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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 748 · 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.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  2. 2.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a falling tree (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a standing tree trunk
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.What do we use a round brush for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding paper flat (c) fine lines and details (d) rinsing brushes
  6. 6.True or false: a laser beam looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a snail shell (b) a flag in the wind (c) a cut-here line (d) a tightly pulled rope
  8. 8.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) shows less detail (c) overlaps other things (d) shows more detail
  9. 9.What do we use a palette for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) rinsing brushes (c) mixing colours (d) holding paper flat
  10. 10.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) bright, flat colour (b) grey lines for sketching (c) see-through colour (d) soft, creamy sticks
  11. 11.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: a hexagon is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  15. 15.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding paper flat (c) rinsing brushes (d) wide, straight strokes
  16. 16.What do we use an easel for? (a) mixing colours (b) dabbing soft textures (c) wide, straight strokes (d) holding a board upright
  17. 17.True or false: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
  20. 20.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a long, thin mark (c) can be seen all round (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  22. 22.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) horizontal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) vertical lines (d) curved lines
  24. 24.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) is partly hidden (b) looks paler and bluer (c) sits near the horizon (d) sits lower on the page
  25. 25.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  26. 26.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
  27. 27.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) horizon (b) focal point (c) background (d) border
  28. 28.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) vertical lines (b) diagonal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) is partly hidden (b) looks bigger (c) shows less detail (d) looks smaller
  30. 30.📐 Is a cylinder a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
  31. 31.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called blending. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) can be seen all round
  33. 33.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) things that look biggest (b) the top of the scene (c) the part in between (d) the part nearest you
  34. 34.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) press lighter (b) add water (c) use an eraser (d) press harder
  35. 35.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
  36. 36.True or false: a cone is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) zigzag line
  38. 38.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) star (c) circle (d) triangle
  40. 40.True or false: reshaping the tip is good brush care. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. dark value
  2. the edge of a calm sea
  3. 7
  4. False
  5. fine lines and details
  6. True
  7. a cut-here line
  8. shows less detail
  9. mixing colours
  10. bright, flat colour
  11. True
  12. False
  13. 4
  14. line
  15. wide, straight strokes
  16. holding a board upright
  17. True
  18. False
  19. foreground
  20. False
  21. can be seen all round
  22. False
  23. vertical lines
  24. sits lower on the page
  25. good brush care
  26. straight line
  27. focal point
  28. diagonal lines
  29. looks bigger
  30. a 3D form
  31. True
  32. a long, thin mark
  33. the part in between
  34. press harder
  35. foreground
  36. False
  37. zigzag line
  38. False
  39. cube
  40. True

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