Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 271 · 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 clue shows an object is far away? (a) is partly hidden (b) looks bigger (c) sits lower on the page (d) shows more detail
2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) value (c) space (d) shape
3. 3.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) HB (c) 2H (d) B
5. 5.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
6. 6.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
7. 7.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) is partly hidden (b) sits near the horizon (c) looks bigger (d) looks smaller
8. 8.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
9. 9.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 2H
10. 10.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the part in between (c) the top of the scene (d) far hills and the sky
11. 11.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a small round brush (c) a pencil (d) a toothpick
12. 12.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
13. 13.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a tall lamp post (c) a leaning ladder (d) a playground slide
14. 14.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems far away. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) B (c) H (d) 6B
16. 16.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) gaps between things (b) from white to black (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) only length and width
17. 17.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
18. 18.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) standing on its bristles (c) letting paint dry on it (d) reshaping the tip
19. 19.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) dashes on a road (c) a coiled rope (d) a ruler’s edge
20. 20.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
21. 21.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2H (b) HB (c) 6B (d) 4B
22. 22.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) zigzag lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) vertical lines
23. 23.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
25. 25.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a sculpture (b) a shape (c) a form (d) a cube
26. 26.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) foreground (b) vanishing point (c) highlight (d) border
27. 27.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part in between (b) the part nearest you (c) things that look biggest (d) the part farthest away
29. 29.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) round brush (b) easel (c) sponge (d) palette
30. 30.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) eyes (b) knees (c) elbows (d) feet
33. 33.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) square (b) star (c) sphere (d) oval
35. 35.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) shows more detail (c) overlaps other things (d) looks bigger
39. 39.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
40. 40.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care

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