Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 533 · 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.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a flat 2D area (c) gaps between things (d) how a surface feels
2. 2.🍃 Is a paint splash a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
3. 3.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part nearest you (b) the part in between (c) the bottom of the page (d) far hills and the sky
4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) form
5. 5.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
7. 7.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.What do we use an easel for? (a) holding a board upright (b) holding paper flat (c) giving a pencil a point (d) rinsing brushes
9. 9.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) grey lines for sketching (c) bright, flat colour (d) hard, waxy sticks
10. 10.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks bigger seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
11. 11.🍃 Is a puddle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
12. 12.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the part nearest you? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
13. 13.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) overlaps other things (b) shows less detail (c) shows more detail (d) looks bigger
14. 14.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) ocean waves (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a ruler’s edge (d) stitches on cloth
15. 15.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
16. 16.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) 2B (b) HB
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) sits near the horizon (c) sits lower on the page (d) shows less detail
18. 18.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) blending (d) hatching
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) leaving it in water (c) washing with mild soap (d) drying bristles up
21. 21.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) vertical lines (b) zigzag lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
22. 22.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
24. 24.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
25. 25.True or false: a square is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a jalebi (c) a lightning bolt (d) a snail shell
27. 27.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
28. 28.True or false: a playground slide is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
30. 30.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
31. 31.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) watercolour (b) poster colour (c) oil pastels (d) pencil
32. 32.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) soft, light washes (b) mixed with lots of water (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) grey lines for sketching
33. 33.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) ocean waves (c) a cut-here line (d) a coiled rope
34. 34.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) foreground (b) middle ground (c) background
35. 35.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) the area around objects (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) looks furry or scaly (d) what a rainbow shows
37. 37.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) rinsing between colours (c) washing with mild soap (d) drying bristles up
38. 38.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) is partly hidden (b) looks smaller (c) looks paler and bluer (d) shows more detail
39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) value (c) space (d) shape
40. 40.True or false: drying bristles up is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True

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