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Basic Art Exam Study Guide

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is line contour?

a)

Outline of an object as one continuous line

b)

A pattern of lines that form a shape

c)

A type of drawing that uses only one

d)

A type of shading used to create a 3 dimensional effect

2.

What is blind contour?

a)

Drawing an object without lifting your pencil

b)

Only looking at the object

c)

Only looking at the paper

d)

Drawing an object from memory

3.

What is weighted contour?

a)

The thickness of the line that creates the appearance of being closer or farther away

b)

The color of the line that creates the appearance of being closer or farther away

c)

The shape of the line that creates the appearance of being closer or farther away

d)

The texture of the line that creates the appearance of being closer or farther away

4.

What is a still life?

a)

A drawing of one object

b)

A drawing of a landscape

c)

An arrangement of objects

d)

A type of sculpture

5.

What is the foreground?

a)

The part of a still life that is closest to the viewer

b)

The part of a still life that is not closet or furthest

c)

The part of a portrait that is closest to the viewer

d)

The part of a still life that is furthest from the viewer

6.

What is the background?

a)

The more recessive portions of a composition

b)

The most prominent elements of a design

c)

The most subtle details of a painting

d)

The most vivid colors of a photograph

7.

What is a composition?

a)

A black and white photograph

b)

An group of objects with a drawing in relationship to each other

c)

An arrangement of elements with a drawing in relationship to each other

d)

A single prominent element in a drawing

8.

Space is?

a)

The area above, below, around or within objects in art

b)

The area within the background in art

c)

A way to create depth

d)

A way to create balance

9.

Which way is NOT a way to convey space?

a)

Size

b)

Placement

c)

Scribbling

d)

Detail

10.

What is one point perspective?

a)

Everything seems to radiate from one point

b)

All objects appear to be the same size

c)

Everything seems to radiate from multiple points

d)

All lines converge to a single point

11.

What drawings do not normally use perspective

a)

Portraits

b)

Organic objects

c)

Buildings

d)

The inside of your room

12.

A horizon line is?

a)

Where the lines of perspective converge

b)

Where the ocean meets the sky

c)

Where the sky meets the ground

d)

Where all lines overlap

13.

What is a vanishing point?

a)

A point in a drawing where the shapes become distorted

b)

A point in a painting where the colors blend together

c)

Where the lines of perspective repel

d)

Where the lines of perspective converge

14.

A slab building is?

a)

Making a ceramic piece using flat shapes

b)

Making a ceramic piece using round shapes

c)

Making a wood piece using triangular shapes

d)

Assembling a model out of pieces

15.

What is a Leatherhard?

a)

A stage in drying clay where it is completely dry and stiff

b)

A stage in drying clay where it is damp but stiffened

c)

A tool used to shape clay

d)

A type of glaze used for ceramics

16.

A milted corner is?

a)

A rounded off corner on a slab

b)

A type of fastener used to join two pieces of clay

c)

A joint made by rounding flat pieces and mashing them together

d)

A joint made by cutting 2 pieces at a 45 degree angle and fitting them together

17.

What is a tint?

a)

A mixture of a color with white

b)

A mixture of a color with black

c)

A combination of two colors

d)

When two colors blend together

18.

What is a shade?

a)

A mixture of 3 different colors

b)

A tint of white

c)

A mixture of a color with black

d)

Mixing white and black

19.

Primary colors

a)

Red, yellow, blue

b)

Green, purple, orange

c)

Red, green, blue

d)

Yellow, Purple, Red

20.

Secondary colors

a)

Red, green, and orange

b)

Green, orange, and purple

c)

Blue, white, and pink

d)

Orange, black, and red

21.

Complimentary colors

a)

Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel

b)

Colors that are the same hue

c)

Colors opposite of each other on the color wheel

d)

Colors that are the same shade