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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 656 · 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 of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a long, thin mark (c) how a surface feels (d) looks furry or scaly
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) is partly hidden (c) looks paler and bluer (d) overlaps other things
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) triangle (b) circle (c) square (d) cuboid
  5. 5.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) overlaps other things (c) looks bigger (d) is partly hidden
  6. 6.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) sphere (b) star (c) cuboid (d) cylinder
  7. 7.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
  8. 8.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
  10. 10.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a person standing tall (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a sleeping person
  11. 11.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
  13. 13.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4H (b) 4B (c) 6B (d) B
  14. 14.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) drying bristles up (c) leaving it in water (d) washing with mild soap
  16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) frame
  17. 17.True or false: reshaping the tip is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) standing on its bristles (c) reshaping the tip (d) letting paint dry on it
  19. 19.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
  20. 20.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) texture
  23. 23.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) fine lines and details (c) holding paper flat (d) mixing colours
  24. 24.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) straight line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
  25. 25.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cone (b) cube (c) sphere (d) circle
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called line? (a) the area around objects (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a flat 2D area
  27. 27.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
  29. 29.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  31. 31.Which of these is called hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) criss-cross lines (c) smooth, soft tones (d) lines all one way
  32. 32.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) eyes (b) knees (c) feet (d) elbows
  33. 33.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) washing with mild soap (c) standing on its bristles (d) letting paint dry on it
  34. 34.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
  35. 35.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  36. 36.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) masking tape (b) easel (c) water pot (d) flat brush
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) colour
  38. 38.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the background. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
  40. 40.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical

Answer key

  1. a flat 2D area
  2. 7
  3. overlaps other things
  4. cuboid
  5. is partly hidden
  6. star
  7. 8
  8. True
  9. a 2D shape
  10. a person standing tall
  11. True
  12. soft, dark marks
  13. 4H
  14. False
  15. leaving it in water
  16. frame
  17. True
  18. reshaping the tip
  19. highlight
  20. True
  21. good brush care
  22. form
  23. wide, straight strokes
  24. spiral line
  25. cube
  26. a moving dot’s path
  27. False
  28. wavy line
  29. True
  30. dark value
  31. lines all one way
  32. eyes
  33. washing with mild soap
  34. hard, light marks
  35. bad for the brush
  36. water pot
  37. shape
  38. True
  39. far away
  40. diagonal

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