Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 229 · 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.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) sponge (b) flat brush (c) round brush (d) palette
2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
3. 3.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) thick, opaque paint (d) mixed with lots of water
5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) colour (d) space
6. 6.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) where light hits most (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the brightest spot (d) the side away from light
7. 7.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) leaving it in water (c) washing with mild soap (d) drying bristles up
9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) form (c) colour (d) shape
10. 10.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
11. 11.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how a surface feels (b) a moving dot’s path (c) gaps between things (d) how light or dark it is
12. 12.What do we use a sponge for? (a) mixing colours (b) wide, straight strokes (c) rinsing brushes (d) dabbing soft textures
13. 13.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) oval (b) sphere (c) rectangle (d) circle
16. 16.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
17. 17.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) water pot (b) palette (c) easel (d) round brush
18. 18.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) add water (b) press harder (c) use an eraser (d) press lighter
19. 19.True or false: drying bristles up is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: leaving it in water is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is the element called form? (a) gaps between things (b) the area around objects (c) a long, thin mark (d) has height, width, depth
22. 22.📏 What kind of line does stitches on cloth look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
23. 23.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
24. 24.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
25. 25.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a cube (b) a form (c) a shape (d) a sculpture
26. 26.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a table top (b) a falling tree (c) a sleeping person (d) a standing tree trunk
27. 27.True or false: a leaning ladder is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) a laser beam (c) stitches on cloth (d) a ruler’s edge
29. 29.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
30. 30.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) bristles up or flat (c) bristles down (d) with paint on it
32. 32.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) sponge (b) easel (c) masking tape (d) round brush
33. 33.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
34. 34.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) brown (b) black (c) blue (d) big
35. 35.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
36. 36.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the background. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) space
39. 39.🧊 Which 3D form is a traffic cone shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) cylinder (d) cone
40. 40.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False

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