Responding to stimuli test questions

1

What is a stimulus?

An analytical drawing created by the artist or designer.

Something which gives the artist or designer inspiration and ideas.

A technique used by the artist or designer to create their work.

2

Which of the following is an example of a stimulus?

A line from a poem

A spidergram

A development study for a portrait

3

A student has taken their own photographs of objects that are kept in the classroom. They intend to use these to make homework drawings. What type of source material are these images?

Primary

Secondary

Tertiary

4

Which approach to a project about flowers and plants would involve working from primary sources as a stimulus?

A visit to a botanical garden to draw and take photographs

Collecting suitable images of exotic plants from the internet and making drawings

Looking in a book of botanical illustrations and making copies of some of the drawings

5

What is an example of a primary source?

A film

A friend

A news article

6

Which of the following is an advantage of working from a secondary source?

Your ability to change lighting conditions, composition or viewpoint can be limited.

You are working from the exact same image each time.

You can see people and places that you couldn't otherwise access.

7

Self-portrait, Vincent van Gogh, 1889, oil on canvas, GL Archive / Alamy Stock Photo

A student has been using the work of Van Gogh as a stimulus for developing a portrait using similar techniques. What is the style of the work likely to be?

Realist

Expressive

Abstract

8

A student would like to create jewellery that is colourful, uses organic forms and has contrasting patterns. Which of the following stimuli would be a suitable source of inspiration for them to respond to?

Urban decay

Roses

Tropical fish

9

Statendam Holland America Line, A.M. Cassandre, 1929, poster, Peter Horree / Alamy Stock Photo

A student has selected this Art Deco poster as a stimulus, and would like to achieve a similar style in their own work. Which are the key visual elements they should explore in their response?

Shape, colour and tone

Line, form and pattern

Colour, pattern and texture

10

Which of the following is an example of market research which could help develop a lighting design?

Drawing shells to get ideas for shapes and forms

Making a collection of images of contemporary lights from online lighting websites

Investigating the techniques of the historical lighting designer, Louis Comfort Tiffany