CRAWFORD COLLEGE PRETORIA

END-YEAR EXAMINATION
NOVEMBER 2021
GRADE 9

OPTION ART

Examiner: S da Serra Time: 1 hours (Total)

Internal Moderator: Y Hall
External Moderator: H Malan Marks: 100

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Mark Moderated
Section A Design in Context – CONTEMPORARY
Sub-Total for Section A 20

Grade 9
OPTION ART
END-YEAR EXAMINATION- NOVEMBER 2021
SECTION A – ART THEORY
EXAMINER: S da Serra MARKS:20
MODERATOR: H Malan TIME: 2 Hours

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

1. This question paper consists of pages. Please make sure that your question paper is
complete.
2. This paper consists of one section:
SECTION A ART THEORY 20 marks
SECTION B ART PRACTICAL 80 MARKS
Read through the paper carefully before answering any questions.
Ensure that you follow the instructions given in the questions.
3. Answer on this paper in the spaces provided.
4. SECTION A: ANSWERSHEET 1 PROVIDED
5. SECTION B: A3 paper provided ANSWERSHEET 2

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SECTION A – ART THEORY: Short Questions Answer on separate answer sheet

QUESTION 1 – TRUE OR FALSE

Read the following statements. Write only TRUE or FALSE on your answer sheet.

1) The use of DIAGONAL LINES in a composition creates the illusion of visual /eye
movement in a design. True
2) Tone describes the lightness and darkness of colour. TRUE
3) A symbol is anything that communicates a fact or idea that stands for an object. TRUE
4) The correct measurement (size) for an A3 paper is 60 cm x 42 cm. FALSE ( it’s 29,7× 42
cm)
5) In drawing, a flat geometric shape (2D) can be made solid organic form (3D) when
shading is used. TRUE
6) Black and Brown are colours found on the colour wheel. FALSE
7) The colour green is used in hospitals because green is the complementary colour of red
and then the doctor can see blood easier. TRUE
8) Perspective means to create the illusion of 3D Space on to a 2D surface. TRUE
9) In design, asymmetrical compositions tend to have greater sense of visual tension. Also
known as informal balance. TRUE
10) To make a dark shadow you must use a 6B pencil. FALSE

QUESTION 2 – TERMINOLOGY
On your answer sheet, provide the correct term(s) for the descriptions below.

1. The art of painting in one colour only is called a MONOCHROME colour scheme.
2. The purity of an unmixed colour is known as the colour HUE
3. Colours like yellow –green, red-orange and blue- violet are called INTERMEDIATE
4. The actual feel of the surface of an artwork. TEXTURE
5. The arrangement of subject matter and elements of art in a suitable way in an artwork,
is called the COMPOSITION
6. Colour pencils that can be used with water to be used as a watercolour medium is called
WATERCOLOR PENCILS
7. Applying paint or ink to a surface, using dots only as a technique is called STIPPLING
8. The technique where you Produce shading by only LINES in 2 different directions,
crossing each other, using pencil or pen is called CROSS-HATCHING
9. The lightness of a colour changes when white is added, this is called the TINT of
a colour.
10. The most prominent or striking part of the artwork is called the FOCAL POINT
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Grade 9 Option Art November 2021:
QUESTION: 3 SECTION B: PRACTICAL EXAM [80]

Section B: Practical: Materials & TECHNIQUES Colour Pencils & Vaseline/ GRAPHITE PENCILS

CREATE a Drawing of your OWN IMAGIMARY WORD like Walter Battiss’s “Fook Island” and or these examples:

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 RUBRIC: Original creative fantasy characters / creativity (20)
Use of Techniques and materials (20) / Detail (20) / finish / materials / texture (20) =[80]

Crawford College Pretoria

GRADE 9 Option Art, November EXAMS 2021
Answer Sheet 1

NAME:
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QUESTION 1: QUESTION: 2
TRUE OR FALSE TERMINOLOGY

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