Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 28 · 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 the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a long, thin mark (d) a sense of near and far
2. 2.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) line
6. 6.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) things that look biggest (b) the part farthest away (c) the part nearest you (d) the bottom of the page
7. 7.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
8. 8.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
9. 9.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) is partly hidden (c) looks bigger (d) looks paler and bluer
11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
12. 12.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) circle (c) cone (d) sphere
13. 13.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a leaning ladder (c) a tall lamp post (d) a sleeping person
14. 14.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
15. 15.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks bigger (c) shows more detail (d) looks smaller
16. 16.True or false: we use a round brush for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a closed flat outline (c) the area around objects (d) a long, thin mark
18. 18.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) in the water pot (c) with paint on it (d) bristles up or flat
19. 19.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: cream has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
22. 22.What do we use a water pot for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) giving a pencil a point (c) rinsing brushes (d) mixing colours
23. 23.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) 2B (c) HB (d) 4H
24. 24.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) diagonal lines (b) curved lines (c) vertical lines (d) zigzag lines
25. 25.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) watercolour
26. 26.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
28. 28.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) glue (b) water and mild soap (c) sand (d) hot oil
29. 29.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
30. 30.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) washing with mild soap (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) reshaping the tip
31. 31.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
32. 32.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
33. 33.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
34. 34.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the bottom (b) the side away from it (c) the side facing the lamp
35. 35.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
37. 37.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a ruler’s edge (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a snail shell
38. 38.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
39. 39.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) rinsing between colours (c) drying bristles up (d) leaving it in water
40. 40.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?

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