Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 313 · 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 art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) flat brush (b) masking tape (c) water pot (d) sharpener
2. 2.True or false: a triangle is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
4. 4.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) overlaps other things (c) looks paler and bluer (d) sits lower on the page
6. 6.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a shape (b) a cube (c) a sculpture (d) a form
8. 8.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
9. 9.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
10. 10.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 2H
11. 11.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a tall lamp post (c) a person standing tall (d) a leaning ladder
14. 14.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) reshaping the tip
15. 15.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) texture (d) space
17. 17.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
18. 18.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
20. 20.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
22. 22.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
24. 24.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) shows more detail (b) sits lower on the page (c) overlaps other things (d) looks paler and bluer
25. 25.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
26. 26.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) the darker half of it (c) the brightest spot (d) its shadow on the table
27. 27.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows more detail (b) looks paler and bluer (c) shows less detail (d) looks smaller
28. 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) easel (d) line
29. 29.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part in between (b) the part nearest you (c) the part farthest away (d) far hills and the sky
31. 31.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) triangle (b) pyramid (c) cuboid (d) cube
32. 32.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: a leaf is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
36. 36.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) leaving it in water (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) washing with mild soap
38. 38.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
39. 39.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) sphere (b) square (c) circle (d) rectangle
40. 40.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a long, thin mark (c) looks furry or scaly (d) from white to black

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