Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 380 · 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: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: a rectangle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
5. 5.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 4B (b) H (c) HB (d) 2B
6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) value
7. 7.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) background (b) horizon (c) focal point (d) border
8. 8.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
9. 9.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
10. 10.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) triangle (d) pyramid
11. 11.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
12. 12.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
13. 13.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) eyes (b) feet (c) knees (d) elbows
14. 14.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) can be seen all round
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cylinder (b) cuboid (c) star (d) cube
16. 16.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a sleeping person (c) a leaning ladder (d) a tall lamp post
18. 18.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) can be seen all round (d) a flat 2D area
19. 19.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
20. 20.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the bottom (b) the side away from it (c) the side facing the lamp
21. 21.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) bristles down (c) with paint on it (d) bristles up or flat
22. 22.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) line
23. 23.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
24. 24.What do we use masking tape for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) fine lines and details (c) holding a board upright (d) holding paper flat
25. 25.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
26. 26.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) colour
28. 28.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a jalebi (c) a coiled rope (d) a laser beam
29. 29.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling
30. 30.True or false: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
32. 32.True or false: pencil grade HB makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) reshaping the tip (d) leaving it in water
34. 34.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
35. 35.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) space (b) colour (c) form (d) texture
37. 37.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
38. 38.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) a flat 2D area (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how a surface feels
39. 39.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
40. 40.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value

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