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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 704 · 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: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) curved lines (b) vertical lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
  3. 3.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the part farthest away (c) things that look biggest (d) the part in between
  4. 4.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
  6. 6.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
  7. 7.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks smaller (b) overlaps other things (c) looks bigger (d) sits lower on the page
  8. 8.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles up or flat (b) bristles down (c) with paint on it (d) in the water pot
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) line (c) form (d) shape
  10. 10.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
  11. 11.📏 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
  12. 12.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) round brush (b) palette (c) easel (d) sponge
  13. 13.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) 2B (b) HB
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) form (c) space (d) line
  15. 15.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a pencil (b) a small round brush (c) a wide flat brush (d) a toothpick
  16. 16.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
  17. 17.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
  18. 18.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
  19. 19.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) straight line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) dotted or broken line
  20. 20.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
  22. 22.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
  23. 23.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: letting paint dry on it is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) looks paler and bluer (c) is partly hidden (d) looks bigger
  26. 26.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  27. 27.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  28. 28.True or false: light grey has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a coiled rope (b) a flag in the wind (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) a cut-here line
  30. 30.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2B (b) 4H (c) H (d) 2H
  31. 31.True or false: a square is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how a surface feels (c) a flat 2D area (d) gaps between things
  33. 33.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: we use a palette for holding paper flat. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) zigzag lines (d) curved lines
  36. 36.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  37. 37.True or false: a circle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
  39. 39.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a snail shell (c) a cut-here line (d) a wriggling snake
  40. 40.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a sleeping person (c) a person standing tall (d) a standing tree trunk

Answer key

  1. True
  2. zigzag lines
  3. things that look biggest
  4. True
  5. foreground
  6. poster colour
  7. looks smaller
  8. bristles up or flat
  9. form
  10. soft, dark marks
  11. a spiral
  12. round brush
  13. 2B
  14. value
  15. a wide flat brush
  16. geometric shape
  17. 4
  18. middle ground
  19. spiral line
  20. True
  21. 8
  22. watercolour
  23. True
  24. True
  25. looks bigger
  26. light value
  27. 7
  28. False
  29. a tightly pulled rope
  30. 2B
  31. True
  32. how a surface feels
  33. False
  34. False
  35. curved lines
  36. diagonal
  37. False
  38. organic shape
  39. a wriggling snake
  40. a leaning ladder

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