Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 445 · 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.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part farthest away? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
2. 2.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) charcoal (b) poster colour (c) pencil (d) watercolour
3. 3.True or false: dark grey has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) big to small (b) red to blue (c) white to black (d) near to far
5. 5.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
7. 7.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 2H
8. 8.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
9. 9.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) oil pastels
11. 11.True or false: an object that sits near the horizon seems far away. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
13. 13.📐 Is a sphere a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
14. 14.True or false: pencil grade B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a closed flat outline (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a sense of near and far
16. 16.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a pencil (c) a toothpick (d) a small round brush
17. 17.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a party hat (b) a drinking straw (c) a matchbox (d) a marble
18. 18.True or false: a tall lamp post is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) zigzag lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) horizontal lines
20. 20.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines all one way (b) dots packed close (c) smooth, soft tones (d) criss-cross lines
21. 21.True or false: leaving it in water is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cone (b) cube (c) circle (d) pyramid
23. 23.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) sponge (b) palette (c) easel (d) masking tape
24. 24.Which of these is good brush care? (a) drying bristles up (b) standing on its bristles (c) leaving it in water (d) letting paint dry on it
25. 25.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
27. 27.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a flat 2D area (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) frame
30. 30.True or false: we use a water pot for fine lines and details. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
33. 33.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 4H (b) B (c) HB (d) 4B
34. 34.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
35. 35.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
36. 36.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
37. 37.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a matchbox (b) a globe (c) a sugar cube (d) a dice
38. 38.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) the darker half of it (c) where light hits most (d) the brightest spot
39. 39.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) space (c) form (d) texture

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