Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 286 · 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.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
2. 2.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a party hat (b) an ice-cream cone (c) a brick (d) a marble
4. 4.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a flower petal is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a tall lamp post (c) a table top (d) a playground slide
8. 8.Which of these is the element called value? (a) has height, width, depth (b) only length and width (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) from white to black
9. 9.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) how a surface feels (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a solid 3D object
10. 10.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) where light hits most (b) the side away from light (c) the darker half of it (d) its shadow on the table
11. 11.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
12. 12.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
13. 13.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) reshaping the tip (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) washing with mild soap
14. 14.🧊 Which 3D form is a shoe box shaped like? (a) cylinder (b) cube (c) sphere (d) cuboid
15. 15.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the background. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) space
17. 17.True or false: a pyramid is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) light first outlines (b) do not smudge easily (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) bright, flat colour
19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) shape
20. 20.What do we use a sponge for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) mixing colours (c) dabbing soft textures (d) holding paper flat
21. 21.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) a sense of near and far (c) the area around objects (d) a hue, like red or blue
22. 22.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the part in between (b) the bottom of the page (c) far hills and the sky (d) the top of the scene
23. 23.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
24. 24.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the brightest spot (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the darker half of it (d) the side away from light
25. 25.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a cylinder is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) masking tape (b) flat brush (c) easel (d) water pot
28. 28.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
29. 29.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a form (b) a sculpture (c) a shape (d) a cube
30. 30.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) is partly hidden (c) overlaps other things (d) shows more detail
31. 31.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) palette (b) masking tape (c) sharpener (d) sponge
33. 33.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
34. 34.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
35. 35.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
36. 36.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) washing with mild soap (c) letting paint dry on it (d) rinsing between colours
37. 37.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
38. 38.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a dotted line (b) a wavy line (c) a zigzag line (d) a straight line
39. 39.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
40. 40.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) see-through colour (c) thick, opaque paint (d) blend with a fingertip

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