Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 425 · 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 of these is called hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) smooth, soft tones (c) lines crossing over (d) many parallel lines
2. 2.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
5. 5.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
7. 7.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) drying bristles up (c) letting paint dry on it (d) rinsing between colours
8. 8.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) do not smudge easily (b) soft, light washes (c) bright, flat colour (d) blend with a fingertip
9. 9.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) oil pastels (d) wax crayons
10. 10.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) pencil
11. 11.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📐 Is a cone a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
13. 13.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
14. 14.True or false: in a landscape picture, the top of the scene is the foreground. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) ocean waves (b) a laser beam (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a row of pointy peaks
16. 16.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) only length and width (c) gaps between things (d) from white to black
17. 17.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
19. 19.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) under the object (b) in the sky (c) above the object (d) on the ceiling
20. 20.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) sphere (b) cone (c) circle (d) cube
21. 21.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) star (b) triangle (c) cylinder (d) circle
22. 22.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) oil pastels (d) pencil
23. 23.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called blending. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: light grey has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a jalebi (c) the teeth of a saw (d) dashes on a road
26. 26.True or false: we use a sponge for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
28. 28.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) ocean waves (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) stitches on cloth
29. 29.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
30. 30.True or false: letting paint dry on it is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a cone is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) colour (c) shape (d) line
33. 33.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a playground slide (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a table top
36. 36.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the part nearest you (b) the top of the scene (c) the part in between (d) the bottom of the page
38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) form (d) line
39. 39.True or false: an object that sits lower on the page seems near the viewer. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value

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