Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 473 · 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.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) on the left side (c) above the object (d) on the right side
2. 2.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a brick (b) a shoe box (c) a dice (d) a candle
3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
4. 4.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) a flat 2D area (c) only length and width (d) how light or dark it is
5. 5.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
6. 6.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) wax crayons (b) oil pastels (c) poster colour (d) pencil
7. 7.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) see-through colour (c) blend with a fingertip (d) soft, creamy sticks
8. 8.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
9. 9.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a small round brush (c) a pencil (d) a toothpick
10. 10.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a table top (d) a playground slide
11. 11.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) curved lines (b) vertical lines (c) diagonal lines (d) horizontal lines
12. 12.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) B (c) 2H (d) 4B
14. 14.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) sits near the horizon (c) shows more detail (d) is partly hidden
16. 16.True or false: a cuboid is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) on the right side (c) on the left side (d) above the object
18. 18.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
19. 19.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) sponge (b) round brush (c) easel (d) flat brush
20. 20.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) pencil
21. 21.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called blending. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a jalebi (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a snail shell
23. 23.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
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 of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) ocean waves (b) stitches on cloth (c) a lightning bolt (d) a snail shell
26. 26.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
28. 28.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) HB (b) 2B
29. 29.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) holding a board upright (b) wide, straight strokes (c) rinsing brushes (d) dabbing soft textures
30. 30.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits near the horizon (b) looks bigger (c) shows more detail (d) sits lower on the page
31. 31.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a wavy line (b) a zigzag line (c) a dotted line (d) a straight line
32. 32.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the darker half of it (b) its shadow on the table (c) where light hits most (d) the side away from light
33. 33.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) value (c) space (d) texture
35. 35.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) looks furry or scaly (c) has height, width, depth (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
36. 36.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
37. 37.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how a surface feels (c) looks furry or scaly (d) has height, width, depth
38. 38.Which of these is called stippling? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lines crossing over (c) dots packed close (d) lines all one way
39. 39.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False

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