Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 623 · 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.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
3. 3.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
4. 4.True or false: leaving it in water is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is the element called line? (a) from white to black (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a long, thin mark
7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) frame
8. 8.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a marble (b) a shoe box (c) a traffic cone (d) a globe
9. 9.True or false: an object that looks paler and bluer seems far away. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) line (d) value
11. 11.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a closed flat outline (c) a flat 2D area (d) the area around objects
12. 12.Which of these is good brush care? (a) washing with mild soap (b) letting paint dry on it (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) leaving it in water
13. 13.True or false: drying bristles up is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: a circle is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
16. 16.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cone (b) cylinder (c) star (d) cuboid
18. 18.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
19. 19.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
20. 20.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
21. 21.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) rinsing between colours (c) washing with mild soap (d) leaving it in water
22. 22.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a playground slide (d) a table top
23. 23.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a flat 2D area (c) a sense of near and far (d) a moving dot’s path
24. 24.True or false: dark grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) the area around objects (d) looks furry or scaly
27. 27.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the dark shape it throws (c) where light hits most (d) the darker half of it
28. 28.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
29. 29.True or false: a triangle is a solid 3D form. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.What do we use an easel for? (a) holding a board upright (b) fine lines and details (c) rinsing brushes (d) wide, straight strokes
31. 31.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) many parallel lines (c) lines crossing over (d) smudging with a finger
33. 33.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) smooth, soft tones (c) lines all one way (d) lots of tiny dots
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) letting paint dry on it (c) leaving it in water (d) drying bristles up
35. 35.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
36. 36.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
37. 37.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
38. 38.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) holding a board upright (b) mixing colours (c) rinsing brushes (d) wide, straight strokes
39. 39.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the foreground. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a coiled rope looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False

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