Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 506 · 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 a vertical line? (a) a table top (b) a falling tree (c) a sleeping person (d) a person standing tall
2. 2.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) water and mild soap (b) glue (c) hot oil (d) sand
4. 4.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
5. 5.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
6. 6.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) pencil
7. 7.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
9. 9.📐 Is a pyramid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
10. 10.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
11. 11.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
12. 12.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) line (d) space
16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) shape (d) colour
17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
18. 18.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a playground slide (c) a table top (d) a tall lamp post
19. 19.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) line
20. 20.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
21. 21.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) hatching
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) line (d) form
23. 23.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
26. 26.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) value (c) shape (d) line
28. 28.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a table top (c) a playground slide (d) a standing tree trunk
29. 29.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
30. 30.True or false: standing on its bristles is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: an oval is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits near the horizon (b) looks bigger (c) looks smaller (d) shows less detail
33. 33.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
34. 34.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a sponge (b) a small round brush (c) a big roller (d) a wide flat brush
36. 36.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
38. 38.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
39. 39.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
40. 40.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) above the object (c) on the left side (d) on the right side

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