Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 26 · 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 NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) space (d) colour
2. 2.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) sponge (b) sharpener (c) palette (d) easel
3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
4. 4.True or false: a cloud is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) with paint on it (c) in the water pot (d) bristles up or flat
6. 6.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
7. 7.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: a triangle is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) colour (c) line (d) texture
10. 10.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
11. 11.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
13. 13.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems far away. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: drying bristles up is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) triangle (b) cuboid (c) circle (d) oval
16. 16.What do we use an easel for? (a) fine lines and details (b) mixing colours (c) rinsing brushes (d) holding a board upright
17. 17.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) where light hits most (b) the darker half of it (c) the side away from light (d) the dark shape it throws
18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) line (d) value
19. 19.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) shape
21. 21.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a flag in the wind
22. 22.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) the brightest spot (c) where light hits most (d) the darker half of it
24. 24.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
25. 25.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the part in between (c) things that look biggest (d) the part nearest you
27. 27.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
28. 28.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part in between (b) the part nearest you (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part farthest away
30. 30.True or false: a leaf is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a flower petal is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) on the left side (c) inside the object (d) on the right side
33. 33.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
34. 34.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) blending (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) stippling
35. 35.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
36. 36.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a falling tree (c) a table top (d) a leaning ladder
37. 37.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) curved lines
38. 38.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a laser beam (b) a lightning bolt (c) a cut-here line (d) ocean waves
39. 39.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
40. 40.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks

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