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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 895 · 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 white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  2. 2.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) in a corner (b) off the page (c) at the very edge (d) where the lines cross
  3. 3.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a traffic cone (b) a brick (c) a party hat (d) a dice
  4. 4.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) pyramid (b) cube (c) sphere (d) square
  7. 7.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
  8. 8.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a cube (b) a sculpture (c) a form (d) a shape
  9. 9.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
  10. 10.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) bright, flat colour (b) do not smudge easily (c) grey lines for sketching (d) see-through colour
  11. 11.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) cuboid (c) pyramid (d) triangle
  13. 13.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) wavy line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
  14. 14.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: a triangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) on the left side (c) inside the object (d) above the object
  17. 17.🧊 Which 3D form is an ice-cream cone shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cuboid
  18. 18.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) blue (b) big (c) black (d) brown
  19. 19.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a flag in the wind (d) a ruler’s edge
  20. 20.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
  21. 21.True or false: a circle is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 2H (b) 4H
  23. 23.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
  24. 24.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) hatching
  25. 25.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) oval (c) cuboid (d) cube
  27. 27.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a jalebi (c) a lightning bolt (d) a tightly pulled rope
  28. 28.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
  30. 30.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the background. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) leaving it in water (d) reshaping the tip
  32. 32.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
  33. 33.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) criss-cross lines (c) smooth, soft tones (d) many parallel lines
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  35. 35.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2H (b) HB (c) 4B (d) H
  36. 36.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) sharpener (b) water pot (c) masking tape (d) flat brush
  37. 37.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) do not smudge easily (c) soft, light washes (d) bright, flat colour
  38. 38.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a coiled rope (b) a laser beam (c) stitches on cloth (d) the teeth of a saw
  39. 39.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) lines all one way (c) dots packed close (d) lines crossing over
  40. 40.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) frame

Answer key

  1. light value
  2. where the lines cross
  3. a dice
  4. True
  5. True
  6. square
  7. horizontal
  8. a shape
  9. shadow side
  10. see-through colour
  11. False
  12. triangle
  13. wavy line
  14. True
  15. True
  16. on the left side
  17. cone
  18. black
  19. a ruler’s edge
  20. 4
  21. True
  22. 4H
  23. a 2D shape
  24. hatching
  25. False
  26. oval
  27. a cut-here line
  28. False
  29. texture
  30. False
  31. leaving it in water
  32. hard, light marks
  33. criss-cross lines
  34. value
  35. HB
  36. masking tape
  37. do not smudge easily
  38. the teeth of a saw
  39. lines crossing over
  40. frame

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