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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 839 · 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) ocean waves (c) stitches on cloth (d) the teeth of a saw
  2. 2.What do we use masking tape for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) fine lines and details (c) mixing colours (d) holding paper flat
  3. 3.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) vanishing point (b) border (c) foreground (d) highlight
  4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  5. 5.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) see-through colour (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) blend with a fingertip
  6. 6.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
  7. 7.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
  8. 8.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a closed flat outline (d) a moving dot’s path
  10. 10.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) triangle (b) rectangle (c) circle (d) pyramid
  11. 11.True or false: a tall lamp post is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  13. 13.True or false: ocean waves looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) looks smaller (c) overlaps other things (d) is partly hidden
  15. 15.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the bottom of the page (b) things that look biggest (c) the top of the scene (d) the part in between
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) form (c) space (d) line
  17. 17.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  18. 18.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) bristles down (c) bristles up or flat (d) with paint on it
  19. 19.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hard (b) high (c) heavy (d) hot
  20. 20.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems far away. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) form (d) shape
  22. 22.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part nearest you (b) the top of the scene (c) the part in between (d) the bottom of the page
  23. 23.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) holding paper flat (c) fine lines and details (d) giving a pencil a point
  25. 25.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
  26. 26.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) has height, width, depth (c) a sense of near and far (d) only length and width
  28. 28.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  29. 29.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) water pot (b) masking tape (c) easel (d) sponge
  30. 30.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks smaller (c) is partly hidden (d) shows less detail
  31. 31.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  33. 33.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  34. 34.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
  35. 35.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a wavy line (b) a zigzag line (c) a straight line (d) a dotted line
  36. 36.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks smaller (c) looks bigger (d) sits lower on the page
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) triangle (c) pyramid (d) cube
  39. 39.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) the teeth of a saw (c) dashes on a road (d) ocean waves
  40. 40.🍃 Is a cloud a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape

Answer key

  1. the teeth of a saw
  2. holding paper flat
  3. vanishing point
  4. 7
  5. hard, waxy sticks
  6. shadow side
  7. hard, light marks
  8. False
  9. a hue, like red or blue
  10. pyramid
  11. False
  12. good brush care
  13. False
  14. overlaps other things
  15. the top of the scene
  16. space
  17. bad for the brush
  18. bristles up or flat
  19. hard
  20. True
  21. colour
  22. the part in between
  23. True
  24. giving a pencil a point
  25. 4
  26. vertical
  27. only length and width
  28. light value
  29. easel
  30. overlaps other things
  31. True
  32. dark value
  33. frame
  34. 4
  35. a wavy line
  36. horizontal
  37. looks smaller
  38. triangle
  39. ocean waves
  40. organic shape

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