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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 685 · 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 colour? (a) only length and width (b) what a rainbow shows (c) has height, width, depth (d) how a surface feels
  2. 2.What do we use a palette for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) mixing colours (c) giving a pencil a point (d) fine lines and details
  3. 3.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
  4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  5. 5.True or false: we use a sharpener for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) vertical lines (b) diagonal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
  7. 7.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
  8. 8.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) value (d) space
  10. 10.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the side away from it (b) the bottom (c) the side facing the lamp
  11. 11.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines all one way (b) lines crossing over (c) smudging with a finger (d) criss-cross lines
  12. 12.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 6B (c) HB (d) 4H
  13. 13.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
  14. 14.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) thick, opaque paint (c) soft, light washes (d) soft, creamy sticks
  16. 16.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a leaning ladder (c) a sleeping person (d) a tall lamp post
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called line? (a) from white to black (b) a long, thin mark (c) a closed flat outline (d) a hue, like red or blue
  18. 18.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) form
  20. 20.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  22. 22.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) sits lower on the page (c) is partly hidden (d) shows more detail
  23. 23.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a playground slide (c) a sleeping person (d) a standing tree trunk
  24. 24.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the background. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a small round brush (b) a wide flat brush (c) a big roller (d) a sponge
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) value (d) form
  28. 28.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a sleeping person (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a person standing tall (d) a falling tree
  31. 31.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) many parallel lines (c) lots of tiny dots (d) smooth, soft tones
  32. 32.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
  34. 34.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
  35. 35.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) standing on its bristles (d) reshaping the tip
  36. 36.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the background. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) wavy line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
  39. 39.True or false: we use a sponge for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush

Answer key

  1. what a rainbow shows
  2. mixing colours
  3. dotted or broken line
  4. 7
  5. False
  6. zigzag lines
  7. geometric shape
  8. False
  9. space
  10. the side facing the lamp
  11. lines all one way
  12. 4H
  13. foreground
  14. True
  15. soft, light washes
  16. a sleeping person
  17. a long, thin mark
  18. cross-hatching
  19. colour
  20. False
  21. texture
  22. is partly hidden
  23. a playground slide
  24. False
  25. False
  26. a small round brush
  27. texture
  28. True
  29. False
  30. a person standing tall
  31. many parallel lines
  32. True
  33. 12
  34. shadow side
  35. reshaping the tip
  36. False
  37. True
  38. zigzag line
  39. True
  40. good brush care

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