Art - End of Year Test -2025 (Grade 7 & 8)

Artists create __________________________using various techniques to create contrast in how objects look and feel.

Select the word that will fill the blank.

• Value

• Color

• Texture

• Shade

To fully appreciate Art, one has to be very observant. Look carefully at the Art below and answer TRUE or FALSE to the question.

The artist mixed colors to show the effect of sunlight on the rug, wood, and other objects. 

• True
• False

Match the following appropriately, explaining the visual tools artists and designers use.

• Shade

• The lightness or darkness of a color used to create a mood.

• Value

• Used with black and white to get almost every other color imaginable

• Tint

• This is created by combining a lighter color with black.

• Primary Colors

• Specific group of colors an artist selects to work with.

• Color Scheme

• Combining a darker color with white to produce this. Combining a darker shade with white

Which would be the best way for an artist to create the illusion of a feather's texture, which would give one the feel of the actual feather (implied texture)?

Choose your response from the menu below.

 

• Using a real feather dipped in the paint to suggest soft fur.

• Hundreds of fine lines to suggest soft fur.

• Using a brush to paint the feather.

• Pasting a feather on the paper.

How has the artist suggested that the road goes on and on into space?

 

 

• The tints and shades get bolder

   

• The scene appears unrealistic

• The lines in the road gets smaller, paler, and less detailed.

• The lines in the road gets larger, brighter, and more detailed.

Match the following Visual Tools to what they mean in ART.

 

• Value

• Has visual weight: symmetrical, asymmetrical, and radial

• Balance

• The area between, in, around, an object, The illusion of 3-D is created using this idea.

• Space

• The lightness or darkness of a color.

• Scale and Proportion

• Used to emphasize, attract, and hold attention such as in a cartoon. One part of the object in contrast to the other parts (E.g. A person's head in relation to the ears.

This artwork celebrates the life and work of Shirley Chisholm.

Question:

Which balance technique does the artist use to organize the shapes and colors in this quilt?

Hint: A balanced artwork seems to have "visual weight." There are three basic types of balance noted below:

-SYMMETRICAL: one half of the design mirrors the other half

-ASYMMETRICAL: the halves do not look alike, but the colors or shapes create the same visual effect.

-RADIAL: The parts of the design seem to radiate from a central point.

 

• Radial Balance

• Symmetrical Balance

• Asymmetrical Balance

• No Balance identified

In this artwork, how has the artist drawn your attention to the main character?

• She used contrasting sizes and where the subject is placed to create the emphasis

• She uses water color to create a mood

• She used black and white lines to create the contrast

• She used distance and color

Which statements are true about the artwork?

Choose the two that seem to apply.

• The artist did not use repeating lines, or patterns in this artwork.

• There is a sense of movement, action, and energy

• There is a sense of calmness, stillness and composure among the subjects in the picture.

• Excitement can be observed among the subjects in the artwork.

The stone houses of Skara Brae on the Orkney Islands of Scotland are evidence of prehistoric settlement in Northern Europe.

What can be concluded from this architecture?

• People, regardless of time period, make connections and or adapt to their lived experiences

• All other answers.

• Art and design can teach important lessons from history

• Geographical features, design, architecture, weather and climate are important in creating communities.