Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 418 · 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.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) above the object (c) inside the object (d) on the left side
2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) space (d) form
3. 3.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
4. 4.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a flag in the wind (c) a lightning bolt (d) the teeth of a saw
5. 5.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
6. 6.Which of these is called hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) smudging with a finger (c) criss-cross lines (d) many parallel lines
7. 7.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
8. 8.📐 Is an oval a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
9. 9.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a sugar cube (b) a matchbox (c) a globe (d) a party hat
10. 10.True or false: a cone is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a solid 3D object (d) the area around objects
12. 12.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) letting paint dry on it (c) washing with mild soap (d) scrubbing hard on paper
16. 16.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) letting paint dry on it (c) standing on its bristles (d) rinsing between colours
17. 17.📐 Is a cylinder a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
18. 18.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the brightest spot (b) where light hits most (c) the side away from light (d) its shadow on the table
20. 20.True or false: an object that shows less detail seems far away. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a sponge (b) a big roller (c) a small round brush (d) a wide flat brush
22. 22.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
23. 23.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
24. 24.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) straight line (c) wavy line (d) zigzag line
25. 25.True or false: a puddle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks smaller (c) sits near the horizon (d) looks paler and bluer
27. 27.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
28. 28.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
29. 29.Which of these is called stippling? (a) smudging with a finger (b) dots packed close (c) criss-cross lines (d) lines all one way
30. 30.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) watercolour
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) drying bristles up (c) rinsing between colours (d) scrubbing hard on paper
32. 32.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) a long, thin mark (c) the area around objects (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
34. 34.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a water pipe (b) a traffic cone (c) a drinking straw (d) a globe
35. 35.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) is partly hidden (b) sits near the horizon (c) shows more detail (d) looks paler and bluer
36. 36.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
37. 37.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
38. 38.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🍦 How many flat faces does a cone have?
40. 40.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?

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