SD Agricultural Heritage Museum

8th Grade Drawing Test in 1928

(Picture this! You're a student in 1928...This is the type of test you would be presented. Complete your answer and proceed to
check them... Good LUCK!)

1) Who painted the following?

a) The Mill
b) Song of the Lark
c) The Angulus
d) Dance of the Nymphs
e) Christ and the Doctors

2) Select one of the above pictures and tell what it means to you, where the beauty lies, the central thought of it, and a brief history of the artist.

3) Name the primary colors; the secondary colors.

4) Draw a book cover design suitable for a patriotic notebook.

5) Interpret by perspective drawing the following verse:

³Still sits the school house by the road,
A ragged beggar sunning,
Around it still the sumacs grow,
And black berry vines are running.²

6) Give three reasons why it is important to learn to draw.

1) Who painted the following?
	a) The Mill b) Song of the Lark c) The Angulus d) Dance of the Nymphs e) Christ and the Doctors

2) Select one of the above pictures and tell what it means to you, where the beauty lies, the central thought of it, and a brief history of the artist.

3) Name the primary colors; the secondary colors.

4) Draw a book cover design suitable for a patriotic notebook.

5) Interpret by perspective drawing the following verse:
	³Still sits the school house by the road, A ragged beggar sunning, Around it still the sumacs grow, And black berry vines are running.²

6) Give three reasons why it is important to learn to draw.