Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 356 · 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.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a dotted line (b) a straight line (c) a zigzag line (d) a wavy line
2. 2.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) reshaping the tip (c) washing with mild soap (d) standing on its bristles
3. 3.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) see-through colour (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) bright, flat colour (d) do not smudge easily
5. 5.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) the area around objects (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a flat 2D area
6. 6.True or false: a rectangle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) hatching (d) stippling
8. 8.True or false: we use a water pot for holding paper flat. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
10. 10.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) masking tape (b) easel (c) palette (d) sharpener
11. 11.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: dark grey has a light value. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
14. 14.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
15. 15.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how light or dark it is (c) has height, width, depth (d) a sense of near and far
16. 16.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
17. 17.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) only length and width (c) a moving dot’s path (d) has height, width, depth
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) sits near the horizon (c) shows less detail (d) looks smaller
19. 19.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part in between (b) the part nearest you (c) the bottom of the page (d) far hills and the sky
21. 21.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) cone (c) star (d) pyramid
22. 22.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
23. 23.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
24. 24.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
25. 25.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
26. 26.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
27. 27.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a table top (b) a sleeping person (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a falling tree
28. 28.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
30. 30.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) watercolour (b) charcoal (c) poster colour (d) pencil
31. 31.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) letting paint dry on it (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) leaving it in water
33. 33.True or false: a playground slide is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
35. 35.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: an object that overlaps other things seems far away. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a coiled rope (b) a snail shell (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a cut-here line
38. 38.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called blending. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems far away. (a) True (b) False

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