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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 91 · 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.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
  2. 2.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) watercolour (b) poster colour (c) pencil (d) oil pastels
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  6. 6.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) H (c) 2B (d) HB
  8. 8.Which of these is good brush care? (a) rinsing between colours (b) standing on its bristles (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) letting paint dry on it
  9. 9.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) at the very edge (b) off the page (c) in a corner (d) where the lines cross
  11. 11.True or false: a laser beam looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form (c) a flat outline
  13. 13.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  14. 14.True or false: we use a round brush for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: dark brown has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) cuboid (c) pyramid (d) rectangle
  18. 18.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part nearest you (b) the top of the scene (c) things that look biggest (d) the bottom of the page
  19. 19.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a lightning bolt (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a coiled rope
  21. 21.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
  22. 22.What do we use a round brush for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) wide, straight strokes (c) holding paper flat (d) fine lines and details
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) form
  24. 24.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) cuboid (c) cone (d) pyramid
  26. 26.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) standing on its bristles (c) reshaping the tip (d) rinsing between colours
  27. 27.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cuboid (b) cube (c) cylinder (d) star
  29. 29.🍃 Is a cloud a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
  30. 30.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) ocean waves (b) a laser beam (c) a lightning bolt (d) a cut-here line
  31. 31.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
  32. 32.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
  33. 33.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) shows more detail (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks smaller
  36. 36.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) pencil (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
  38. 38.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) HB (b) H (c) 4H (d) 4B
  39. 39.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) rinsing between colours (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) washing with mild soap
  40. 40.🧊 Which 3D form is a candle shaped like? (a) cone (b) sphere (c) cylinder (d) cuboid

Answer key

  1. shadow side
  2. watercolour
  3. 7
  4. True
  5. bad for the brush
  6. False
  7. 2B
  8. rinsing between colours
  9. True
  10. where the lines cross
  11. True
  12. a 3D form
  13. good brush care
  14. False
  15. True
  16. True
  17. rectangle
  18. the top of the scene
  19. False
  20. a coiled rope
  21. 9
  22. fine lines and details
  23. space
  24. 8
  25. circle
  26. standing on its bristles
  27. True
  28. star
  29. organic shape
  30. ocean waves
  31. 4
  32. hatching
  33. False
  34. False
  35. looks smaller
  36. False
  37. pencil
  38. 4B
  39. scrubbing hard on paper
  40. cylinder

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