Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 298 · 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.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
2. 2.True or false: a triangle is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) frame (d) value
4. 4.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) on the frame (b) in the foreground (c) on the horizon line (d) at the bottom edge
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cone (b) cube (c) cuboid (d) square
6. 6.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
8. 8.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
9. 9.True or false: a snail shell looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) grey lines for sketching (c) thick, opaque paint (d) blend with a fingertip
11. 11.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) stitches on cloth (d) a lightning bolt
12. 12.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
14. 14.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles up or flat (b) with paint on it (c) bristles down (d) in the water pot
15. 15.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the brightest spot (b) its shadow on the table (c) the side away from light (d) where light hits most
16. 16.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a cut-here line (d) a wriggling snake
17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) value (b) colour (c) space (d) texture
18. 18.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) rinsing between colours (c) washing with mild soap (d) scrubbing hard on paper
20. 20.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) value
21. 21.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) things that look biggest (c) the part farthest away (d) the top of the scene
22. 22.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 6B (b) 2B
23. 23.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) feet (b) elbows (c) eyes (d) knees
24. 24.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) zigzag lines (b) diagonal lines (c) vertical lines (d) horizontal lines
25. 25.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) the darker half of it (c) where light hits most (d) the side away from light
26. 26.Which of these is called stippling? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lots of tiny dots (c) smudging with a finger (d) lines crossing over
27. 27.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
28. 28.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) background (b) focal point (c) border (d) horizon
29. 29.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) value
32. 32.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
33. 33.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) line (c) form (d) shape
36. 36.🧊 Which 3D form is a water pipe shaped like? (a) cone (b) sphere (c) cube (d) cylinder
37. 37.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
38. 38.True or false: a falling tree is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
40. 40.True or false: a sleeping person is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False

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