Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 32 · 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.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
2. 2.True or false: a square is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
4. 4.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) can be seen all round (d) looks furry or scaly
5. 5.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
6. 6.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a coiled rope (b) a laser beam (c) ocean waves (d) stitches on cloth
7. 7.True or false: a laser beam looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a person standing tall (d) a falling tree
9. 9.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) diagonal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) vertical lines (d) horizontal lines
10. 10.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) pencil (d) watercolour
12. 12.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.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
15. 15.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a toothpick (b) a wide flat brush (c) a pencil (d) a small round brush
16. 16.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) texture
18. 18.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
19. 19.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a sense of near and far (c) a long, thin mark (d) gaps between things
20. 20.🧊 Which 3D form is a brick shaped like? (a) cone (b) cylinder (c) sphere (d) cuboid
21. 21.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems far away. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
23. 23.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) an ice-cream cone (b) a dice (c) a party hat (d) a candle
24. 24.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
25. 25.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) many parallel lines (c) lines crossing over (d) criss-cross lines
26. 26.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) palette (b) easel (c) flat brush (d) sharpener
27. 27.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a closed flat outline (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a solid 3D object
28. 28.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) has height, width, depth (c) a solid 3D object (d) how a surface feels
29. 29.True or false: ocean waves looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) rinsing between colours (c) standing on its bristles (d) scrubbing hard on paper
31. 31.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
32. 32.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a sleeping person (c) a leaning ladder (d) a playground slide
33. 33.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) sharpener (b) flat brush (c) water pot (d) palette
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) reshaping the tip (d) rinsing between colours
35. 35.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) sits near the horizon (c) looks bigger (d) is partly hidden
36. 36.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) colour (c) value (d) texture
38. 38.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
39. 39.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) water pot (b) flat brush (c) round brush (d) palette

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