Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 16: Part 2 drawing and painting test · Set 635 · 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 clue shows an object is near the viewer? (a) looks smaller (b) sits near the horizon (c) is partly hidden (d) overlaps other things
2. 2.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a dotted line (b) a spiral (c) a straight line (d) a zigzag
3. 3.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) round brush (b) sharpener (c) sponge (d) masking tape
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) washing with mild soap (c) letting paint dry on it (d) drying bristles up
5. 5.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) dashes on a road (c) a lightning bolt (d) a snail shell
6. 6.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) lines all one way (c) lines crossing over (d) smudging with a finger
7. 7.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the darker half of it (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the side away from light (d) the brightest spot
8. 8.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) with paint on it (c) bristles up or flat (d) bristles down
10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) value
11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
12. 12.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) light first outlines (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) see-through colour
13. 13.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the brightest spot (b) its shadow on the table (c) the darker half of it (d) the side away from light
14. 14.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
15. 15.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
16. 16.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the darker half of it (b) the side away from light (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the brightest spot
17. 17.🔭 In a picture, an object that overlaps other things seems… (a) near the viewer (b) far away
18. 18.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
19. 19.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🖌️ 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
22. 22.Which of these is a solid 3D form? (a) oval (b) cube (c) triangle (d) square
23. 23.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
24. 24.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) ocean waves (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a flag in the wind (d) a ruler’s edge
25. 25.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) soft, light washes (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) mixed with lots of water
26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) value
27. 27.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
28. 28.True or false: in a landscape picture, things that look biggest is the middle ground. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🍃 Is a flower petal a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
30. 30.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
31. 31.🏞️ In a landscape picture, what do we call far hills and the sky? (a) middle ground (b) background (c) foreground
32. 32.🍃 Is a circle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
33. 33.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
34. 34.What do we use a palette for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) holding paper flat (c) mixing colours (d) dabbing soft textures
35. 35.True or false: a leaf is a geometric shape. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) a long, thin mark (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a closed flat outline
37. 37.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) dotted or broken line
38. 38.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a sense of near and far (d) a flat 2D area
39. 39.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) lines all one way (c) smudging with a finger (d) dots packed close
40. 40.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line

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