Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 274 · 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) looks bigger (b) shows more detail (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks smaller
2. 2.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a table top (c) a playground slide (d) a person standing tall
3. 3.What do we use a palette for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) holding paper flat (c) dabbing soft textures (d) mixing colours
4. 4.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a playground slide (c) a person standing tall (d) a falling tree
7. 7.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
8. 8.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a marble (b) a water pipe (c) a dice (d) a traffic cone
9. 9.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
11. 11.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
12. 12.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a playground slide (c) a falling tree (d) a leaning ladder
13. 13.Which of these is good brush care? (a) drying bristles up (b) letting paint dry on it (c) standing on its bristles (d) scrubbing hard on paper
14. 14.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a sleeping person (c) a falling tree (d) a tall lamp post
15. 15.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) pyramid (b) cone (c) cube (d) rectangle
16. 16.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a toothpick (c) a small round brush (d) a pencil
17. 17.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) from white to black (b) how a surface feels (c) a flat 2D area (d) only length and width
18. 18.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a flat 2D area (c) only length and width (d) how light or dark it is
19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) space
20. 20.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) border (b) vanishing point (c) foreground (d) highlight
22. 22.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows less detail (b) shows more detail (c) looks smaller (d) looks paler and bluer
23. 23.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) bristles down (c) with paint on it (d) bristles up or flat
24. 24.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
25. 25.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
26. 26.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
27. 27.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how a surface feels (c) gaps between things (d) a closed flat outline
28. 28.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the darker half of it (b) where light hits most (c) its shadow on the table (d) the dark shape it throws
29. 29.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) texture (d) line
31. 31.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) blend with a fingertip (c) soft, light washes (d) thick, opaque paint
32. 32.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) where light hits most (b) the brightest spot (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the darker half of it
33. 33.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
34. 34.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the background. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) space
36. 36.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is called stippling? (a) dots packed close (b) lines all one way (c) many parallel lines (d) smudging with a finger
38. 38.What do we use masking tape for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) holding paper flat (c) fine lines and details (d) wide, straight strokes
39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) texture (c) shape (d) colour
40. 40.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a sense of near and far

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