Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 477 · 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 called blending? (a) many parallel lines (b) lots of tiny dots (c) smooth, soft tones (d) lines crossing over
2. 2.What do we use a sponge for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding a board upright (c) wide, straight strokes (d) dabbing soft textures
3. 3.True or false: a table top is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
6. 6.Which of these is the element called value? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a sense of near and far (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) how light or dark it is
7. 7.True or false: leaving it in water is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
9. 9.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) from white to black (b) a sense of near and far (c) looks furry or scaly (d) gaps between things
12. 12.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) leaving it in water (b) rinsing between colours (c) reshaping the tip (d) washing with mild soap
13. 13.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) from white to black (b) can be seen all round (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a flat 2D area
14. 14.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
15. 15.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
16. 16.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part in between is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) highlight (b) border (c) foreground (d) vanishing point
19. 19.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
20. 20.True or false: an object that is partly hidden seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
22. 22.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
23. 23.True or false: a leaning ladder is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks smaller seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) line (d) shape
26. 26.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
27. 27.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) has height, width, depth (c) a solid 3D object (d) how light or dark it is
28. 28.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) sponge (b) flat brush (c) round brush (d) easel
29. 29.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks bigger (b) looks paler and bluer (c) looks smaller (d) sits near the horizon
30. 30.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the side away from light (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the darker half of it (d) where light hits most
31. 31.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) press harder (b) press lighter (c) add water (d) use an eraser
32. 32.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) diagonal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) horizontal lines (d) vertical lines
33. 33.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) round brush (b) sponge (c) palette (d) easel
34. 34.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) space (b) shape (c) form (d) texture
36. 36.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
37. 37.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) 2B (b) HB
38. 38.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
39. 39.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
40. 40.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) above the object (b) on the ceiling (c) in the sky (d) under the object

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