Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 41 · 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 element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
2. 2.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
3. 3.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) round brush (b) sharpener (c) sponge (d) easel
4. 4.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
5. 5.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
6. 6.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
8. 8.True or false: an object that sits near the horizon seems far away. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) sponge (b) round brush (c) sharpener (d) masking tape
10. 10.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a table top (c) a tall lamp post (d) a leaning ladder
11. 11.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a falling tree (c) a sleeping person (d) the edge of a calm sea
12. 12.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) only length and width (c) a solid 3D object (d) how light or dark it is
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) standing on its bristles (d) letting paint dry on it
14. 14.🍃 Is a cloud a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
15. 15.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) glue (b) water and mild soap (c) hot oil (d) sand
17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) colour (c) form (d) shape
18. 18.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
19. 19.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
20. 20.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) shows more detail (c) is partly hidden (d) looks bigger
21. 21.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
22. 22.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
23. 23.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
24. 24.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cylinder (b) sphere (c) oval (d) pyramid
26. 26.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cone (b) sphere (c) square (d) cube
27. 27.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
28. 28.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
29. 29.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
30. 30.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) straight line
31. 31.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
32. 32.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
33. 33.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) letting paint dry on it (c) drying bristles up (d) rinsing between colours
34. 34.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) standing on its bristles (c) rinsing between colours (d) scrubbing hard on paper
35. 35.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) soft, light washes (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) grey lines for sketching (d) do not smudge easily
36. 36.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
37. 37.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) value (d) line
38. 38.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
39. 39.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) inside the object (c) above the object (d) on the left side
40. 40.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True

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