Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 215 · 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: a playground slide is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
3. 3.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
4. 4.True or false: a snail shell looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
6. 6.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) curved lines (b) diagonal lines (c) horizontal lines (d) zigzag lines
7. 7.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a coiled rope (c) a lightning bolt (d) the teeth of a saw
8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) line (d) form
9. 9.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
10. 10.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) a solid 3D object (c) a flat 2D area (d) how light or dark it is
11. 11.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) press lighter (b) use an eraser (c) press harder (d) add water
12. 12.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) cylinder (c) star (d) pyramid
13. 13.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the darker half of it (b) where light hits most (c) the side away from light (d) its shadow on the table
14. 14.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
16. 16.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
18. 18.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
19. 19.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) sponge (b) water pot (c) flat brush (d) easel
21. 21.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
23. 23.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
24. 24.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) line
25. 25.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
26. 26.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems far away. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pyramid (b) cube (c) cylinder (d) rectangle
28. 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) glue (d) space
29. 29.True or false: standing on its bristles is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) circle (c) cone (d) cylinder
31. 31.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a closed flat outline (c) only length and width (d) gaps between things
33. 33.What do we use masking tape for? (a) mixing colours (b) wide, straight strokes (c) holding paper flat (d) giving a pencil a point
34. 34.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) watercolour
35. 35.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
36. 36.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a table top
38. 38.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) 4B (c) 2B (d) H
39. 39.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a playground slide is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True

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