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Portrait Lesson

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a portrait?

a)

An artwork that shows animals.

b)

An artwork that shows land.

c)

An artwork that shows buildings.

d)

An artwork that represents or depicts a person, with strong emphasis on the face or head and shoulders.

2.

When creating a realistic portrait, it is important to remember humans have hard, bold outlines like a cartoon.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

When drawing a portrait, it is important to fill almost every space with value, and leave almost nothing white.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

To draw accurate proportions, where do the eyes go on a human face?

a)

About 1/4 of the way down

b)

Right in the middle

c)

About 3/4 down from the top

5.

To draw accurate proportions, where does the hairline go on a human head?

a)

About 1/4 down from the top

b)

In the middle

c)

About 3/4 down from the top

6.

The distance between the two eyes should be about the length of one eye.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

To draw accurate proportions, where does the bottom of the nose go on a human face?

a)

About 1/4 of the way down

b)

In the middle

c)

About 3/4 of the way down

8.

To draw accurate proportions, where do the ears go on a human head?

a)

On the side of the head, above the eyes

b)

On the side of the head, between the middle of the eyes and the bottom of the nose

c)

On the side of the head, below the nose

9.

To draw accurate human proportions, how wide should the neck be?

a)

The width of the mouth

b)

Roughly the width of the head

c)

Wider than the head

10.

To draw hair, it is important to draw every individual strand of hair.

a)

True

b)

False, It is mostly shading, with some strands drawn in.

11.

Style of portrait that offers an honest, realistic depiction of a person.

a)

Symbolic

b)

Naturalistic

c)

Stylized

d)

Radical

12.

The lightness or darkness of a particular color.

a)

Hue

b)

Portrait

c)

Contrast

d)

Value

13.

A caricature would be an example of this type of portrait.

a)

Stylized

b)

Realism

c)

Hyper-realism

d)

Symbolic

14.

Small rolled up pieces of paper that are used to smooth pencil strokes.

a)

Crayons

b)

Markers

c)

Blending stumps

d)

Compass

15.

A picture of a person, usually from the shoulders up.

a)

Landscape

b)

Seascape

c)

Portrait

d)

Cityscape

16.

Many years ago, who would likely have been able to hire an artist for a portrait?

a)

Anyone

b)

Poor people

c)

The wealthy and powerful

d)

Nobody

17.

Having a variety of shades. From the darkest dark to the lightest light. This word means "differences".

a)

Value

b)

Texture

c)

Pattern

d)

Contrast

18.

The creative, spatial, art side of the brain.

a)

Left

b)

Right

19.

The analytical, mathematical, verbal side of the brain.

a)

Left

b)

Right

20.

A drawing from life, where you are actually looking at what you are drawing.

a)

Observation drawing

b)

Graphic design

c)

Photography

d)

Sculpture

21.

Recreating and enlarging a picture by matching lines, values, shapes, and colors in a square that is larger.

a)

Life drawing

b)

Photography

c)

The grid method of drawing

d)

Observation drawing

22.

When creating a realistic portrait, it is important to remember humans have hard, bold outlines like a cartoon.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

When drawing a portrait, you should ___________

a)

Work from memory

b)

Look at a reference photo

24.

To draw accurate proportions, where do the eyes go on a human face?

a)

About 1/4 of the way down

b)

Right in the middle

c)

About 3/4 down from the top

25.

What style of portrait is this?

a)

Naturalistic

b)

Stylized

c)

Symbolic

d)

Ideal

26.
The lightness and darkness of a color.
a)
tint
b)
shade
c)
intensity
d)
value
27.
________ is the placement or arrangement of visual elements in an artwork.
a)
value
b)
composition
c)
perspective
d)
drawing