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WorksheetsDrawing a Portrait Quiz
Total questions: 88
Worksheet time: 44mins
When drawing a portrait of a person, the shape of the head is a(n) ________________________.
Circle
Oval
Upside down egg shape
The eyes fall where on the face?
At the top of the head
Right below the forehead
Halfway down on the face
How many eye widths across on the eye line are there so that you know you have the right size eyes?
Four
Five
Six
The base of the nose falls where on the face?
Halfway between the eye line and chin
In the middle of the face
Slightly above the mouth
The lips fall where on the face?
On the lower part of the chin
Halfway between the nose line and the chin
At the bottom of the face
The shapes of the eyes are ________________________.
Round
Oval
Lemon shaped in order to include the tear duct
The eyes must contain ________________________.
An iris and a pupil
Two circles
One circle and a dot
The shape of the nose is ________________________.
Mountain like
Triangular
Rectangular
The shape of the mouth is ________________________.
Mountain like
Triangular
Rectangular
The ears fall ____________________.
On the sides of the face
Between the eye line and lip line
Between the eye line and nose line
The neck starts from ____________________.
The bottom of the chin
The sides of the chin
The bottom of the ears and slightly curves in
The hair ____________________.
Should be stringy like spaghetti
A shape that is later shaded for value and texture
Should be only drawn on the top of the head
The hair should ____________________.
Overlap the forehead
Be stringy like spaghetti
Be only drawn on the top of the head
When shading the face for form, the lightest areas of value are ____________________.
on the forehead, bridge of the nose, cheekbones, and chin
on the forehead and chin only
on the nose and cheekbones only
A two dimensional area that is defined in some way. While form has depth, this has only height and width. This can be either geometric or free-form.
Value
Form
Space
Shape
Line
The element of art that refers to the emptiness or area between, around, above, below, or within objects.
Space
Texture
Form
Line
Value
Measured against a standard reference. Can refer to an entire work of art or to elements within it.
Size
Form
Texture
Value
Space
The element of art that refers to how things feel, or look as if they might feel if touched. It is perceived by touch and sight. Objects can have rough or smooth, matte or shiny.
Form
Space
Value
Texture
Line
The element of art that describes the darkness or lightness of an object. Depends on how much light a surface reflects. Is also one of the three properties of color.
Value
Texture
Space
Form
Line
The element of art that is derived from reflected light. The sensation is aroused in the brain by response of the eyes to different wavelengths of light. It has three properties: hue, value, and intensity.
Value
Line
Form
Texture
Space
Element of art that is the path of a moving point through space. Although they vary in appearance, they are considered one-dimensional and are measured by length.
Line
Texture
Form
Value
Space
Objects having three dimensions. Like a shape, it has height and width, but it also has depth. They are either geometric or free form.
Space
Form
Texture
Line
Value
Principle of art concerned with difference or contrast.
Repetition
Unity
Variety
Balance
The quality of wholeness or oneness that is achieved through the effective use of the elements and principles of art. Created by simplicity, repetition, and proximity.
Unity
Rhythm
Emphasis
Movement
The principle of art used to create the look and feeling of action and to guide the view’s eyes throughout the work of art.
Balance
Rhythm
Variety
Emphasis
Principle of art that makes one part of a work dominant over the other parts. The element noticed first is called dominant; the elements noticed later are called subordinate.
Emphasis
Movement
Unity
Balance
Principle of art concerned with equalizing visual forces, or elements, in a work of art. The two types are formal (symmetrical) and informal (asymmetrical).
Repetition
Balance
Variety
Movement
Technique for creating rhythm and unity in which a motif or single element appears again and again.
Emphasis
Movement
Repetition
Variety
The principle of art that indicates movement by the repetition of elements. It is perceived through the eyes and is created by repeating positive spaces separated by negative spaces. There are five types: random, regular, alternating, flowing, and progressive.
Rhythm
Unity
Balance
Emphasis
The spectrum bent into a circle.
Monochromatic
Complementary
Color Wheel
Shade
The element of art that is derived from reflected light. The sensation is aroused in the brain by response of the eyes to different wavelengths of light. It has three properties: hue, value, and intensity.
Color
Tone
Shade
Tint
Plan for organizing colors. Types of color schemes include monochromatic, analogous, complementary, triad, split complementary, warm, and cool.
Color Scheme
Color Wheel
Tint
Tone
The colors opposite each other on the color wheel.
Complementary
Analogous
Warm
Cool
Blue, green, and violet. They suggest coolness and seem to recede from a viewer. Can be used as a color scheme. Opposite of warm colors.
Warm
Cool
Primary
Secondary
Colors that sit side by side on the color wheel and have a common hue. Ex- violet, red, and orange. Can be used as a color scheme.
Analogous
Complementary
Monochromatic
Primary
A color scheme that uses only one hue and the tints, tones, and shades of that hue for a unifying effect.
Monochromatic
Complementary
Analogous
Warm
A dark value of a hue made by adding black to it. Opposite of tint.
Shade
Tone
Color Wheel
Warm
A light value of a hue made by mixing the hue with white. Opposite of shade.
Tint
Tone
Color
Warm
Red, orange, and yellow. Suggest warmth and seem to move toward the viewer. Can be used as a color scheme. Opposite of cool colors.
Warm colors
Cool colors
Neutral colors
Complementary colors
Red, blue, and yellow. You cannot make primary hues by mixing other hues together. However, by combining these three colors, you can produce every other color.
Primary colors
Secondary colors
Tertiary colors
Complementary colors
Orange, green, and violet. These hues are made by mixing two primary colors.
Secondary colors
Primary colors
Tertiary colors
Complementary colors
Part of the picture plane that seems to be farthest from the viewer
Background
Middle ground
Foreground
Back plane
A color plus gray.
Tone
Tint
Shade
Hue
Instrument used for measuring and drawing arcs and circles
Ruler
Compass
Protractor
Divider
The way the principles of art are used to organize the elements of art
Composition
Content
Collage
Design
A line that defines the edges and surface ridges of an object
Outline
Contour
Sketch
Silhouette
The technique of using crossed lines for shading
Hatching
Crosshatching
Stippling
Scribbling
Plan, organization, or arrangement of elements in a work of art
Composition
Artwork
Design
Layout
Type of line that slants
Horizontal
Vertical
Diagonal
Parallel
Deviations from expected, normal proportions
Distortion
Proportionality
Deviants
Basic visual symbols in the language of art. They are line, shape and form, space, color, value, and texture.
Principles of design
Elements of design
Principles of art
Part of the picture plane that appears closest to the viewer. Is usually at the bottom of the picture.
Background
Foreground
Middleground
Precise shapes that can be described using mathematical formulas
Geometric shapes
Abstract shapes
Organic shapes
A person who translates ideas into images and arranges them in appealing and memorable ways
Graphic designer
Photographer
Painter
Draftsman
Technique of shading with a series of fine parallel lines
Crosshatching
Hatching
Stippling
Small areas of white used to show the very brightest spots
Highlight
Midtone
Shadow
Point at which earth and sky seem to meet
Earthline
Skyline
Horizon
Lines that lie flat and are parallel to the bottom edge of the paper or canvas
Diagonal line
Vertical line
Horizontal line
A series of points that the viewer’s eyes automatically connect. They are suggested, not real.
Implied lines
Actual lines
Curved lines
Empty spaces surrounding shapes and forms
Positive space
Negative space
Informal space
Black, gray, and white
Pastel colors
Earth tone colors
Neutral colors
Twentieth century artistic style in which artists use scientific knowledge about vision to create optical illusions of movement.
Abstract art
Optical art
Contemporary art
Shapes or forms made by the forces of nature
Organic shapes
Geometric shapes
3-D shapes
Pigments mixed with oil and water
Sharpies
Dry pastels
Paint
Tray for mixing colors of paints
Palette
Dish
Container
Lines that move in the same directions and always stay the distance apart
Parallel
Perpendicular
Horizontal
A two dimensional decorative visual repetition. Has no movement and may or may not have rhythm.
Pattern
Contrast
Unity
The surface of a painting or drawing
Surface area
Picture plane
Working space
Artistic style used in the early 1960s in the United States that portrayed images of popular culture
Op art
Graffiti art
Pop art
Image of a person, especially the face and upper body
Still life
Landscape
Portrait
Shapes or forms in two and three dimensional art
Positive space
Negative space
Illusional space
Rules that govern how artists organize the elements of art. They are rhythm, movement, balance, emphasis, variety, and unity.
Elements of art
Principles of art
Rules of composition
Side view of a face
¾ view
Profile
Frontal view
Principle of art concerned with the size relationships of one part to another
Ratio
Proportion
Balance
Art that is not expressive but accurately close to life in its portrayal
Impression
Realism
Abstraction
Time period that was responsible for the discovery of perspective drawing
Middle ages
Renaissance
Enlightenment era
Three dimensional works created out of wood, stone, metal, or clay by carving, welding, casting, or modeling
Sculpture
Painting
Drawing
Painting or drawing in which the sea is the subject
Landscape
Cityscape
Seascape
A dark value of a hue made by adding black to it
Tint
Tone
Shade
The use of light and dark lines to give a feeling of depth and texture.
Shading
Coloring
Painting
Shaded areas in a drawing or painting, showing the surfaces of the subject that reflects the least light and are used to create the illusion of form.
Highlight
Midtone
Shadow
A quick rough drawing (with light, sweeping pencil marks) without much detail that can be used as a plan or reference for later work.
Sketch
Rough draft
Final drawing
Painting or drawing of nonmoving objects.
Portrait
Landscape
Still life
Technique of shading with dots.
Hatching
Cross hatching
Stippling
Paint made by mixing pigments with egg yolk or another liquid. Often found in school settings.
Oil paint
Watercolor paint
Tempera paint
Quality of a material that allows light to pass through.
Transparent
Translucent
Opaque
Point on the horizon where receding diagonal/parallel lines seem to meet.
Infinity
Equinox
Vanishing point
Lines that are straight up and down. They are at right angles to the bottom edge of the paper and the horizon, and parallel to the sides of the paper.
Vertical
Horizontal
Diagonal
