Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 171 · 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.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
2. 2.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) oil pastels
3. 3.What do we use a sponge for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) dabbing soft textures (c) mixing colours (d) giving a pencil a point
4. 4.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
5. 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
6. 6.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) HB (c) 4H (d) B
7. 7.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: an object that looks paler and bluer seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) 4H (c) 2H (d) 2B
10. 10.True or false: standing on its bristles is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cylinder (b) triangle (c) sphere (d) cube
13. 13.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) a moving dot’s path (c) can be seen all round (d) a flat 2D area
14. 14.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a snail shell (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a ruler’s edge
15. 15.📐 Is a cube a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
16. 16.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
17. 17.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) rinsing between colours (c) drying bristles up (d) standing on its bristles
19. 19.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a long, thin mark (c) a solid 3D object (d) gaps between things
20. 20.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
22. 22.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the bottom (b) the side facing the lamp (c) the side away from it
23. 23.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 4H (b) 2H
25. 25.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) what a rainbow shows (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) can be seen all round
26. 26.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the background. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is called stippling? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) many parallel lines (c) lines crossing over (d) dots packed close
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) square (b) circle (c) cube (d) star
29. 29.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
30. 30.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part nearest you (b) far hills and the sky (c) the part in between (d) the top of the scene
31. 31.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks bigger (b) looks smaller (c) sits near the horizon (d) shows less detail
32. 32.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) on the right side (c) on the left side (d) above the object
33. 33.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) easel
34. 34.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) HB (b) 2B
35. 35.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) gaps between things (d) a closed flat outline
36. 36.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a table top (c) a person standing tall (d) a leaning ladder
37. 37.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) line (c) space (d) form
39. 39.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) masking tape (b) easel (c) palette (d) water pot
40. 40.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) hatching (d) stippling

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