Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 521 · 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 is called hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) criss-cross lines (c) many parallel lines (d) smooth, soft tones
3. 3.📐 Is a triangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
5. 5.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a shoe box (b) a water pipe (c) a party hat (d) a globe
6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) value (d) line
7. 7.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: leaving it in water is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
10. 10.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) lines all one way (c) lines crossing over (d) many parallel lines
11. 11.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
12. 12.True or false: a cube is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
14. 14.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
15. 15.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
16. 16.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) pyramid (b) cone (c) triangle (d) sphere
17. 17.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks bigger (b) looks smaller (c) shows less detail (d) is partly hidden
19. 19.True or false: in a landscape picture, the bottom of the page is the middle ground. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a closed flat outline (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) the area around objects
21. 21.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the darker half of it (b) where light hits most (c) the side away from light (d) the dark shape it throws
22. 22.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) water pot (b) flat brush (c) round brush (d) masking tape
23. 23.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits lower on the page seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
24. 24.🧊 Which 3D form is a drinking straw shaped like? (a) cube (b) cylinder (c) cone (d) sphere
25. 25.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) sits lower on the page (c) sits near the horizon (d) looks paler and bluer
26. 26.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) spiral line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
27. 27.Which of these is called stippling? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) smudging with a finger (c) many parallel lines (d) lots of tiny dots
28. 28.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) oil pastels
29. 29.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a spiral (b) a dotted line (c) a straight line (d) a zigzag
30. 30.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
31. 31.True or false: a table top is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
33. 33.True or false: an object that overlaps other things seems near the viewer. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
35. 35.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) texture
36. 36.True or false: a rectangle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) rinsing between colours (c) drying bristles up (d) letting paint dry on it
39. 39.True or false: a sphere is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) texture (c) form (d) value

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