Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 586 · 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 pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 4B (b) 2B
2. 2.🔵 Shading a circle from light to dark makes it look like a… (a) cube (b) square (c) cone (d) sphere
3. 3.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) mixing colours (c) wide, straight strokes (d) holding a board upright
4. 4.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) has height, width, depth (c) how light or dark it is (d) only length and width
6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) space (c) value (d) line
7. 7.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the brightest spot (b) the darker half of it (c) the side away from light (d) its shadow on the table
8. 8.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) how light or dark it is (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a flat 2D area
9. 9.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
10. 10.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
11. 11.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) on the left side (c) on the right side (d) above the object
12. 12.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a wriggling snake (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a laser beam
13. 13.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) rinsing between colours (c) letting paint dry on it (d) washing with mild soap
14. 14.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: a cloud is an organic shape. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) easel
17. 17.True or false: a person standing tall is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) space (b) form (c) texture (d) value
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks smaller (b) looks bigger (c) is partly hidden (d) shows less detail
21. 21.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) foreground (b) border (c) vanishing point (d) highlight
22. 22.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) zigzag line
23. 23.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) pencil (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
24. 24.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the bottom of the page (b) things that look biggest (c) the part in between (d) the part nearest you
25. 25.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
26. 26.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) see-through colour (c) soft, light washes (d) blend with a fingertip
27. 27.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) round brush (b) sharpener (c) palette (d) easel
28. 28.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) leaving it in water (c) washing with mild soap (d) scrubbing hard on paper
30. 30.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a closed flat outline (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
31. 31.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
33. 33.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
34. 34.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a coiled rope (b) a flag in the wind (c) a snail shell (d) a cut-here line
35. 35.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2H (b) 2B
36. 36.True or false: an oval is a solid 3D form. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) sharpener (b) water pot (c) masking tape (d) easel
39. 39.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) bright, flat colour (c) thick, opaque paint (d) see-through colour
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) triangle (b) cylinder (c) cube (d) pyramid

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