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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 961 · 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 is a vertical line? (a) a falling tree (b) a leaning ladder (c) a person standing tall (d) a sleeping person
  2. 2.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
  3. 3.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) form
  5. 5.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) is partly hidden (c) sits lower on the page (d) shows more detail
  6. 6.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) form
  8. 8.True or false: an oval is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems far away. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) drying bristles up (c) letting paint dry on it (d) leaving it in water
  12. 12.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) H (c) 4B (d) 2B
  13. 13.What do we use a water pot for? (a) holding a board upright (b) rinsing brushes (c) wide, straight strokes (d) giving a pencil a point
  14. 14.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) looks bigger (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks smaller
  15. 15.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
  16. 16.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a pencil (b) a toothpick (c) a wide flat brush (d) a small round brush
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) shows more detail (c) looks smaller (d) sits near the horizon
  18. 18.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  19. 19.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  22. 22.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
  23. 23.True or false: a table top is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  26. 26.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) shape (d) colour
  27. 27.True or false: pencil grade HB makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
  29. 29.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
  30. 30.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) sponge (b) easel (c) masking tape (d) palette
  31. 31.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) vertical lines
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) star (b) square (c) sphere (d) rectangle
  33. 33.True or false: a laser beam looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling
  35. 35.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) do not smudge easily (b) thick, opaque paint (c) see-through colour (d) mixed with lots of water
  36. 36.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
  37. 37.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
  38. 38.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) soft, light washes (b) blend with a fingertip (c) do not smudge easily (d) bright, flat colour
  39. 39.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the side away from light (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the brightest spot (d) the darker half of it
  40. 40.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) see-through colour (d) bright, flat colour

Answer key

  1. a person standing tall
  2. near the viewer
  3. True
  4. shape
  5. is partly hidden
  6. background
  7. line
  8. True
  9. False
  10. True
  11. drying bristles up
  12. H
  13. rinsing brushes
  14. looks smaller
  15. stippling
  16. a wide flat brush
  17. shows more detail
  18. 7
  19. True
  20. True
  21. dark value
  22. middle ground
  23. False
  24. False
  25. vertical
  26. glue
  27. True
  28. geometric shape
  29. far away
  30. easel
  31. horizontal lines
  32. sphere
  33. True
  34. cross-hatching
  35. thick, opaque paint
  36. spiral line
  37. horizontal
  38. blend with a fingertip
  39. the brightest spot
  40. bright, flat colour

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