Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 590 · 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.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the brightest spot (c) the side away from light (d) where light hits most
2. 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) shape (d) space
3. 3.Which of these is called stippling? (a) many parallel lines (b) lines crossing over (c) lines all one way (d) dots packed close
4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
5. 5.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) things that look biggest (b) far hills and the sky (c) the part in between (d) the part nearest you
7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) form
8. 8.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
9. 9.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) hot oil (b) sand (c) glue (d) water and mild soap
11. 11.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
12. 12.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) cylinder (b) square (c) rectangle (d) oval
13. 13.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) how light or dark it is (d) a flat 2D area
14. 14.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) pencil
15. 15.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
16. 16.🍃 Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
17. 17.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
18. 18.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
19. 19.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) the top of the scene (b) the part in between (c) the part farthest away (d) things that look biggest
20. 20.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) form (c) value (d) shape
23. 23.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) the side away from light (c) where light hits most (d) the darker half of it
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) standing on its bristles (c) letting paint dry on it (d) washing with mild soap
26. 26.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows less detail (b) looks smaller (c) looks paler and bluer (d) overlaps other things
28. 28.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
29. 29.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called blending. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) border (b) background (c) focal point (d) horizon
31. 31.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) spiral line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
32. 32.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a leaning ladder (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a falling tree
33. 33.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) star (b) cylinder (c) circle (d) rectangle
35. 35.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) rectangle (c) cone (d) pyramid
36. 36.True or false: in a landscape picture, the part farthest away is the background. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
38. 38.🛤️ Where does the vanishing point sit? (a) at the bottom edge (b) in the foreground (c) on the frame (d) on the horizon line
39. 39.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B

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