Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 451 · 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 “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) value (c) colour (d) space
2. 2.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the background. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a globe (b) a shoe box (c) a water pipe (d) a sugar cube
4. 4.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a closed flat outline (d) a moving dot’s path
5. 5.What do we use an easel for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) wide, straight strokes (c) rinsing brushes (d) holding a board upright
6. 6.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
7. 7.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
8. 8.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows less detail (b) overlaps other things (c) looks paler and bluer (d) looks smaller
9. 9.True or false: pencil grade HB makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
11. 11.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
12. 12.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) stitches on cloth (d) a lightning bolt
13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) line (c) shape (d) space
14. 14.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines all one way (b) lines crossing over (c) smudging with a finger (d) criss-cross lines
16. 16.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) hatching
19. 19.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) see-through colour (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) do not smudge easily (d) soft, creamy sticks
20. 20.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a pencil (b) a wide flat brush (c) a toothpick (d) a small round brush
21. 21.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) poster colour
23. 23.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a flat 2D area (c) can be seen all round (d) a long, thin mark
24. 24.True or false: a hexagon is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) vertical lines (b) diagonal lines (c) horizontal lines (d) curved lines
27. 27.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
28. 28.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) shows more detail (c) overlaps other things (d) looks bigger
29. 29.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
30. 30.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) do not smudge easily (c) light first outlines (d) soft, light washes
32. 32.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
33. 33.True or false: pencil grade H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) sand (b) glue (c) hot oil (d) water and mild soap
35. 35.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) easel
36. 36.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cuboid (b) triangle (c) star (d) oval
37. 37.True or false: a square is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: a snail shell looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) mixing colours (b) rinsing brushes (c) fine lines and details (d) wide, straight strokes

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