Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 550 · 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 should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) with paint on it (b) bristles up or flat (c) in the water pot (d) bristles down
2. 2.🧊 Which 3D form is a traffic cone shaped like? (a) cone (b) cylinder (c) sphere (d) cube
3. 3.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
5. 5.Which of these is the element called value? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) how light or dark it is (c) has height, width, depth (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
6. 6.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part nearest you (b) far hills and the sky (c) the bottom of the page (d) the part in between
7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
8. 8.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) space
9. 9.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a party hat (b) a marble (c) a water pipe (d) a candle
10. 10.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
11. 11.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a globe (b) a dice (c) a drinking straw (d) a matchbox
12. 12.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) vertical lines (d) curved lines
13. 13.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a dotted line (b) a straight line (c) a spiral (d) a zigzag
14. 14.True or false: an object that sits near the horizon seems far away. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
16. 16.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) round brush (b) sponge (c) sharpener (d) palette
18. 18.🖼️ In the rule of thirds grid, how many points are there where the lines cross?
19. 19.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) curved lines (b) diagonal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
20. 20.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) space
22. 22.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
23. 23.🖼️ How many lines (across and down) do you draw for the rule of thirds?
24. 24.🧊 Which 3D form is a dice shaped like? (a) cuboid (b) cube (c) cylinder (d) cone
25. 25.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
26. 26.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the darker half of it (b) where light hits most (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the side away from light
27. 27.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
28. 28.True or false: a circle is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) standing on its bristles (d) leaving it in water
31. 31.Which of these is shaped like a cube? (a) a traffic cone (b) a globe (c) a water pipe (d) a dice
32. 32.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a closed flat outline
33. 33.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a table top (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a playground slide (d) a person standing tall
35. 35.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a globe (b) an ice-cream cone (c) a shoe box (d) a sugar cube
36. 36.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.What do we use a round brush for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) mixing colours (c) wide, straight strokes (d) fine lines and details
38. 38.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) a moving dot’s path (c) only length and width (d) the area around objects
39. 39.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) do not smudge easily (b) soft, light washes (c) bright, flat colour (d) mixed with lots of water
40. 40.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks

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