Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 255 · 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 of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) cuboid (c) triangle (d) cylinder
2. 2.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) line
4. 4.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
5. 5.🧊 Which 3D form is a dice shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) cylinder (d) cube
6. 6.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) cone (c) circle (d) cylinder
8. 8.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
10. 10.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
12. 12.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
14. 14.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
15. 15.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) do not smudge easily (b) see-through colour (c) blend with a fingertip (d) mixed with lots of water
16. 16.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cube (b) square (c) cone (d) sphere
17. 17.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
19. 19.📐 Is a cylinder a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
20. 20.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) ocean waves (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) a row of pointy peaks
21. 21.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) is partly hidden (c) sits near the horizon (d) overlaps other things
22. 22.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a solid 3D object
23. 23.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
24. 24.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
25. 25.🧊 Which 3D form is a party hat shaped like? (a) cone (b) cuboid (c) sphere (d) cylinder
26. 26.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) light first outlines (b) bright, flat colour (c) see-through colour (d) thick, opaque paint
27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) line
28. 28.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows less detail (b) looks paler and bluer (c) is partly hidden (d) shows more detail
29. 29.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) sponge (b) palette (c) sharpener (d) round brush
30. 30.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how a surface feels (c) a moving dot’s path (d) only length and width
31. 31.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) zigzag lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) horizontal lines
32. 32.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
34. 34.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a table top (c) a leaning ladder (d) a falling tree
35. 35.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
37. 37.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
38. 38.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) sharpener (b) palette (c) water pot (d) flat brush
39. 39.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
40. 40.What do we use masking tape for? (a) holding paper flat (b) wide, straight strokes (c) fine lines and details (d) holding a board upright

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