Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 280 · 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.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
2. 2.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) holding paper flat (c) mixing colours (d) rinsing brushes
3. 3.True or false: a star is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
5. 5.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) farther away (b) taller (c) younger (d) closer to you
6. 6.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
7. 7.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a lightning bolt (c) a flag in the wind (d) a row of pointy peaks
8. 8.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
9. 9.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
10. 10.What do we use a sponge for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding paper flat (c) holding a board upright (d) dabbing soft textures
11. 11.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part farthest away (b) the part in between (c) the bottom of the page (d) things that look biggest
12. 12.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) standing on its bristles (c) rinsing between colours (d) scrubbing hard on paper
13. 13.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) star (b) cone (c) cuboid (d) cube
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks bigger (c) is partly hidden (d) overlaps other things
15. 15.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the side away from light (b) its shadow on the table (c) the dark shape it throws (d) where light hits most
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits near the horizon (b) shows less detail (c) shows more detail (d) looks smaller
17. 17.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) near to far (b) big to small (c) white to black (d) red to blue
18. 18.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
19. 19.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) drying bristles up (c) standing on its bristles (d) leaving it in water
20. 20.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) see-through colour (b) grey lines for sketching (c) mixed with lots of water (d) blend with a fingertip
21. 21.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
22. 22.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
23. 23.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a moving dot’s path (c) has height, width, depth (d) from white to black
24. 24.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) on the right side (c) above the object (d) on the left side
25. 25.🧊 Which 3D form is a globe shaped like? (a) cube (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cuboid
26. 26.What do we use a round brush for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) mixing colours (c) giving a pencil a point (d) fine lines and details
27. 27.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) what a rainbow shows (d) looks furry or scaly
28. 28.True or false: dark brown has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) leaving it in water (d) standing on its bristles
30. 30.📐 Is a cube a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
31. 31.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
32. 32.True or false: a laser beam looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) lines all one way (c) smooth, soft tones (d) criss-cross lines
35. 35.True or false: a coiled rope looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) straight line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
37. 37.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
39. 39.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) oil pastels
40. 40.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) H (c) 4H (d) 6B

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