Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 310 · 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 element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) value
2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) colour
3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) space
4. 4.True or false: a star is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) a wriggling snake (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a row of pointy peaks
6. 6.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) colour
9. 9.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks paler and bluer (c) shows more detail (d) looks bigger
11. 11.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
12. 12.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) vertical lines (b) diagonal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
14. 14.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
15. 15.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) sits lower on the page (c) shows more detail (d) is partly hidden
16. 16.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
18. 18.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a small round brush (b) a pencil (c) a wide flat brush (d) a toothpick
19. 19.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
20. 20.True or false: a pyramid is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
22. 22.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
23. 23.Which of these is good brush care? (a) reshaping the tip (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) letting paint dry on it (d) leaving it in water
24. 24.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a jalebi (d) a cut-here line
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks bigger (c) sits lower on the page (d) is partly hidden
26. 26.Which of these is called hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) lots of tiny dots (c) criss-cross lines (d) smudging with a finger
27. 27.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a snail shell (b) the teeth of a saw (c) ocean waves (d) a tightly pulled rope
28. 28.📐 Is an oval a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
29. 29.True or false: a flower petal is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: dark brown has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
32. 32.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how a surface feels (d) a moving dot’s path
33. 33.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
35. 35.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) space (d) colour
37. 37.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) leaving it in water (c) reshaping the tip (d) drying bristles up
38. 38.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
39. 39.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
40. 40.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) rinsing between colours (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) letting paint dry on it

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