Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 453 · 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.🧊 How many edges does a cube have?
2. 2.Which of these is the element called line? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a moving dot’s path (c) has height, width, depth (d) a closed flat outline
3. 3.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) bristles up or flat (c) bristles down (d) with paint on it
4. 4.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
6. 6.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a shoe box (b) a water pipe (c) a candle (d) a sugar cube
7. 7.True or false: a cone is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is the element called space? (a) from white to black (b) a closed flat outline (c) can be seen all round (d) the area around objects
9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) value
10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) line
11. 11.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows less detail (b) looks smaller (c) sits lower on the page (d) is partly hidden
12. 12.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) mixed with lots of water (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) bright, flat colour
13. 13.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a small round brush (b) a toothpick (c) a pencil (d) a wide flat brush
14. 14.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
15. 15.True or false: a cone is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) drying bristles up (c) reshaping the tip (d) standing on its bristles
17. 17.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
18. 18.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) pencil
20. 20.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) hatching
22. 22.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) rectangle (c) circle (d) pyramid
23. 23.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding paper flat (c) rinsing brushes (d) giving a pencil a point
24. 24.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
25. 25.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) wax crayons (d) oil pastels
26. 26.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
28. 28.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
29. 29.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) lines all one way (c) dots packed close (d) smudging with a finger
30. 30.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 2H
31. 31.🌳 Two trees are the same size, but one looks smaller in the picture. That tree is… (a) farther away (b) closer to you (c) younger (d) taller
32. 32.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
33. 33.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
34. 34.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) shows more detail (c) overlaps other things (d) shows less detail
39. 39.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called blending. (a) True (b) False

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