Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 53 · 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: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) washing with mild soap (d) rinsing between colours
3. 3.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) space (b) texture (c) form (d) colour
5. 5.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
6. 6.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) spiral line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) straight line
7. 7.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a table top (b) a falling tree (c) a playground slide (d) a tall lamp post
8. 8.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
10. 10.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits near the horizon (b) looks bigger (c) overlaps other things (d) shows more detail
11. 11.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
12. 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) easel
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cube (b) cuboid (c) circle (d) cone
14. 14.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) pyramid (b) circle (c) cuboid (d) cone
15. 15.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks bigger (b) sits lower on the page (c) shows more detail (d) sits near the horizon
17. 17.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
18. 18.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) spiral line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) straight line
19. 19.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) pencil (d) watercolour
20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) value
21. 21.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
22. 22.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) where light hits most (b) the side away from light (c) the brightest spot (d) its shadow on the table
23. 23.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a lightning bolt (c) a coiled rope (d) a wriggling snake
24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) space (c) form (d) line
25. 25.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) shows less detail (b) looks paler and bluer (c) shows more detail (d) looks smaller
26. 26.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a matchbox (b) an ice-cream cone (c) a party hat (d) a sugar cube
28. 28.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📐 Is a rectangle a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) value (c) space (d) line
31. 31.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: we use masking tape for holding paper flat. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a cut-here line (c) ocean waves (d) stitches on cloth
34. 34.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) glue
36. 36.True or false: a snail shell looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) vertical lines (b) horizontal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) diagonal lines
38. 38.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call things that look biggest? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
40. 40.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care

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