Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 535 · 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 element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) value (c) space (d) colour
2. 2.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
3. 3.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
5. 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks paler and bluer (b) overlaps other things (c) sits lower on the page (d) looks bigger
7. 7.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
8. 8.🔭 In a picture, an object that shows less detail seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
9. 9.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) oil pastels
11. 11.True or false: a circle is a flat 2D shape. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
13. 13.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) curved lines (b) horizontal lines (c) vertical lines (d) zigzag lines
14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) space (d) form
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) triangle (b) oval (c) cylinder (d) star
16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) colour
17. 17.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called blending. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) holding a board upright (b) fine lines and details (c) rinsing brushes (d) wide, straight strokes
21. 21.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
22. 22.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a cut-here line (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a tightly pulled rope
23. 23.Which of these is good brush care? (a) rinsing between colours (b) standing on its bristles (c) letting paint dry on it (d) scrubbing hard on paper
24. 24.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) drying bristles up (c) standing on its bristles (d) rinsing between colours
25. 25.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) under the object (b) on the ceiling (c) above the object (d) in the sky
26. 26.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) space (d) colour
27. 27.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a puddle is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is called hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) criss-cross lines (c) lots of tiny dots (d) many parallel lines
30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
31. 31.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a person standing tall (d) a leaning ladder
32. 32.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2B (b) B (c) HB (d) 4B
33. 33.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
34. 34.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) line (c) texture (d) space
36. 36.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
38. 38.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) square (b) circle (c) cuboid (d) star
39. 39.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
40. 40.True or false: an object that looks smaller seems far away. (a) False (b) True

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