Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 27 · 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 element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) form (c) space (d) value
2. 2.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) star (b) oval (c) circle (d) cube
3. 3.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) sphere (c) oval (d) cylinder
4. 4.True or false: a cloud is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
6. 6.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
7. 7.What do we use a sponge for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) dabbing soft textures (c) mixing colours (d) rinsing brushes
8. 8.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) easel (b) sharpener (c) round brush (d) flat brush
9. 9.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part nearest you (b) the top of the scene (c) the part farthest away (d) the part in between
11. 11.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a ruler’s edge (c) a laser beam (d) a row of pointy peaks
13. 13.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
14. 14.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) can be seen all round (c) only length and width (d) what a rainbow shows
15. 15.🥫 How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
16. 16.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) rinsing brushes (c) mixing colours (d) wide, straight strokes
17. 17.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2H (b) 2B
18. 18.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
19. 19.True or false: a cylinder is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cone (b) square (c) circle (d) oval
21. 21.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a falling tree (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a table top
22. 22.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) curved lines
23. 23.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) curved lines (b) vertical lines (c) zigzag lines (d) diagonal lines
24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) texture (c) colour (d) space
25. 25.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) triangle (c) sphere (d) rectangle
28. 28.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
29. 29.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) 2B (b) HB
30. 30.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks bigger (c) shows less detail (d) sits lower on the page
32. 32.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the top of the scene (c) things that look biggest (d) the part in between
33. 33.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
34. 34.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
35. 35.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
36. 36.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part nearest you (b) the bottom of the page (c) things that look biggest (d) the top of the scene
37. 37.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
38. 38.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
39. 39.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) form (d) easel
40. 40.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value

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