Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 523 · 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.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) do not smudge easily (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) bright, flat colour (d) soft, creamy sticks
3. 3.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) zigzag line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) is partly hidden (c) looks paler and bluer (d) looks smaller
5. 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
6. 6.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) sphere (b) star (c) cuboid (d) cube
7. 7.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) use an eraser (b) press lighter (c) press harder (d) add water
8. 8.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a moving dot’s path (c) the area around objects (d) can be seen all round
9. 9.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) pencil (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) texture (c) colour (d) shape
11. 11.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: a cloud is an organic shape. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
14. 14.True or false: a square is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: a triangle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) diagonal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) curved lines (d) vertical lines
17. 17.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) bristles down (c) bristles up or flat (d) with paint on it
18. 18.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) HB (b) 2B
19. 19.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a falling tree (d) the edge of a calm sea
20. 20.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) from white to black (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) can be seen all round (d) gaps between things
21. 21.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part in between? (a) middle ground (b) foreground (c) background
22. 22.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
23. 23.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) blending
24. 24.True or false: a snail shell looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
26. 26.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding a board upright (c) giving a pencil a point (d) rinsing brushes
28. 28.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) in a corner (b) off the page (c) where the lines cross (d) at the very edge
29. 29.True or false: black has a light value. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) palette (b) easel (c) flat brush (d) sponge
31. 31.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) is partly hidden (c) shows more detail (d) shows less detail
32. 32.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) where light hits most (b) the side away from light (c) its shadow on the table (d) the darker half of it
33. 33.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
35. 35.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) washing with mild soap (c) leaving it in water (d) scrubbing hard on paper
37. 37.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a sleeping person (c) a leaning ladder (d) a table top
38. 38.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
40. 40.True or false: a triangle is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False

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