Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 372 · 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.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) line (d) texture
2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
3. 3.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) value
4. 4.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) washing with mild soap (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) leaving it in water
6. 6.What do we use a palette for? (a) mixing colours (b) wide, straight strokes (c) fine lines and details (d) holding paper flat
7. 7.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
8. 8.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) glue
10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) shape (c) colour (d) texture
11. 11.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
12. 12.Which of these is called hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) smudging with a finger (c) smooth, soft tones (d) criss-cross lines
13. 13.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) reshaping the tip (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) leaving it in water
14. 14.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) circle (b) rectangle (c) oval (d) cylinder
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sits lower on the page (b) shows less detail (c) looks bigger (d) shows more detail
18. 18.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) form
20. 20.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) on the left side (c) on the right side (d) inside the object
21. 21.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) line (d) value
22. 22.Which of these is the element called form? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) has height, width, depth (c) a flat 2D area (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) overlaps other things (c) sits near the horizon (d) shows more detail
24. 24.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape (c) a flat outline
25. 25.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a sense of near and far (d) a solid 3D object
27. 27.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a shape (b) a sculpture (c) a cube (d) a form
28. 28.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 6B (b) 2B
31. 31.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) shape
33. 33.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) looks furry or scaly
36. 36.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) only length and width (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) can be seen all round
37. 37.True or false: leaving it in water is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📐 Is an oval a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) form
40. 40.True or false: a cylinder is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True

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