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Value and Contrast

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The lightness and darkness of an object.

a)

Color

b)

Value

c)

Balance

d)

Line

2.

A series of spaces filled with the tints and shades of one color, starting white white or the lightest tint on one end, and gradually changing into the darkest shade or black on the other.

a)

Major scale

b)

Color scale

c)

Pentatonic scale

d)

Gray scale

3.

Which shading technique is this?

a)

Hatching

b)

Blending

c)

Cross hatching

d)

Stippling

4.

Which shading technique is this?

a)

Blending

b)

Stippling

c)

Cross hatching

d)

Hatching

5.

Which shading technique is this?

a)

Cross hatching

b)

Stippling

c)

Blending

d)

Hatching

6.

A technique of shading so that there is a gentle and gradual transition from one to the other.

a)

Value

b)

Blending

c)

Stippling

d)

Hatching

7.

What type of shading technique is this?

(a)  

8.

This image is an example of value changes on a sphere.

a)

true

b)

false

9.

The shading technique that gradually adds values by applying pressure to the side of the pencil. The more pressure added, the darker the values appear. It is generally an artist's preferred choice of shading. We practiced this technique when we created the butterfly/ladybug drawing. No lines were allowed to "show." This technique is considered:

a)

Blending technique

b)

Hatching technique

c)

Cross-Hatching technique

d)

Scribbling/

Scumbling technique

10.

The direction from which a dominant light is coming from is called the?

a)

Light

b)

Light Source

c)

Highlight

d)

Highlight Source

11.

To achieve the darkest value which pencil should you use?

a)

6B

b)

B

c)

H

d)

4H

12.

To achieve the lightest value out of your 2, 4 and 6b graphite pencils which pencil should you use?

a)

6B

b)

4b

c)

2b

13.

This lovely painting would be considered a low-key painting.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

This painting is obviously a low-key painting when considering value.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

How many values did you apply to the value scale you created in your hand-out?

a)

12

b)

8

c)

9

d)

10

16.

Contrast, a Principle of Design, refers to differences in values, colors, textures, shapes and other elements.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Color and value are not closely related.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

This painting by artist Raimonds Straprans shows that the focal area of a painting can be created by emphasizing dark and light value contrasts or intense color.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What type of charcoal would an artist select if they want rich, deep values in a drawing?

a)

extra-soft vine charcoal

b)

medium vine charcoal

c)

soft vine charcoal

d)

compressed charcoal

20.

What type of shadow is the line pointing to?

a)

Core Shadow

b)

My shadow

c)

Mood Shadow

d)

Cast Shadow

21.

This painting by Monet is an example of...

a)

High Key Painting

b)

Off Key Painting

c)

Turn Key Painting

d)

Low Key Painting

22.

What is value contrast in art?

a)

Contrast of value in art is the harmony between the tones of a painting.

b)

Contrast of value in art is the proportion of figures in a composition.

c)

Contrast of value in art refers to the similarity between the colors used in a work.

d)

Value contrast helps us to see and understand a two-dimensional work of art.

23.

The focal area of a painting can be created by emphasizing dark and light value contrastss or intense color.

a)

true

b)

false

24.

Brighter colors that are created when adding white to a pure color.

a)

Tints

b)

Tones

c)

Shades

25.

Darker colors that are created when adding black to a pure color.

a)

Tints

b)

Tones

c)

Shades

26.

This is a drawing in charcoal by the artist, Henri Matisse. What do we call the lines that are faint and have been wiped away but still show?

a)

compressed charcoal lines

b)

ghost lines

c)

unwanted lines

d)

invisible lines

27.

One of the characteristics of vine charcoal is that it can be hard to erase once applied.

a)

true

b)

false

28.

This beautiful drawing by Rebecca Carpenter, was done with what type of charcoal?

a)

compressed

b)

charcoal pencil

c)

vine

d)

graphite

29.

This bold and expressive drawing of a still life with flowers by Zanine Montoya is characteristic of what type of charcoal?

a)

graphite

b)

vine

c)

charcoal pencil

d)

compressed

30.

We watched a video, The History of the Still LIfe. Where did still life images first appear in Western Civilization?

a)

Egypt

b)

Africa

c)

Scotland

d)

Greece

31.

"Memento Mori" is a type of still life painting or mosaic that was used as a moral reminder to the masses. What does "Momento Mori" refer to in still life artwork?

a)

remember you will live forever

b)

remember life is a journey

c)

remember last week

d)

remember you must die

32.

When a still life has beautiful luxurious items in it, such as musical instruments, expensive gold items, crowns, silks, or other expensive items next to symbols of death like skulls or burnt -out candles, what term is applied to this type of still life?

a)

Vanitas

b)

Mementos

c)

Vanities

d)

Vanity

33.

In landscapes, distant features are usually lighter in value than closer features. Depicting such value contrast is called:

a)

low-key values

b)

atmospheric perspective

c)

high key values

d)

gray scale perspective