Art UIL Test

Paintings of close-up carefully arranged objects are called what?

• Landscape paintings

• Portraits

• Genre scenes

• Still lifes

Blue and red combine to make what color?

• Brown

• Pink

• Purple

• Green

Why are primary colors important in art?

• They are the most expensive colors to buy.

• They are the most difficult colors to mix.

• They are the building blocks for creating all other colors in the color wheel.

• They do not occur in nature and are therefore only used by abstract artists.

What effect are curved or wavy lines most likely to have in painting?

• A sense of fluid and graceful movement

• A sense of danger and instability

• A sense of height and grandeur

• A sense of rigidity and stiffness

An artist can introduce perspective in a piece by painting objects that are farther away ____ than those that are closer.

• Larger

• Smaller

• Rounder

• Brighter

Sometimes artists repeat colors, shapes, or lines to create patterns and create movement in a painting. This technique is called

• Rhythm

• Composition

• Flow

• Chiaroscuro

In a picture of a beach, what might be in the foreground?

• The faraway ocean

• The clouds in the sky

• A sunset on the horizon

• A seashell in the sand

When an artist uses contrast, what might they put next to each other in their painting?

• Objects that are the same size.

• Objects that are the same shape.

• Analogous colors.

• Complementary colors.

Which of the following is INCORRECT? Artists often use light to

• bring out the texture of objects

• create the illusion of depth and dimension

• draw the viewer's attention to certain focal points

• create a sense of rhythm

The slab of wood or plastic that artists use to blend and arrange their paints before adding them onto a canvas is called a

• Palette

• Easel

• Oeuvre

• Color Wheel