Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 520 · 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 elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
2. 2.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a snail shell (b) dashes on a road (c) a lightning bolt (d) stitches on cloth
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) washing with mild soap (c) rinsing between colours (d) reshaping the tip
4. 4.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
5. 5.What do we use a water pot for? (a) mixing colours (b) fine lines and details (c) holding paper flat (d) rinsing brushes
6. 6.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
7. 7.True or false: a square is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📐 Is a circle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
9. 9.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) smooth, soft tones (c) criss-cross lines (d) lines all one way
10. 10.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
11. 11.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) with paint on it (c) bristles up or flat (d) bristles down
12. 12.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
13. 13.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) blend with a fingertip (c) do not smudge easily (d) light first outlines
15. 15.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a sponge (b) a wide flat brush (c) a small round brush (d) a big roller
16. 16.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
18. 18.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📐 Is an oval a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
21. 21.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) brown (b) blue (c) big (d) black
22. 22.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) zigzag lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) leaving it in water (d) washing with mild soap
24. 24.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the darker half of it (b) where light hits most (c) the dark shape it throws (d) its shadow on the table
25. 25.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) form (d) line
26. 26.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) sphere (b) star (c) circle (d) square
27. 27.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
28. 28.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) do not smudge easily (d) light first outlines
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) looks smaller (c) shows more detail (d) sits lower on the page
32. 32.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) circle (b) rectangle (c) oval (d) cube
33. 33.True or false: we use a water pot for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) star (b) sphere (c) triangle (d) circle
36. 36.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
37. 37.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) watercolour (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) oil pastels
38. 38.True or false: black has a light value. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
40. 40.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) blending

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