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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 578 · 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 lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) diagonal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) horizontal lines (d) vertical lines
  2. 2.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the top of the scene (b) the bottom of the page (c) the part in between (d) the part farthest away
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a sense of near and far (c) how light or dark it is (d) a hue, like red or blue
  4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  5. 5.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2H (b) B (c) HB (d) 4H
  6. 6.True or false: a cloud is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) horizontal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) diagonal lines (d) curved lines
  9. 9.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a jalebi (b) dashes on a road (c) a coiled rope (d) a lightning bolt
  10. 10.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  11. 11.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
  12. 12.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) criss-cross lines (c) lines all one way (d) smudging with a finger
  13. 13.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a leaning ladder (c) a standing tree trunk (d) the edge of a calm sea
  14. 14.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
  15. 15.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) lines crossing over (c) smudging with a finger (d) many parallel lines
  17. 17.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
  18. 18.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: we use a sponge for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) easel (b) sharpener (c) masking tape (d) palette
  21. 21.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) border (b) focal point (c) background (d) horizon
  22. 22.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
  23. 23.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called blending. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.What do we use an easel for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) wide, straight strokes (c) holding a board upright (d) holding paper flat
  25. 25.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a coiled rope (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a cut-here line
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) colour (c) space (d) value
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a long, thin mark
  28. 28.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a straight line (b) a wavy line (c) a dotted line (d) a zigzag line
  29. 29.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
  30. 30.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
  31. 31.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) is partly hidden (b) shows less detail (c) sits lower on the page (d) sits near the horizon
  32. 32.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) stitches on cloth (c) a jalebi (d) a laser beam
  33. 33.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) off the page (b) at the very edge (c) where the lines cross (d) in a corner
  34. 34.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  35. 35.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a sense of near and far (c) can be seen all round (d) a flat 2D area
  38. 38.True or false: pencil grade B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
  40. 40.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling

Answer key

  1. zigzag lines
  2. the part in between
  3. a sense of near and far
  4. 7
  5. HB
  6. False
  7. False
  8. diagonal lines
  9. a lightning bolt
  10. light value
  11. poster colour
  12. lines all one way
  13. a leaning ladder
  14. 2H
  15. False
  16. many parallel lines
  17. soft, dark marks
  18. True
  19. True
  20. sharpener
  21. focal point
  22. a 3D form
  23. True
  24. holding a board upright
  25. a row of pointy peaks
  26. line
  27. has height, width, depth
  28. a wavy line
  29. watercolour
  30. vertical
  31. sits lower on the page
  32. the teeth of a saw
  33. where the lines cross
  34. dark value
  35. True
  36. False
  37. a flat 2D area
  38. True
  39. cast shadow
  40. hatching

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