Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 39 · 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.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) value
2. 2.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) sponge (b) flat brush (c) palette (d) masking tape
4. 4.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a solid 3D object (c) only length and width (d) how light or dark it is
5. 5.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) cuboid (c) rectangle (d) sphere
7. 7.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits near the horizon (b) is partly hidden (c) looks paler and bluer (d) sits lower on the page
8. 8.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) pencil (d) watercolour
9. 9.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
10. 10.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
11. 11.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a dotted line (b) a straight line (c) a spiral (d) a zigzag
12. 12.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how a surface feels (c) how light or dark it is (d) looks furry or scaly
13. 13.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
15. 15.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) horizontal lines (b) diagonal lines (c) vertical lines (d) zigzag lines
16. 16.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a sponge (b) a big roller (c) a wide flat brush (d) a small round brush
17. 17.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) circle (c) cone (d) sphere
18. 18.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) giving a pencil a point (c) wide, straight strokes (d) holding paper flat
19. 19.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) shows more detail (c) looks paler and bluer (d) sits lower on the page
20. 20.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) how a surface feels (c) a long, thin mark (d) a flat 2D area
21. 21.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) 2B (b) HB
22. 22.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
23. 23.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) the bottom of the page (c) the part farthest away (d) the part in between
24. 24.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
25. 25.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 4B (c) 4H (d) 2B
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) looks bigger (c) sits lower on the page (d) sits near the horizon
27. 27.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks smaller (b) sits lower on the page (c) shows more detail (d) looks bigger
28. 28.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
29. 29.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) lines crossing over (c) criss-cross lines (d) many parallel lines
30. 30.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
31. 31.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
32. 32.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
33. 33.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
34. 34.Which of these is the element called form? (a) gaps between things (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a moving dot’s path (d) can be seen all round
35. 35.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
36. 36.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
37. 37.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a table top (b) a playground slide (c) a person standing tall (d) a falling tree
38. 38.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
39. 39.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) ocean waves (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a cut-here line (d) a tightly pulled rope
40. 40.🧊 Which 3D form is a water pipe shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) sphere (c) cylinder (d) cone

Free art and painting lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/art-for-kids