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Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 972 · 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.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) space (d) texture
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  3. 3.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) holding paper flat (b) dabbing soft textures (c) giving a pencil a point (d) rinsing brushes
  4. 4.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how light or dark it is (b) has height, width, depth (c) a closed flat outline (d) looks furry or scaly
  6. 6.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: we use a flat brush for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  10. 10.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  11. 11.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) ocean waves (b) the teeth of a saw (c) stitches on cloth (d) a tightly pulled rope
  12. 12.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) border (b) vanishing point (c) highlight (d) foreground
  13. 13.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  14. 14.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) wavy line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
  16. 16.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
  17. 17.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
  18. 18.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
  20. 20.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) horizontal lines (b) vertical lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
  21. 21.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) curved lines
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) the area around objects
  23. 23.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
  24. 24.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) palette (b) masking tape (c) water pot (d) easel
  25. 25.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) vertical lines (b) zigzag lines (c) diagonal lines (d) horizontal lines
  26. 26.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the darker half of it (b) its shadow on the table (c) where light hits most (d) the side away from light
  28. 28.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) above the object (b) under the object (c) on the ceiling (d) in the sky
  29. 29.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a table top (d) a sleeping person
  30. 30.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a zigzag line (b) a dotted line (c) a straight line (d) a wavy line
  31. 31.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the top of the scene (b) the part nearest you (c) the part in between (d) the bottom of the page
  32. 32.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  33. 33.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) wax crayons
  34. 34.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) shows more detail (c) looks bigger (d) looks smaller
  35. 35.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) criss-cross lines (c) lines all one way (d) smudging with a finger
  36. 36.True or false: a pyramid is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: pencil grade B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
  39. 39.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a small round brush (b) a wide flat brush (c) a pencil (d) a toothpick

Answer key

  1. texture
  2. space
  3. giving a pencil a point
  4. straight line
  5. has height, width, depth
  6. False
  7. False
  8. True
  9. vertical
  10. 7
  11. a tightly pulled rope
  12. vanishing point
  13. diagonal
  14. False
  15. straight line
  16. foreground
  17. geometric shape
  18. True
  19. 1
  20. vertical lines
  21. horizontal lines
  22. the area around objects
  23. oil pastels
  24. masking tape
  25. diagonal lines
  26. True
  27. where light hits most
  28. under the object
  29. a standing tree trunk
  30. a wavy line
  31. the top of the scene
  32. diagonal
  33. watercolour
  34. looks smaller
  35. lines all one way
  36. False
  37. False
  38. far away
  39. True
  40. a wide flat brush

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