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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 749 · 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.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
  2. 2.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  3. 3.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) foreground (b) highlight (c) border (d) vanishing point
  5. 5.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a coiled rope (b) a wriggling snake (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a jalebi
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) texture (c) form (d) line
  7. 7.True or false: a cloud is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a coiled rope (d) a cut-here line
  9. 9.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) a cut-here line (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) a laser beam
  10. 10.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  11. 11.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
  12. 12.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) form (c) texture (d) line
  14. 14.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
  17. 17.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a football (b) a party hat (c) a matchbox (d) a candle
  18. 18.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  19. 19.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
  20. 20.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) see-through colour (c) light first outlines (d) blend with a fingertip
  21. 21.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) above the object (c) on the left side (d) on the right side
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how light or dark it is (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a closed flat outline (d) has height, width, depth
  23. 23.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a falling tree (d) a standing tree trunk
  24. 24.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) curved lines (b) diagonal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
  25. 25.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) letting paint dry on it (d) drying bristles up
  27. 27.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) sponge (b) flat brush (c) sharpener (d) easel
  28. 28.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) HB (b) 4H (c) 2H (d) B
  29. 29.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) circle (c) cone (d) sphere
  30. 30.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
  31. 31.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) a playground slide (c) a tall lamp post (d) a standing tree trunk
  32. 32.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) sphere (b) pyramid (c) circle (d) cuboid
  33. 33.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) younger (b) closer to you (c) farther away (d) taller
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a flat 2D area (c) a long, thin mark (d) looks furry or scaly
  35. 35.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the brightest spot (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the side away from light
  36. 36.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a tall lamp post is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) blending

Answer key

  1. foreground
  2. diagonal
  3. False
  4. vanishing point
  5. a wriggling snake
  6. space
  7. False
  8. a coiled rope
  9. a lightning bolt
  10. 7
  11. highlight
  12. a 3D form
  13. line
  14. False
  15. False
  16. hard, light marks
  17. a matchbox
  18. texture
  19. 9
  20. blend with a fingertip
  21. on the left side
  22. has height, width, depth
  23. the edge of a calm sea
  24. horizontal lines
  25. organic shape
  26. drying bristles up
  27. sharpener
  28. B
  29. cube
  30. foreground
  31. a playground slide
  32. circle
  33. farther away
  34. looks furry or scaly
  35. the brightest spot
  36. False
  37. False
  38. False
  39. True
  40. stippling

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