Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 531 · 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 a feature of watercolour? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) mixed with lots of water (c) light first outlines (d) hard, waxy sticks
3. 3.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) space
5. 5.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the brightest spot (c) the side away from light (d) the darker half of it
6. 6.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) round brush (b) flat brush (c) water pot (d) easel
8. 8.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
9. 9.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
10. 10.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part nearest you is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
12. 12.True or false: a coiled rope looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) mixed with lots of water (c) blend with a fingertip (d) see-through colour
14. 14.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) sits near the horizon (b) looks paler and bluer (c) overlaps other things (d) shows less detail
15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) value (d) line
16. 16.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) many parallel lines (c) smudging with a finger (d) lots of tiny dots
18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) texture (c) form (d) line
19. 19.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) a closed flat outline (c) how light or dark it is (d) how a surface feels
20. 20.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) smooth, soft tones (c) lines all one way (d) many parallel lines
21. 21.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) water pot (b) sponge (c) easel (d) round brush
22. 22.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a snail shell
23. 23.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
24. 24.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) shape (c) colour (d) texture
27. 27.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) spiral line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
28. 28.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
30. 30.True or false: we use a water pot for wide, straight strokes. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) colour (c) space (d) form
32. 32.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
33. 33.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) vertical lines (b) diagonal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
34. 34.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) looks bigger (c) shows more detail (d) looks smaller
35. 35.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 3D form (b) a flat outline (c) a 2D shape
36. 36.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) with paint on it (c) bristles up or flat (d) in the water pot
37. 37.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) do not smudge easily (c) grey lines for sketching (d) bright, flat colour
38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) form (c) colour (d) shape
39. 39.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True

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