In the Ministry of Education Art and Design syllabus language of art, which element is the path of a moving point and is used to make contour, gesture and calligraphy drawings?
Elements Principles
Question · Easy
A drawing shows a full range of greys from paper-white to deep black. Which syllabus element is being controlled?
Which pair correctly distinguishes shape from form?
A basket’s coiled fibre can be felt with the fingers, while a charcoal drawing only looks rough. Which two kinds of texture does this contrast?
Which principle of art is the even or uneven distribution of visual weight so a composition feels stable or deliberately off-balance?
A poster places one large red figure against a pale empty background so the eye goes there first. Which principle is used most directly?
Positive space is the area occupied by the subject. What is negative space?
Question · Medium
The Form 1 syllabus lists basic solid shapes used to construct drawings. Which group matches that list?
Which principle creates a sense of beat or visual movement by repeating elements at regular or varied intervals?
A composition feels ‘finished’ because every part relates to the whole and nothing looks accidentally leftover. Which principle is strongest?
In a figure drawing the head is used as a measuring unit so the body is about seven-and-a-half heads tall. Which principle is being checked?
Which statement best describes contrast as used in the syllabus principles?
A border of alternating triangles around a chitenge-inspired cloth is best classified as which principle?
Diagonal lines that seem to rush toward a corner of a painting mainly create which effect?
Question · Hard
Why does the syllabus treat tone and value as part of the language of art rather than as optional decoration?
A learner places a dark pot against a light wall and a small bright fruit in the opposite corner. Which combination of principles is most accurately described?
In traditional pigment (subtractive) colour theory used in the syllabus, which group are the primary colours?
Colour Theory
Mixing equal parts of yellow and blue pigment should produce which secondary colour?
Red-orange and blue-green are examples of which class of colours on the wheel?
Which group is correctly classed as warm colours in the syllabus colour work?
A painting uses only several values of one blue, from pale tint to dark shade. Which colour scheme is this?
Red and green sit opposite each other on the traditional colour wheel. What is that relationship called?
Blue, blue-green and green used together are an example of which scheme?
Hue, value and intensity are the three properties of colour in the syllabus. What does intensity mean?
A red poster uses yellow-green and blue-green as supporting colours rather than pure green. Which scheme is this?
Red, yellow and blue used as a set of three equally spaced hues form which scheme?
In studio painting, pigment is the coloured powder. What is the vehicle or binder?
A painter greys a bright orange by mixing in a little blue instead of adding black. Why does this work?
Which drawing type records the outer edges of an object as a single continuous line?
Drawing Painting
Quick, loose marks that capture the action of a person pounding maize are best described as which kind of drawing?
Hatching builds tone with which kind of mark?
Which still-life group matches the traditional objects named for drawing in the syllabus?
Cross-hatching differs from simple hatching because the artist
Stippling or pointillist shading builds value mainly with
In one-point linear perspective, parallel edges of a road receding from the viewer appear to meet at
Distant hills that look paler, bluer and less detailed than the foreground demonstrate which depth cue?
A hand drawn reaching toward the viewer looks unusually short and wide. Which perspective effect is being used?
Which painting method listed in the syllabus uses a knife to spread or scrape paint rather than a brush?
A watercolourist lays a thin, transparent layer of diluted pigment over dry paper. What is that layer called?
Two-point perspective is the better choice for drawing a rectangular classroom corner when
Resist painting, as listed with washing-out and dry pigment, works because
A Grade 12 imaginative composition on ‘traditional ceremony’ should be developed mainly by
In relief printmaking such as woodcut or linocut, ink is carried by which part of the block?
Printmaking
Which process forces ink through an open stencil on a mesh and is also called serigraphy or silk screen?
Intaglio printing, including etching, holds ink in which part of the plate?
Lithography is classed as a planographic process because
A printed image from a lino block appears reversed left-to-right. What should the cutter remember when planning lettering?
Wax-resist pattern making on fabric, later dyed, is known as
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