Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 114 · 40 questions

Artist's tip (Find the topic): Elements: line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value. Shading: highlight faces the light, cast shadow falls away from it; near = bigger, far = smaller. Materials: watercolour see-through, poster colour opaque, B soft and dark, H hard and light.

1. 1.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
2. 2.Which of these is the element called space? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a closed flat outline (c) a sense of near and far (d) how a surface feels
3. 3.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks bigger (c) shows more detail (d) is partly hidden
5. 5.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) looks furry or scaly (c) how light or dark it is (d) a moving dot’s path
6. 6.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the side away from light (b) where light hits most (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the darker half of it
7. 7.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) with paint on it (c) bristles up or flat (d) bristles down
8. 8.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) overlaps other things (c) looks smaller (d) shows more detail
10. 10.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a tall lamp post (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a leaning ladder
11. 11.Which of these is called hatching? (a) criss-cross lines (b) smudging with a finger (c) lines all one way (d) dots packed close
12. 12.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) circle (c) cube (d) star
13. 13.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
14. 14.True or false: pencil grade B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
16. 16.📐 Is a cube a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
17. 17.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a leaning ladder (d) a tall lamp post
18. 18.📐 Is a star a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
19. 19.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called blending. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
21. 21.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
22. 22.Which of these is good brush care? (a) washing with mild soap (b) leaving it in water (c) letting paint dry on it (d) scrubbing hard on paper
23. 23.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a marble (b) an ice-cream cone (c) a water pipe (d) a party hat
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) sits lower on the page (c) looks bigger (d) shows less detail
25. 25.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) drying bristles up (c) washing with mild soap (d) letting paint dry on it
26. 26.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
27. 27.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
28. 28.True or false: a cloud is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
31. 31.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
32. 32.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
33. 33.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) charcoal
34. 34.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
35. 35.Which of these is the element called line? (a) the area around objects (b) a sense of near and far (c) a long, thin mark (d) a solid 3D object
36. 36.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) sphere (c) cone (d) circle
38. 38.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) watercolour
39. 39.True or false: a coiled rope looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) see-through colour (d) thick, opaque paint

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