Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 43 · 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 the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a moving dot’s path (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a solid 3D object
2. 2.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
6. 6.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
7. 7.True or false: a tall lamp post is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) colour (d) line
10. 10.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
11. 11.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a zigzag (b) a dotted line (c) a straight line (d) a spiral
12. 12.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a table top (b) a falling tree (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a sleeping person
13. 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) frame (d) value
14. 14.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) where light hits most (b) the brightest spot (c) its shadow on the table (d) the darker half of it
15. 15.True or false: an object that sits near the horizon seems far away. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sphere (b) oval (c) rectangle (d) square
17. 17.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how light or dark it is (c) a flat 2D area (d) gaps between things
18. 18.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) diagonal lines (b) curved lines (c) vertical lines (d) horizontal lines
19. 19.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
20. 20.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
21. 21.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a playground slide is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) letting paint dry on it (c) leaving it in water (d) rinsing between colours
24. 24.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) younger (b) taller (c) farther away (d) closer to you
26. 26.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
27. 27.True or false: cream has a light value. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
29. 29.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a person standing tall (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a sleeping person
30. 30.What do we use a palette for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) mixing colours (c) holding paper flat (d) giving a pencil a point
31. 31.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a sculpture (b) a cube (c) a form (d) a shape
33. 33.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how a surface feels (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) the area around objects
34. 34.What do we use a round brush for? (a) holding paper flat (b) rinsing brushes (c) fine lines and details (d) wide, straight strokes
35. 35.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
37. 37.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
39. 39.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
40. 40.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) mixed with lots of water (c) light first outlines (d) bright, flat colour

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