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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 724 · 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.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) bristles up or flat (c) with paint on it (d) bristles down
  2. 2.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) sphere (b) cube (c) square (d) cone
  3. 3.True or false: ocean waves looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) sits near the horizon (c) sits lower on the page (d) shows more detail
  5. 5.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) bright, flat colour (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) soft, light washes
  6. 6.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
  7. 7.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  8. 8.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) the teeth of a saw (c) dashes on a road (d) a cut-here line
  9. 9.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
  10. 10.What do we use a palette for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) holding a board upright (c) fine lines and details (d) mixing colours
  11. 11.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a moving dot’s path (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) from white to black
  13. 13.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called blending. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) form
  15. 15.True or false: a falling tree is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) straight line
  17. 17.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
  18. 18.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a tightly pulled rope
  19. 19.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) frame (d) line
  20. 20.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
  21. 21.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) bright, flat colour (b) grey lines for sketching (c) do not smudge easily (d) soft, light washes
  24. 24.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) ocean waves (c) stitches on cloth (d) a jalebi
  25. 25.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
  26. 26.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 6B (b) HB (c) B (d) 2B
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  28. 28.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
  29. 29.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  30. 30.True or false: we use a sharpener for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
  32. 32.📐 Is a star a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
  33. 33.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: pencil grade B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
  37. 37.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
  38. 38.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a leaning ladder (c) a sleeping person (d) a playground slide
  40. 40.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. bristles up or flat
  2. sphere
  3. False
  4. sits near the horizon
  5. soft, light washes
  6. 0
  7. 7
  8. a wriggling snake
  9. foreground
  10. mixing colours
  11. True
  12. rough, smooth or bumpy
  13. True
  14. line
  15. False
  16. wavy line
  17. 12
  18. dashes on a road
  19. frame
  20. geometric shape
  21. False
  22. True
  23. grey lines for sketching
  24. stitches on cloth
  25. organic shape
  26. HB
  27. value
  28. blending
  29. bad for the brush
  30. False
  31. straight line
  32. a 2D shape
  33. False
  34. True
  35. False
  36. highlight
  37. highlight
  38. False
  39. a tall lamp post
  40. True

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