Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 57 · 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.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) zigzag line
2. 2.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) blending
3. 3.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
4. 4.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cylinder (b) cube (c) cuboid (d) oval
5. 5.True or false: a playground slide is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
7. 7.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
9. 9.True or false: a sleeping person is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: an oval is a flat 2D shape. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) line
13. 13.True or false: a square is a geometric shape. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) masking tape (b) sponge (c) easel (d) sharpener
15. 15.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
18. 18.📐 Is a square a flat 2D shape or a solid 3D form? (a) a 3D form (b) a 2D shape
19. 19.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) how a surface feels (c) can be seen all round (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
21. 21.True or false: an object that shows less detail seems far away. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
23. 23.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
25. 25.Which of these is shaped like a sphere? (a) a traffic cone (b) a party hat (c) a water pipe (d) a globe
26. 26.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) stitches on cloth (c) a laser beam (d) a row of pointy peaks
27. 27.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
28. 28.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
29. 29.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a flat 2D area (c) gaps between things (d) can be seen all round
30. 30.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) rinsing between colours (c) reshaping the tip (d) leaving it in water
31. 31.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) 4H (c) 2B (d) H
32. 32.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a triangle is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a falling tree (c) a leaning ladder (d) a table top
36. 36.Which of these is shaped like a cylinder? (a) a shoe box (b) a drinking straw (c) a marble (d) a party hat
37. 37.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) off the page (b) at the very edge (c) where the lines cross (d) in a corner
38. 38.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) can be seen all round (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a long, thin mark (d) gaps between things
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) reshaping the tip (c) drying bristles up (d) rinsing between colours
40. 40.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) grey lines for sketching (c) blend with a fingertip (d) mixed with lots of water

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