Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 496 · 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.What do we use a round brush for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) wide, straight strokes (c) fine lines and details (d) rinsing brushes
2. 2.True or false: an object that shows more detail seems far away. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) glue (d) colour
4. 4.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) mixing colours (b) giving a pencil a point (c) holding a board upright (d) rinsing brushes
5. 5.True or false: a circle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
7. 7.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) has height, width, depth (d) the area around objects
8. 8.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
9. 9.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a lightning bolt (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) a laser beam
11. 11.What do we use a water pot for? (a) mixing colours (b) rinsing brushes (c) wide, straight strokes (d) giving a pencil a point
12. 12.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a sense of near and far (c) a flat 2D area (d) has height, width, depth
13. 13.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) curved lines (b) vertical lines (c) zigzag lines (d) diagonal lines
17. 17.True or false: black has a light value. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: a cuboid is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) stitches on cloth (c) a coiled rope (d) a ruler’s edge
20. 20.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) light first outlines (b) do not smudge easily (c) bright, flat colour (d) hard, waxy sticks
22. 22.🧊 Which 3D form is a globe shaped like? (a) sphere (b) cone (c) cube (d) cuboid
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) drying bristles up (c) letting paint dry on it (d) scrubbing hard on paper
24. 24.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
25. 25.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
26. 26.True or false: a rectangle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a person standing tall is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) soft, light washes (c) mixed with lots of water (d) hard, waxy sticks
30. 30.True or false: we use masking tape for wide, straight strokes. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called blending. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) knees (b) feet (c) eyes (d) elbows
33. 33.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
34. 34.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a dice (b) a drinking straw (c) an ice-cream cone (d) a sugar cube
35. 35.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) red to blue (b) near to far (c) white to black (d) big to small
36. 36.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) on the ceiling (b) in the sky (c) above the object (d) under the object
37. 37.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) sphere (b) circle (c) cone (d) cube
38. 38.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows more detail seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
39. 39.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a coiled rope (b) a lightning bolt (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) a row of pointy peaks
40. 40.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line

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