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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 551 · 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.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rectangle (b) sphere (c) circle (d) square
  3. 3.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) shows less detail (c) overlaps other things (d) is partly hidden
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) washing with mild soap (c) standing on its bristles (d) reshaping the tip
  6. 6.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
  7. 7.📏 What kind of line does stitches on cloth look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
  8. 8.🧊 Which 3D form is a football shaped like? (a) cone (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cylinder
  9. 9.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) 2B (c) B (d) H
  10. 10.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) on the left side (c) on the right side (d) inside the object
  12. 12.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) square (c) sphere (d) cone
  13. 13.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) soft, light washes (c) thick, opaque paint (d) bright, flat colour
  14. 14.True or false: a square is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the darker half of it (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the brightest spot
  16. 16.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) sponge (b) sharpener (c) flat brush (d) masking tape
  17. 17.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a marble (b) a dice (c) a drinking straw (d) a shoe box
  18. 18.True or false: a square is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) press harder (b) add water (c) use an eraser (d) press lighter
  20. 20.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a straight line (b) a spiral (c) a dotted line (d) a zigzag
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a sense of near and far (c) a moving dot’s path (d) has height, width, depth
  22. 22.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
  23. 23.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
  24. 24.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a shoe box (b) a football (c) a drinking straw (d) a water pipe
  25. 25.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
  26. 26.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) border (b) vanishing point (c) highlight (d) foreground
  27. 27.True or false: a person standing tall is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: an object that looks bigger seems far away. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part in between (b) the top of the scene (c) things that look biggest (d) far hills and the sky
  31. 31.What do we use a water pot for? (a) mixing colours (b) giving a pencil a point (c) fine lines and details (d) rinsing brushes
  32. 32.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) diagonal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) vertical lines (d) horizontal lines
  33. 33.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the side away from light (c) the brightest spot (d) the dark shape it throws
  34. 34.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) see-through colour (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) mixed with lots of water
  35. 35.True or false: a falling tree is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks bigger (c) looks paler and bluer (d) shows more detail
  37. 37.What do we use a sponge for? (a) holding paper flat (b) wide, straight strokes (c) giving a pencil a point (d) dabbing soft textures
  38. 38.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part nearest you (b) far hills and the sky (c) the part in between (d) the part farthest away
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) shape (b) form (c) space (d) texture
  40. 40.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) H (b) B (c) 4B (d) HB

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. sphere
  3. oil pastels
  4. overlaps other things
  5. standing on its bristles
  6. 9
  7. dotted or broken line
  8. sphere
  9. H
  10. False
  11. on the left side
  12. square
  13. soft, light washes
  14. False
  15. the darker half of it
  16. masking tape
  17. a drinking straw
  18. True
  19. press harder
  20. a spiral
  21. a moving dot’s path
  22. 4
  23. organic shape
  24. a football
  25. background
  26. vanishing point
  27. False
  28. True
  29. False
  30. things that look biggest
  31. rinsing brushes
  32. diagonal lines
  33. the side away from light
  34. hard, waxy sticks
  35. True
  36. looks paler and bluer
  37. dabbing soft textures
  38. the part nearest you
  39. form
  40. HB

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