Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 295 · 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.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cone (b) cube (c) square (d) sphere
2. 2.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) space (c) line (d) form
4. 4.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) the brightest spot (c) its shadow on the table (d) the darker half of it
5. 5.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) sphere (b) rectangle (c) cube (d) cuboid
6. 6.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
7. 7.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) zigzag line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) dotted or broken line
8. 8.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a playground slide (d) a tall lamp post
9. 9.True or false: we use a palette for dabbing soft textures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) criss-cross lines (c) lots of tiny dots (d) smudging with a finger
11. 11.🍃 Is a cloud a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
12. 12.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) see-through colour (b) thick, opaque paint (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) grey lines for sketching
13. 13.True or false: a sphere is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) bright, flat colour (c) mixed with lots of water (d) do not smudge easily
15. 15.Which of these is good brush care? (a) rinsing between colours (b) leaving it in water (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) letting paint dry on it
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) standing on its bristles (c) washing with mild soap (d) reshaping the tip
17. 17.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the background. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks bigger (b) shows more detail (c) overlaps other things (d) shows less detail
19. 19.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) leaving it in water (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) drying bristles up
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pyramid (b) square (c) star (d) triangle
22. 22.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks bigger (c) shows more detail (d) sits near the horizon
23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) space (b) form (c) value (d) colour
24. 24.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) drying bristles up (d) washing with mild soap
25. 25.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) rinsing between colours (c) leaving it in water (d) drying bristles up
26. 26.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) frame
27. 27.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) closer to you (b) taller (c) farther away (d) younger
28. 28.Which of these is the element called form? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a solid 3D object (d) how light or dark it is
29. 29.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) diagonal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) curved lines (d) horizontal lines
30. 30.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
31. 31.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) cube (b) circle (c) cone (d) sphere
32. 32.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) a flat 2D area (c) a long, thin mark (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
33. 33.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) rectangle (b) square (c) oval (d) cube
34. 34.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) mixed with lots of water (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) soft, light washes
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cuboid (b) oval (c) pyramid (d) cone
36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) shape (c) form (d) texture
37. 37.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a person standing tall (c) a sleeping person (d) a falling tree
38. 38.Which of these is called hatching? (a) criss-cross lines (b) smudging with a finger (c) lines all one way (d) lines crossing over
39. 39.True or false: we use a sponge for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) curved lines

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