Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 391 · 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.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) overlaps other things (b) shows more detail (c) is partly hidden (d) looks bigger
4. 4.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) H (c) 2B (d) B
5. 5.True or false: an oval is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
8. 8.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a matchbox (b) a party hat (c) an ice-cream cone (d) a drinking straw
9. 9.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) light first outlines (b) do not smudge easily (c) thick, opaque paint (d) blend with a fingertip
10. 10.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
11. 11.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) curved lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
12. 12.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) standing on its bristles (c) leaving it in water (d) rinsing between colours
14. 14.What do we use an easel for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) mixing colours (c) holding paper flat (d) holding a board upright
15. 15.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) 2H (c) 2B (d) HB
16. 16.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) circle (b) square (c) triangle (d) sphere
17. 17.True or false: a hexagon is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) circle (b) square (c) star (d) cone
19. 19.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the side away from light (b) the brightest spot (c) where light hits most (d) its shadow on the table
20. 20.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) the area around objects (c) only length and width (d) a moving dot’s path
21. 21.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) HB (b) 4H (c) H (d) 2B
22. 22.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems far away. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) colour (c) texture (d) shape
24. 24.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
25. 25.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a sleeping person is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: an object that overlaps other things seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how light or dark it is (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a flat 2D area (d) a moving dot’s path
29. 29.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
30. 30.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) horizon (b) border (c) background (d) focal point
31. 31.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) watercolour (b) poster colour (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
32. 32.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part in between (b) far hills and the sky (c) the part nearest you (d) the bottom of the page
33. 33.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) dotted or broken line (d) spiral line
34. 34.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
35. 35.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) water and mild soap (b) sand (c) glue (d) hot oil
36. 36.True or false: black has a light value. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the darker half of it (c) the brightest spot (d) the dark shape it throws
38. 38.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) a closed flat outline (c) can be seen all round (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
39. 39.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) texture (d) line
40. 40.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True

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