Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 534 · 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 brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a sponge (b) a wide flat brush (c) a small round brush (d) a big roller
2. 2.🔭 In a picture, an object that sits near the horizon seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
3. 3.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
5. 5.🧊 Which 3D form is a matchbox shaped like? (a) cube (b) cuboid (c) cone (d) cylinder
6. 6.True or false: a circle is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) form (d) line
8. 8.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
10. 10.True or false: a cone is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) cuboid (c) cone (d) star
12. 12.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) see-through colour (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) bright, flat colour
13. 13.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) mixed with lots of water (c) soft, light washes (d) hard, waxy sticks
14. 14.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a solid 3D object (d) a flat 2D area
15. 15.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) curved lines (b) zigzag lines (c) diagonal lines (d) vertical lines
16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
17. 17.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) glue
19. 19.Which of these is good brush care? (a) washing with mild soap (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) standing on its bristles (d) leaving it in water
20. 20.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the bottom of the page (b) things that look biggest (c) the part farthest away (d) the part nearest you
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) drying bristles up (c) washing with mild soap (d) letting paint dry on it
22. 22.📐 Which has only length and width, and no depth? (a) a form (b) a cube (c) a shape (d) a sculpture
23. 23.Which of these is called hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) smooth, soft tones (c) dots packed close (d) lines crossing over
24. 24.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
25. 25.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a party hat (b) a sugar cube (c) a water pipe (d) a brick
26. 26.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a party hat (b) a globe (c) a water pipe (d) a brick
27. 27.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) form (c) texture (d) colour
30. 30.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
31. 31.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
32. 32.True or false: dark brown has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
34. 34.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) 4H (c) HB (d) 2B
35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
36. 36.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) off the page (b) in a corner (c) where the lines cross (d) at the very edge
37. 37.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a football (b) a marble (c) a brick (d) a party hat
38. 38.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) border (b) foreground (c) vanishing point (d) highlight
39. 39.🔭 In a picture, an object that is partly hidden seems… (a) far away (b) near the viewer
40. 40.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush

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