Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 125 · 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.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
3. 3.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) poster colour
5. 5.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
6. 6.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part in between (b) far hills and the sky (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part nearest you
7. 7.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
8. 8.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
9. 9.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) pencil (b) poster colour (c) oil pastels (d) wax crayons
10. 10.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) pencil (b) charcoal (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
11. 11.What do we use masking tape for? (a) holding paper flat (b) giving a pencil a point (c) rinsing brushes (d) wide, straight strokes
12. 12.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a marble (b) a globe (c) an ice-cream cone (d) a candle
13. 13.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called blending. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) rinsing between colours (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) drying bristles up
15. 15.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
16. 16.True or false: a cylinder is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) eyes (b) elbows (c) feet (d) knees
18. 18.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
19. 19.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the darker half of it (b) the brightest spot (c) the side away from light (d) its shadow on the table
20. 20.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: a cuboid is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
23. 23.True or false: black has a light value. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) background (b) foreground (c) middle ground
25. 25.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) straight line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
26. 26.True or false: an oval is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧊 Which 3D form is a party hat shaped like? (a) cube (b) cylinder (c) sphere (d) cone
28. 28.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
30. 30.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) sponge (b) sharpener (c) palette (d) easel
31. 31.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) overlaps other things (c) shows less detail (d) looks bigger
32. 32.⚽ How many flat faces does a sphere have?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) reshaping the tip (c) leaving it in water (d) rinsing between colours
34. 34.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
35. 35.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
36. 36.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a cut-here line (c) a lightning bolt (d) a snail shell
37. 37.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
38. 38.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True

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