Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 309 · 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 looks like a straight line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) stitches on cloth (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a coiled rope
2. 2.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
3. 3.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) wax crayons
4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
5. 5.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) value
7. 7.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) a snail shell (d) ocean waves
8. 8.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) with paint on it (b) bristles up or flat (c) bristles down (d) in the water pot
9. 9.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
10. 10.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) horizontal lines (b) curved lines (c) zigzag lines (d) diagonal lines
12. 12.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a traffic cone (b) a drinking straw (c) a party hat (d) a globe
13. 13.What do we use an easel for? (a) fine lines and details (b) rinsing brushes (c) mixing colours (d) holding a board upright
14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) shape (d) line
15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) space (c) line (d) shape
16. 16.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
18. 18.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) washing with mild soap (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) letting paint dry on it
20. 20.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a brick (b) a globe (c) a drinking straw (d) a shoe box
21. 21.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
22. 22.True or false: a hexagon is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
24. 24.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
25. 25.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a marble (b) a traffic cone (c) a sugar cube (d) a party hat
26. 26.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) watercolour
27. 27.True or false: a laser beam looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
29. 29.True or false: we use a flat brush for fine lines and details. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) form
31. 31.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) border (b) vanishing point (c) foreground (d) highlight
32. 32.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) palette (b) flat brush (c) easel (d) masking tape
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cone (b) cuboid (c) sphere (d) oval
34. 34.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) is partly hidden (c) looks bigger (d) shows less detail
35. 35.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a coiled rope
36. 36.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) curved lines (b) horizontal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) diagonal lines
37. 37.True or false: a square is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
39. 39.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a falling tree (c) a tall lamp post (d) a table top
40. 40.True or false: we use masking tape for holding paper flat. (a) False (b) True

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