Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 360 · 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 NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) easel (d) line
3. 3.Which of these is the element called line? (a) from white to black (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a sense of near and far (d) a moving dot’s path
4. 4.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the side facing the lamp (b) the bottom (c) the side away from it
5. 5.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4B (b) HB (c) 2H (d) 4H
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) rinsing between colours (c) leaving it in water (d) standing on its bristles
7. 7.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a flat 2D area (d) can be seen all round
8. 8.🧊 Which 3D form is a brick shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cylinder (c) sphere (d) cone
9. 9.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
10. 10.True or false: we use a flat brush for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: a laser beam looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: pencil grade H makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
14. 14.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a shape (b) a cube (c) a sculpture (d) a form
15. 15.True or false: a circle is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
17. 17.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
18. 18.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
19. 19.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.What do we use a palette for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) giving a pencil a point (c) rinsing brushes (d) mixing colours
22. 22.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) grey lines for sketching (c) bright, flat colour (d) blend with a fingertip
23. 23.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
24. 24.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) is partly hidden (c) looks smaller (d) shows more detail
25. 25.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) from white to black (c) a sense of near and far (d) can be seen all round
27. 27.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
29. 29.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
30. 30.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) reshaping the tip (c) rinsing between colours (d) drying bristles up
32. 32.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a ruler’s edge (c) a cut-here line (d) a wriggling snake
34. 34.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
35. 35.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
37. 37.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
38. 38.True or false: standing on its bristles is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling

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