Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 36 · 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.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) rinsing between colours (c) leaving it in water (d) washing with mild soap
3. 3.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
4. 4.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
5. 5.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a traffic cone (b) a drinking straw (c) a matchbox (d) a dice
6. 6.True or false: a rectangle is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a cube is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
9. 9.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a table top (b) a leaning ladder (c) a playground slide (d) a person standing tall
10. 10.Which of these is called blending? (a) lines all one way (b) lines crossing over (c) criss-cross lines (d) smudging with a finger
11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) value (d) texture
12. 12.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
14. 14.📐 Is a pyramid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
15. 15.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
16. 16.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
17. 17.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a sponge (b) a wide flat brush (c) a small round brush (d) a big roller
18. 18.Which of these is the element called line? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a long, thin mark (c) how light or dark it is (d) looks furry or scaly
19. 19.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a laser beam (b) a snail shell (c) a flag in the wind (d) a tightly pulled rope
21. 21.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
23. 23.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) fine lines and details (c) holding paper flat (d) holding a board upright
24. 24.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) blending
26. 26.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
27. 27.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hot (b) hard (c) high (d) heavy
28. 28.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) a wriggling snake (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a snail shell
30. 30.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) poster colour
31. 31.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
32. 32.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) glue
33. 33.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
34. 34.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) the brightest spot (c) its shadow on the table (d) the darker half of it
37. 37.What do we use an easel for? (a) fine lines and details (b) holding paper flat (c) holding a board upright (d) giving a pencil a point
38. 38.True or false: letting paint dry on it is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) on the ceiling (b) under the object (c) in the sky (d) above the object

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