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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 897 · 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.True or false: light grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is good brush care? (a) rinsing between colours (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) leaving it in water (d) letting paint dry on it
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how light or dark it is (c) only length and width (d) a closed flat outline
  4. 4.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a drinking straw (b) a candle (c) a shoe box (d) a water pipe
  5. 5.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
  6. 6.True or false: an object that sits near the horizon seems far away. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
  8. 8.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a leaning ladder (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a sleeping person
  9. 9.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) sharpener (b) water pot (c) palette (d) round brush
  10. 10.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
  11. 11.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) the area around objects (c) a flat 2D area (d) a hue, like red or blue
  13. 13.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) 4B (c) B (d) 4H
  14. 14.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called blending. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a long, thin mark (c) has height, width, depth (d) looks furry or scaly
  17. 17.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
  18. 18.True or false: a sleeping person is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks smaller (d) shows more detail
  20. 20.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems far away. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) oval (b) star (c) rectangle (d) cuboid
  23. 23.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hard (b) high (c) hot (d) heavy
  24. 24.True or false: a pyramid is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
  26. 26.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  27. 27.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4H (b) H (c) HB (d) 2B
  28. 28.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  29. 29.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
  30. 30.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the part farthest away (c) the part nearest you (d) the part in between
  31. 31.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) taller (b) closer to you (c) younger (d) farther away
  32. 32.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  33. 33.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) sponge (b) masking tape (c) flat brush (d) water pot
  34. 34.Which of these is called hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) smudging with a finger (c) lines crossing over (d) dots packed close
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) colour (c) value (d) shape
  36. 36.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
  37. 37.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part nearest you (b) the top of the scene (c) the part farthest away (d) the part in between
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
  39. 39.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
  40. 40.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care

Answer key

  1. True
  2. rinsing between colours
  3. a moving dot’s path
  4. a shoe box
  5. horizontal
  6. True
  7. geometric shape
  8. a sleeping person
  9. palette
  10. shadow side
  11. 2
  12. a flat 2D area
  13. 4H
  14. False
  15. True
  16. looks furry or scaly
  17. oil pastels
  18. False
  19. looks smaller
  20. True
  21. False
  22. cuboid
  23. hard
  24. False
  25. vertical
  26. dark value
  27. 2B
  28. 7
  29. 4
  30. the part farthest away
  31. farther away
  32. good brush care
  33. masking tape
  34. many parallel lines
  35. shape
  36. hatching
  37. the part nearest you
  38. value
  39. zigzag line
  40. good brush care

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