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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 860 · 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.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
  2. 2.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) things that look biggest (b) the part nearest you (c) the bottom of the page (d) the top of the scene
  3. 3.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) fine lines and details (b) wide, straight strokes (c) mixing colours (d) holding paper flat
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) how light or dark it is (c) how a surface feels (d) the area around objects
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  6. 6.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a snail shell (b) a laser beam (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a jalebi
  7. 7.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) shows less detail (c) looks smaller (d) shows more detail
  9. 9.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) charcoal (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) poster colour
  10. 10.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) in the foreground (b) on the frame (c) at the bottom edge (d) on the horizon line
  11. 11.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cone (b) square (c) rectangle (d) circle
  13. 13.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
  15. 15.True or false: a circle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: a cone is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a cylinder is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
  21. 21.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
  22. 22.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) flat brush (b) palette (c) masking tape (d) water pot
  25. 25.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  26. 26.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  27. 27.True or false: a leaf is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) leaving it in water (d) rinsing between colours
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) looks furry or scaly (c) the area around objects (d) what a rainbow shows
  30. 30.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) water pot (b) sharpener (c) palette (d) sponge
  32. 32.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) pyramid (c) rectangle (d) cube
  33. 33.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the brightest spot (c) the side away from light (d) the dark shape it throws
  34. 34.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) drying bristles up (c) letting paint dry on it (d) scrubbing hard on paper
  35. 35.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) vanishing point (b) foreground (c) highlight (d) border
  36. 36.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
  37. 37.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
  38. 38.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a snail shell looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a pyramid is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. geometric shape
  2. the top of the scene
  3. wide, straight strokes
  4. what a rainbow shows
  5. value
  6. a laser beam
  7. hard, light marks
  8. shows more detail
  9. poster colour
  10. on the horizon line
  11. True
  12. cone
  13. False
  14. oil pastels
  15. True
  16. True
  17. False
  18. False
  19. False
  20. 2H
  21. 12
  22. False
  23. False
  24. flat brush
  25. good brush care
  26. 7
  27. False
  28. rinsing between colours
  29. looks furry or scaly
  30. False
  31. water pot
  32. rectangle
  33. the side away from light
  34. drying bristles up
  35. vanishing point
  36. far away
  37. stippling
  38. True
  39. True
  40. True

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