Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 628 · 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: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🍃 Is a hexagon a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
3. 3.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
5. 5.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) watercolour (b) charcoal (c) pencil (d) poster colour
6. 6.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) dashes on a road (c) a coiled rope (d) a lightning bolt
7. 7.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
8. 8.True or false: we use a sponge for dabbing soft textures. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
10. 10.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
11. 11.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
12. 12.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
13. 13.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a big roller (b) a sponge (c) a wide flat brush (d) a small round brush
14. 14.Which of these is a flat 2D shape? (a) cube (b) cuboid (c) square (d) pyramid
15. 15.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) bristles up or flat (c) with paint on it (d) in the water pot
16. 16.True or false: dark grey has a light value. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
18. 18.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
19. 19.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
20. 20.🟦 A square drawn with depth, showing three faces, looks like a… (a) circle (b) sphere (c) cone (d) cube
21. 21.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) value (c) form (d) space
23. 23.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) leaving it in water (c) drying bristles up (d) rinsing between colours
25. 25.🧊 How many flat faces does a cube have?
26. 26.True or false: in a landscape picture, far hills and the sky is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines all one way (b) dots packed close (c) smooth, soft tones (d) lots of tiny dots
28. 28.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) above the object (c) on the right side (d) on the left side
29. 29.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a party hat (b) a marble (c) a drinking straw (d) a matchbox
30. 30.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
31. 31.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a long, thin mark (d) only length and width
32. 32.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) sits lower on the page (b) overlaps other things (c) shows more detail (d) looks smaller
33. 33.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call the top of the scene? (a) foreground (b) background (c) middle ground
34. 34.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) palette (b) sharpener (c) sponge (d) water pot
35. 35.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) form (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
37. 37.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 4B (b) 2B
38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) line (c) colour (d) shape
39. 39.What do we use a round brush for? (a) fine lines and details (b) rinsing brushes (c) holding a board upright (d) dabbing soft textures
40. 40.Which clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks bigger (b) looks smaller (c) is partly hidden (d) shows less detail

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