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Art Quiz

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When painting it is best to start with

a)

The foreground

b)

The middle ground

c)

The background

2.

What is it called when you add white to a paint color?

a)

Shade

b)

Tint

c)

Neutral

3.

What is it called when you add black paint to another color?

a)

Shade

b)

Tint

c)

Neutral

4.

What do you get when you mix two complementary colors?

a)

Shade

b)

Tint

c)

Neutral

5.

Complementary colors are...

a)

The colors you mix to make a secondary color

b)

Friendly

c)

Opposites on the color wheel

d)

Side by side on the color wheel

6.

How do you make a color lighter when using watercolors?

a)

Add white

b)

Add water

7.

How do you make a color lighter when using acrylic?

a)

Add white

b)

Add water

8.

To get a paintbrush clean at the end of class you should...

a)

Leave it in the sink and hope someone else deals with it

b)

Dunk it in a water cup

c)

Rinse it under the faucet

d)

Run it under the faucet and use your fingers to massage the bristles

9.

Paintbrushes should be stored

a)

Bristles down

b)

However you want

c)

Bristles up

10.

How do you create a secondary color?

a)

You can't, you have to start with it

b)

You mix two primary colors

11.

How do you create a primary color?

a)

You can't, you have to start with it

b)

You mix two primary colors

12.

Which is a complementary color pair?

a)

Red and Blue

b)

Black and White

c)

Orange and Green

d)

Purple and Yellow

13.

In art, what does "value" mean?

a)

How much a painting is worth

b)

How smooth or rough something is

c)

How much contrast a work of art has

d)

Light and dark

14.

When it comes to graphite drawing pencils, which of the following is the softest?

a)

4H

b)

2H

c)

2B

d)

4B

e)

6B

15.

When it comes to graphite drawing pencils, which of the following is the hardest?

a)

4H

b)

2H

c)

2B

d)

4B

e)

6B

16.

An eraser is...

a)

a way to get rid of mistakes

b)

a drawing tool

c)

something to stab with my pencil

17.

How do you protect a drawing made with chalk, pastels, or charcoal?

a)

Spray with fixative

b)

Blow the extra dust off

c)

Spray varnish on it

18.

Oil pastel works are supposed to look like...

a)

A crayon drawing

b)

Plain colors

c)

An oil painting

19.

What is the best way to make colored pencils look more solid or brighter?

a)

Using multiple layers

b)

Pressing really hard

c)

Use a blender pencil

20.

What are the very best ways to get images to use in your artwork?

a)

Search Pinterest or Instagram

b)

Find them in magazines

c)

Take your own photo

d)

From your own imagination

e)

Combine several images to make something new

21.

Finding a cool painting online and making your own copy is...

a)

A compliment to the artist- imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

b)

Unethical

c)

Copyright infringement

d)

Ok for practice but not ok to profit/benefit from

22.

The point in a picture where the sky meets the ground is called...

a)

landscape

b)

sky line

c)

horizon line

23.

In a perspective drawing all receding lines connect to the

a)

horizon line

b)

vanishing point

c)

sides of the drawing

24.

Clay comes from...

a)

the ground

b)

it's manmade

c)

It's plant-based

25.

To attach clay pieces you should...

a)

Just squish them together

b)

Use water to hold the pieces

c)

Slip and score

d)

Use glue

26.

What is important to ensure all the pieces of a slab-built vessel fit together?

a)

Trim parts that are too big

b)

Bevel the edges

c)

Be flexible and make it up as you go

d)

Make and use a template to cut out the pieces

27.

Which hand-building method starts with a ball of clay?

a)

Pinch pot

b)

Coil

c)

Slab

d)

Wheel-throwing

28.

What is the correct order of the progression of clay from wet to finished?

a)

wet, bisque, bone dry, leather hard

b)

wet, greenware, leather hard, bisque

c)

wet, leather hard, bone dry, bisque

29.

What is the correct order of the steps for throwing a bowl on the potter's wheel?

a)

center, open, pull, shape, trim

b)

center, pull, open, trim, shape

c)

Pull, open, center, shape, trim

30.

What are you hoping to get out of this class?

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