearest you
  12. cast shadow
  13. 9
  14. light value
  15. a hue, like red or blue
  16. False
  17. True
  18. 7
  19. near the viewer
  20. a 3D form
  21. cross-hatching
  22. a small round brush
  23. watercolour
  24. shows more detail
  25. background
  26. False
  27. a playground slide
  28. texture
  29. True
  30. highlight
  31. the bottom of the page
  32. wax crayons
  33. a 3D form
  34. False
  35. dark value
  36. 2
  37. geometric shape
  38. dots packed close
  39. False
  40. letting paint dry on it

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