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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 599 · 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.True or false: dark brown has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a ruler’s edge (c) a cut-here line (d) a row of pointy peaks
  3. 3.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  4. 4.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) under the object (b) above the object (c) on the ceiling (d) in the sky
  5. 5.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
  6. 6.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) circle (c) sphere (d) cube
  7. 7.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  8. 8.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems far away. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
  10. 10.True or false: we use a round brush for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) pyramid (c) sphere (d) square
  12. 12.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cuboid (b) triangle (c) pyramid (d) cone
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) form
  14. 14.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
  16. 16.What do we use a palette for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) mixing colours (c) giving a pencil a point (d) dabbing soft textures
  17. 17.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a snail shell (b) a cut-here line (c) a flag in the wind (d) a wriggling snake
  18. 18.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) watercolour
  19. 19.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) horizontal lines (b) curved lines (c) zigzag lines (d) diagonal lines
  20. 20.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
  22. 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) frame (d) value
  23. 23.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a person standing tall (d) the edge of a calm sea
  25. 25.True or false: light grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a cut-here line (c) a lightning bolt (d) a jalebi
  27. 27.True or false: a leaning ladder is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.What do we use masking tape for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) mixing colours (c) holding paper flat (d) dabbing soft textures
  29. 29.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the brightest spot (b) the side away from light (c) where light hits most (d) the dark shape it throws
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  31. 31.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) H (c) B (d) 2B
  32. 32.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 3D form (b) a flat outline (c) a 2D shape
  33. 33.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
  34. 34.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems far away. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) can be seen all round (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) the area around objects
  37. 37.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: a playground slide is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
  40. 40.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) looks paler and bluer (c) sits lower on the page (d) overlaps other things

Answer key

  1. True
  2. a ruler’s edge
  3. good brush care
  4. under the object
  5. foreground
  6. cube
  7. 7
  8. False
  9. 0
  10. False
  11. square
  12. triangle
  13. line
  14. False
  15. far away
  16. mixing colours
  17. a snail shell
  18. wax crayons
  19. zigzag lines
  20. True
  21. horizontal
  22. frame
  23. True
  24. the edge of a calm sea
  25. True
  26. a flag in the wind
  27. True
  28. holding paper flat
  29. the side away from light
  30. shape
  31. H
  32. a 3D form
  33. cross-hatching
  34. True
  35. soft, dark marks
  36. the area around objects
  37. True
  38. False
  39. hard, light marks
  40. looks paler and bluer

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