Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 560 · 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.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📐 Is a cuboid a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
4. 4.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) at the bottom edge (b) on the frame (c) in the foreground (d) on the horizon line
5. 5.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) see-through colour (b) thick, opaque paint (c) soft, light washes (d) grey lines for sketching
6. 6.📐 Is a star a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 2D shape (b) a 3D form
7. 7.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the darker half of it (c) the brightest spot (d) where light hits most
8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
9. 9.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) white to black (b) near to far (c) big to small (d) red to blue
10. 10.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a sense of near and far (c) a flat 2D area (d) a hue, like red or blue
11. 11.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) on the right side (c) on the left side (d) above the object
12. 12.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
14. 14.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) letting paint dry on it (c) rinsing between colours (d) washing with mild soap
15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) colour
16. 16.Which of these is called blending? (a) lines all one way (b) smooth, soft tones (c) many parallel lines (d) lots of tiny dots
17. 17.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the bottom of the page? (a) background (b) middle ground (c) foreground
18. 18.🌅 The horizon line is drawn at the level of your… (a) feet (b) elbows (c) eyes (d) knees
19. 19.🔭 In a picture, an object that looks paler and bluer seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
20. 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
21. 21.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) triangle (b) rectangle (c) star (d) cylinder
23. 23.🗿 A clay model you can walk around is an example of… (a) a 2D shape (b) a flat outline (c) a 3D form
24. 24.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a wriggling snake (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) ocean waves
25. 25.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
26. 26.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) curved lines (b) horizontal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) vertical lines
27. 27.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a person standing tall (c) a leaning ladder (d) the edge of a calm sea
28. 28.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) curved lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
29. 29.Which of these is called blending? (a) lines all one way (b) dots packed close (c) smudging with a finger (d) criss-cross lines
30. 30.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) where the lines cross (b) in a corner (c) off the page (d) at the very edge
31. 31.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 6B (b) 2B
33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) line (d) form
34. 34.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) on the right side (c) on the left side (d) inside the object
35. 35.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
36. 36.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a sense of near and far (c) a long, thin mark (d) what a rainbow shows
37. 37.Which of these is shaped like a cuboid? (a) a dice (b) a matchbox (c) a globe (d) a candle
38. 38.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) dots packed close (c) smudging with a finger (d) many parallel lines
39. 39.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the brightest spot (b) the side away from light (c) the darker half of it (d) the dark shape it throws
40. 40.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a dotted line (b) a wavy line (c) a straight line (d) a zigzag line

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