Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 33 · 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.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) see-through colour (c) thick, opaque paint (d) soft, light washes
3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
4. 4.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a candle (b) a football (c) a marble (d) an ice-cream cone
5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) frame (d) texture
6. 6.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
7. 7.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) smudging with a finger (c) dots packed close (d) lines crossing over
8. 8.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: a triangle is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) leaving it in water (c) reshaping the tip (d) scrubbing hard on paper
11. 11.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks bigger (c) looks smaller (d) shows more detail
12. 12.True or false: a circle is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 2H (b) 2B (c) HB (d) B
16. 16.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
17. 17.True or false: a jalebi looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) in a corner (b) off the page (c) where the lines cross (d) at the very edge
19. 19.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) do not smudge easily
20. 20.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
21. 21.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) reshaping the tip (c) washing with mild soap (d) drying bristles up
24. 24.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
25. 25.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) light first outlines (c) bright, flat colour (d) hard, waxy sticks
26. 26.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a form (b) a sculpture (c) a cube (d) a shape
27. 27.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
28. 28.True or false: a person standing tall is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cone (b) cylinder (c) rectangle (d) cube
30. 30.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits near the horizon (b) looks bigger (c) is partly hidden (d) looks smaller
32. 32.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a snail shell (b) a jalebi (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a cut-here line
33. 33.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a sense of near and far (c) the area around objects (d) a long, thin mark
34. 34.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) a laser beam (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a cut-here line
35. 35.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) near to far (b) big to small (c) white to black (d) red to blue
36. 36.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
38. 38.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) round brush (b) sponge (c) masking tape (d) flat brush
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) letting paint dry on it (c) reshaping the tip (d) leaving it in water
40. 40.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True

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