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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 789 · 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 looks like a zigzag line? (a) a laser beam (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) a lightning bolt (d) a cut-here line
  2. 2.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) star (b) square (c) cone (d) rectangle
  4. 4.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cone (b) cube (c) sphere (d) square
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cuboid (b) circle (c) pyramid (d) cube
  7. 7.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) do not smudge easily (d) soft, light washes
  8. 8.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) bright, flat colour (c) soft, light washes (d) soft, creamy sticks
  9. 9.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  10. 10.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) charcoal (d) watercolour
  11. 11.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
  12. 12.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) easel (b) flat brush (c) sponge (d) sharpener
  14. 14.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
  15. 15.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) oval (c) circle (d) cylinder
  16. 16.Which of these is good brush care? (a) washing with mild soap (b) letting paint dry on it (c) leaving it in water (d) standing on its bristles
  17. 17.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 6B (b) 2B
  18. 18.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
  20. 20.True or false: we use a sponge for giving a pencil a point. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) shows more detail (c) overlaps other things (d) sits near the horizon
  22. 22.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 2H (b) 4H
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  24. 24.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) form
  26. 26.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) 2H (b) HB
  27. 27.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks smaller (c) shows more detail (d) overlaps other things
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) a flat 2D area (c) a sense of near and far (d) looks furry or scaly
  30. 30.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
  31. 31.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
  32. 32.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
  33. 33.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) many parallel lines (c) lines crossing over (d) dots packed close
  34. 34.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: ocean waves looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a falling tree is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  38. 38.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  39. 39.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cylinder (b) star (c) cube (d) cuboid

Answer key

  1. a lightning bolt
  2. diagonal
  3. cone
  4. True
  5. sphere
  6. circle
  7. thick, opaque paint
  8. soft, creamy sticks
  9. 7
  10. poster colour
  11. poster colour
  12. False
  13. sharpener
  14. organic shape
  15. cylinder
  16. washing with mild soap
  17. 6B
  18. True
  19. background
  20. False
  21. sits near the horizon
  22. 4H
  23. value
  24. wavy line
  25. line
  26. 2H
  27. background
  28. looks smaller
  29. a flat 2D area
  30. 12
  31. hard, light marks
  32. 4
  33. many parallel lines
  34. False
  35. True
  36. True
  37. dark value
  38. horizontal
  39. light value
  40. star

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