Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 592 · 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.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
2. 2.🖼️ In the rule of thirds, where should the main subject go? (a) in a corner (b) at the very edge (c) where the lines cross (d) off the page
3. 3.In a landscape picture, which of these is the foreground? (a) far hills and the sky (b) things that look biggest (c) the part in between (d) the top of the scene
4. 4.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) B (c) 2H (d) 2B
5. 5.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) inside the object (c) on the right side (d) above the object
6. 6.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
7. 7.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
8. 8.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
9. 9.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a solid 3D object (c) the area around objects (d) what a rainbow shows
10. 10.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
11. 11.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) texture
12. 12.True or false: a puddle is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) geometric shape (b) organic shape
14. 14.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) a closed flat outline (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a moving dot’s path
15. 15.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
16. 16.🎯 The part of a picture your eye goes to first is the… (a) border (b) background (c) focal point (d) horizon
17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) value (c) line (d) space
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks smaller (b) looks paler and bluer (c) overlaps other things (d) is partly hidden
19. 19.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) value (d) line
20. 20.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
21. 21.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
22. 22.In a landscape picture, which of these is the middle ground? (a) the bottom of the page (b) the part nearest you (c) the part in between (d) things that look biggest
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) reshaping the tip (d) leaving it in water
24. 24.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a snail shell (b) a coiled rope (c) a cut-here line (d) a wriggling snake
26. 26.True or false: leaving it in water is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) how light or dark it is (c) a flat 2D area (d) how a surface feels
28. 28.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
30. 30.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
31. 31.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
32. 32.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) reshaping the tip (c) standing on its bristles (d) letting paint dry on it
33. 33.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a snail shell (b) the teeth of a saw (c) dashes on a road (d) a laser beam
34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) form (c) texture (d) shape
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shows more detail (b) shows less detail (c) is partly hidden (d) looks smaller
37. 37.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
38. 38.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
39. 39.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
40. 40.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) do not smudge easily (d) thick, opaque paint

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